WonnabeBiker Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Yesterday, I took a tax refund cheque to the local KTB. They could not find any account for me. ° Be aware, you might lose your savings! Am not amused... Can you please share your experiences and make suggestions? Is this a "based on national origin" thing, not affecting Thais? Is this limited to Krung Thai Bank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Did you bring your bank book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rc2702 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Were funds in the account? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allane Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 This is a general answer, not specific to Krung Thai: Banks in Thailand will generally close an account if there has been no customer-generated activity for a year. (Interest payments and service charges do not count as activity.) With some banks,you can avoid closure by maintaining a small minimum balance, the figure of B 2000 is common. In this case, they usually assess a service charge of say, B 50/month. Once the balance reaches zero, the account is closed. None of the foregoing is specific to foreigners. To my knowledge, the banks can not keep the account holder's funds, at least not initially. There is presumably a statute of limitations that is reached at some point, after which the funds are theirs. I once inadvertently allowed an account to become closed. By going into my home branch, and making a deposit, I was able to reactivate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlycw Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 9 hours ago, FritsSikkink said: Did you bring your bank book? No. It's mislaid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlycw Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 8 hours ago, Rc2702 said: Were funds in the account? You bet! - They found no trace of it and held my passport in hand and even entered the passport's #. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonnabeBiker Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 6 hours ago, allane said: This is a general answer, not specific to Krung Thai: Banks in Thailand will generally close an account if there has been no customer-generated activity for a year. (Interest payments and service charges do not count as activity.) With some banks,you can avoid closure by maintaining a small minimum balance, the figure of B 2000 is common. In this case, they usually assess a service charge of say, B 50/month. Once the balance reaches zero, the account is closed. None of the foregoing is specific to foreigners. To my knowledge, the banks can not keep the account holder's funds, at least not initially. There is presumably a statute of limitations that is reached at some point, after which the funds are theirs. I once inadvertently allowed an account to become closed. By going into my home branch, and making a deposit, I was able to reactivate it. I will try to do that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topt Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 4 hours ago, WonnabeBiker said: I will try to do that! How will you do that if you do not have the book and therefore presumably no idea of the account no? Is it the same branch where you opened it and do you have an ATM card? How much money was actually left in it? Edit sorry I am confused now between you and @onlycw ............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 OP, Sounds like maybe you let the account go inactive for over 12 months "and" had less than Bt2,000 in it? This would have triggered a Bt50/month maintenance fee on a savings account which continued until the account reached zero balance....then the account was closed. And if you had a debit card with the account it probably had approx/at least a Bt200 annual fee that accelerated depletion of the balance. See below from KTB fee schedule which is pretty standard policy for all Thai banks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkn Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I recently contacted KTB to close an account from abroad, here is what they replied: We would like to inform you that. you need to contact at branch directly. This procedure compled with Bank of Thailand regulatory. Normally, if account balance is 0 and no movement over 1 year. We will auto close the said account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Use it or lose it. same same with cellphone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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