Everyman

Sometimes people in this country are literally insane.

All mobile phones support huge text sizes, and many have huge screens. The text can be several inches across if you want

I cannot understand why anyone wants to use the PC version of the online banking apps when the mobile versions are so superior.

That’s a disaster for people for people with non-government pensions. I am baffled why people like to praise immigration when they constantly change rules to screw people over for no reason except to be cruel.

No, there is an interprovincial withdrawal fee of 10 or 20 baht. It’s small but it adds up.

The account and the branch I went to were both in Bangkok.

Your account will have been officially relocated to another branch. You have to go there and get a new passbook. I think you should call Bangkok Bank and ask them which branch is your new one.

You just tap on cardless withdrawal on the Bangkok Bank mobile app and follow the instructions.

I updated Bangkok Bank with a new passport at a different branch than where I opened the account. Make sure to bring your old passport.

You slide it down because you are supposed to pretend to have read it.

Until they add a section for income except due to DTAs it’s not clear how foreigners could file taxes correctly anyway with regard to this.

What issue? There are so many data breaches, including from credit agencies, that you just have to assume your information is out in the wild and act accordingly by checking your credit score/report and not re-using passwords.

I am not aware of the disappearance of any ATMs in Pattaya, although almost all of the BBL ones were out of service for a long period last month.

Greedflation is inflation + economic conspiracy theory. Also I don’t believe your story. Everyone’s overhead costs have gone up.

It is possible sure but illegal and a bad idea.

It’s not random. I eat street food ALOT and if I just picked a random place and hoped for the best I would be sick every week. As I’ve said, you pick a place with many other Thai customers.

It’s pretty good, but you should eat somewhere that has a lot of customers. They know what’s good, and the high turnover means you are less likely to be eating food that has sat out for awhile.

Then you remember there was no fee to do. That was great.

Most of the discussion about this has been full of speculation, and my own comment here will be no different. However, I think it is safe to say that if you are not a tax resident for a particular year then the worst case scenario is that you may have to demonstrate that to the revenue department sometime in the future if they inquire.

Why? What’s better about it than any other bank?

I’ve had no problems with Wise. Just sent 20k and it arrived in seconds.

The weak link in security here isn’t your mobile phone, it’s spyware and malware on your laptop. If someone steals your phone (almost useless these days to do that, actually) they are not going to be some criminal mastermind that can break into it. They’ll be some loser who is desperate. If they were some genius hacker they wouldn’t be stealing your crappy Android phone that cost 5000 baht when it was new 3 years ago. If you actually care about your data security, stop using your laptop for financial transactions and use an iphone. And don’t show me some BS article about iphones being vulnerable. they’re not.

why do you think anyone in “the government” cares about your boring life. why are there so many paranoid technophobes on here

If banks suddenly start caring about visa status for existing accounts then there is going to be a giant <deleted>storm.

Why will you have trouble maintaining your bank account? If you can get SS deposited into it directly, surely this will register as activity on the account and help to a minimum balance. You can spend the funds abroad using your debit card in the beginning, then later using a virtual card. Biggest problem I can see is transferring the app to a new phone but surely you will visit your old home every few years at least? Im following several threads on opening bank accounts and it’s worth keeping an existing account, they’re getting hard to replace.