Liverpool Lou

An argument that was debunked a long time ago. What you're referring to was a survey of selected scientists and the 97% figure was 97% of those who responded to that survey, that's all, not 97% of all the world's scientists.

Only scientists paid by fossil fuel companies disagree. Disagree with what?

Wow, the people in the UK have to "register" where they live... No, they don't have to but it can be advantageous to be on the electoral register.

Does it maybe work with a UK mobile number, as provided by GiffGaff? That might also help with receiving an OTP via SMS. No idea but I'm guessing that if I did buy a UK phone number the app would want a UK address that I do not have.

If you give a UK address, you can use a Thai number. Not given that option on the app (I don't have a UK address anyway) as the service is "not available in my region"! Neither is that option offered from Revolut's website, only a request for the Thai phone number which responds with 'Success!' and returns to the home page to log in but they do not provide the required 4-digit log in passcode.

That does not work because Revolut is not yet available in Thailand! This is what happens... (1) Enter a Thai phone number and get 'Success'!... (2) Returns to the previous home page again with three options, 'Log in', 'Sign up' or 'Get a free account'. Log in (after receiving 'Success!') asks for a 4-digit passcode that hasn't been provided, Sign up obviously goes back to (1) as does 'Get a free account' Revolut is not yet available in Thailand registering with a Thai phone number as of five minutes ago. I have wanted to get a Revolut account for about four years now and I try every week in case it has been introduced...it hasn't.

Really, if it was only 3 hours I would have returned all the money even if there was a signed contract. 3 hours is nothing. If I was really a roach though, I would have hidden behind the technicality and charged 3k baht for nothing. They charged that fee because they were angry at you for cancelling, not because they were inconvenienced. "They charged that fee because they were angry at you for cancelling" Me? They're not angry at me, I'm not the OP, try addressing your comments to the correct posters!

This notice says "Not available in your region" (my region is Bangkok, Thailand), it does not say "Not available in your region unless you use a laptop"!

I did, it presents a QR code which when read then states that it's not available in the region. Which link on the Google search facilitates opening a new Revolut account in Thailand?

But the bill was still 220,000 baht for what? Not in Thailand, that was for a lung infection that he was hospitalised for in Hong Kong after he got home, the Pattaya bill was £190

220,00 baht for a checkup ?????? WOW !!! That was for three days hospitalisation in Hong Kong when he got home for a lung infection. The Pattaya bill was £190.

It did. The bungee operator paid his local hospital bill and his insurers paid his Hong Kong medical bill for a lung infection.

The emphasis is more on the need for a UK address No, it is not, the banks' need account holders to be UK resident, that is their regulation, if a bank accepts being supplied with just a UK address as sufficient that's up to them but it does not, officially, satisfy the UK resident requirement.

Really?... How?...

That's what was reported as having happened.

You put a deposit down on a property that you wanted to rent and that prevented the owner from offering it to others, then you just back out of the arrangement and expect your money back for breaking the "contract"? You're lucky you got anything back.

Why do you assume that the intoxication was alcohol's scourge?

That's normal for foreign cheques, Thai banks cannot clear US banks' cheques just as US banks cannot clear Thai banks' cheques..

Possibly any off-shore bank!

Of course it will as long as the bank accepts it! Officially, it won't "do fine" as, according to the bank's regulations, the account holder has to be UK Resident, that's why non UK residents cannot open new UK bank accounts any longer.

That is the issue. It's not about addresses, per se, it's about being "UK Resident".

HSBC does not have a retail operation in Thailand, hasn't had for years.

That is not correct, I try it almost once a week just in case it works and it doesn't as at 10 minutes ago. Revolut accounts cannot be opened through its app with a Thai phone number and Thailand does not appear on their list of countries when attempting to sign up.

Yes, that is required, that's what this is all about! UK bank account holders, officially, have to be "UK Resident" (yes, I know that many here are getting away with it because of the longstanding of their accounts). If you can convince them that you are "UK Resident" when they ask, that's great, however you do it.