bangkok bank -

[Seanbhoy]

3 months ago i went and opened a bank account in Bangkok bank, it took like 20 minutes.

they charged me 100 for ATM card and 200 for account fee, yearly fee.

the card is the most rubbish card, its a rabbit be1st union something, you cant even use it out of the country, you cant use it on the internet.

 

in the UK, you lose your card, replacement is free, you withdraw from any other bank no fee, any other town in the UK its free, 

 

so my question is how do i get a bank account with visa DEBIT facilities, i cant find one - 

[isaanbanhou]

have you tried Standard Chartered Bank?

[tonray]

5 minutes ago, Seanbhoy said:

so my question is how do i get a bank account with visa DEBIT facilities, i cant find one -

Any other  bank than Bangkok Bank . Take your pick.

[Seanbhoy]

Any other  bank than Bangkok Bank . Take your pick.

I just thought bangkok bank was the main one, wonder why they don’t.


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[tonray]

4 minutes ago, Seanbhoy said:

I just thought bangkok bank was the main one, wonder why they don’t.


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There is no 'main' bank. All pretty much the same

[pontious]

Bangkok Bank do issue Visa Debit cards - they just do not want to. Insist on one- they may tell you it may be a 7 day wait.

Edited February 7, 2018 by pontious
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[FritsSikkink]

1 hour ago, Seanbhoy said:

I just thought bangkok bank was the main one, wonder why they don’t.


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Because they have a contract with a Chinese credit card company, they make it difficult but not impossible to get a visa card.

[jackdd]

1 hour ago, Seanbhoy said:

I just thought bangkok bank was the main one, wonder why they don’t.

Obviously because they make more profit with the JCB cards.

 

You can open a Bank account at Krungsri (it's free, no yearly fee) and take the "Krungsri Debit All ATMs" Visa debit card, that's 480THB for 3 years and you can get money at every ATM in Thailand without any fees. (replacement is 100THB). Other Banks offer similar things, it's just Bangkok Bank that sucks

[Halfaboy]

I think the rabbit be1st union is the infamous union pay card. Yes, absolutely useless. The Rabbit card (ussued till recentl) had all you wanted.

 

Best option is to switch bank. 

[BobbyL]

Bangkok Bank has gone from being a very good bank (myself and others I know used them previously) to being generally dogger. All this has stemmed from their crazy idea of using the Union Pay cards.

 

I have read many complaints on here, Facebook expat pages etc for about a year or more all moaning about this issue. I have left them.