"contactless" payments support in Chiang Mai?

[marcardar]

Just curious if many places - e.g. supermarkets, cafes are supporting contactless payments (i.e. debit/credit cards with the wireless logo - in particular for Revolut) these days?  This could be a way to mitigate the ATM fees somewhat.  Alternatively, smartphone NFC (Apple/Android Pay) or QR code payments?

[Bill97]

Why would contactless payment mitigate ATM fees compared to using the same card for a contact payment?


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[KhunBENQ]

1 hour ago, Bill97 said:

Why would contactless payment mitigate ATM fees compared to using the same card for a contact payment?

+1

Absolute mystery to me too. Please explain.

Edited October 14, 2018 by KhunBENQ

[lkv]

2 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

+1

Absolute mystery to me too. Please explain.

If he is referring to avoiding his fees for ATM withdrawal with a foreign card (Revolut), QR code payments would only function linked to a Thai bank account (for now).

Edited October 14, 2018 by lkv

[KhunBENQ]

25 minutes ago, lkv said:

If he is referring to avoiding his fees for ATM withdrawal with a foreign card (Revolut)

And this would work for me with or without contact-less.

My bank reimburses foreign transaction fees of the VISA credit card.

(otherwise would be 1.75%, much worse than withdrawing large sum at ATM).

Edited October 14, 2018 by KhunBENQ

[sanmyintmaung]

Alipay, Wechat pay and Samsung Pay are the only cross border contact less payment systems in used in Thailand. Chinese tourists now a day just show QR codes on their phones and buys things without withdrawing cash from local ATMs.

 

If you have a Samsung phone, you can also try Samsung pay. Below link contains the list of the merchants that support Samsung pay.

https://www.samsung.com/th/samsungpay/merchant/

 

Edited October 14, 2018 by sanmyintmaung

[marcardar]

Sorry for the late reply - didn't get notified of responses for some reason. Yes, I was just curious if contactless is supported (judging from the replies, I guess not). It just feels more secure to pay contactless (with a revolut card) rather using the revolut card as a credit card (either by signing for or chip-and-pin). Happy to be proved mistaken though. The only alternative to all that being ATMs and the fees that go with them.

 

Actually, I do have Alipay so I might give that a shot to see how it works.

Edited October 22, 2018 by marcardar

[sabanook]

On 10/14/2018 at 10:07 AM, sanmyintmaung said:

Alipay, Wechat pay and Samsung Pay are the only cross border contact less payment systems in used in Thailand.

I pay contactless using my Revolut Visa in every 7/11 and many different places so contactless payment is not restricted to smartphone payment in Thailand.

Sure I save money for ATM withdraw when pay by credit card without foreign currency usage fee

Edited November 29, 2018 by sabanook