edwardandtubs Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I have the be1st smart visa debit card and the website says I can keep using it until 2019. Does this mean it stops working on 1 January 2019 or some other date on 2019? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontious Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 No help but I have made numerous calls to head office and never got the same answer.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardandtubs Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 1 hour ago, pontious said: No help but I have made numerous calls to head office and never got the same answer.! It helps a bit as it saves me the bother of trying the same. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhorse Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Don't even think of switching. Lost my visa debit card a few weeks back and had no choice but to get the union pay replacement.Completely useless, not a single website accepts it as on line payment. It's going to cost them in customers big timeLuckily I already have another bank with mastercard debit that works on ALL websites 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Burma Bill Posted October 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2018 My Bangkok Bank Branch in Isaan, although no longer issuing VISA Debit Cards, has told me that my current Visa Debit Card WILL BE VALID to the "good/thru" date on my card (currently 01/22). It will NOT be withdrawn in 2019. The Manager also told me that in 2019 (no date given) a MASTERCARD DEBIT CARD will be issued alongside the problematic Union Pay Debit Card. As soon as this occurs I shall switch from VISA to MASTERCARD. However as a precaution, I have opened another account with Krungsri Bank which has issued me with a VISA DEBIT CARD. This Union Pay "lark" does not affect Visa or Mastercard Credit cards issued by Bangkok Bank. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stropper Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 i have no problems with a union debt card, it is even accepted in aus, if not accepted there is always a atm close bye, and no fees with drawing cash, not like my westpac, bloody excessive fees every use ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHTel Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 My ATM card with BKK Bank expires in 2026 and like the poster above, I've also been told that my Visa card will be valid until then and there will be a Mastercard option well before then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardandtubs Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, HHTel said: My ATM card with BKK Bank expires in 2026 and like the poster above, I've also been told that my Visa card will be valid until then and there will be a Mastercard option well before then. I hope that's right but it does definitely say on the website that you can keep using the card until 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiniyow Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Soon as they do I'm Changing Banks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billthekiwi Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I was in China in July. Visa and MasterCard were useless. No one would accept them anywhere. But my Bangkok Be1 UnionPay debit card was wonderful. Accepted nearly everywhere and with no apparent transaction charges. Exchange rate was good too. In fact it worked so much better in both China and Hong Kong compared to Thailand. I like it now... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggg88 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I booked a hotel in BKK the other and was shocked to see Booking.com listed Union Pay as an option to pay so maybe one for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigT73 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 7 hours ago, Billthekiwi said: I was in China in July. Visa and MasterCard were useless. No one would accept them anywhere. But my Bangkok Be1 UnionPay debit card was wonderful. Accepted nearly everywhere and with no apparent transaction charges. Exchange rate was good too. In fact it worked so much better in both China and Hong Kong compared to Thailand. I like it now... Union Pay is pretty much Chinas payment system. This also could be interesting if you want to purchase directly from china instead of using lazada or ebay. I used Taobao.com in china and there are millions of items, if china makes it it will be on this website. I just used google translate to chat to the sellers. Now to convince them to post to Thailand ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 21 hours ago, edwardandtubs said: I hope that's right but it does definitely say on the website that you can keep using the card until 2019. Further to my post. Yesterday I attended a sub-branch of Bangkok Bank inside our local Tesco-Lotus supermarket. Alongside the ATM and other machines was a full-size advert for Bangkok Bank's Be 1st VISA Debit Card - no mention at all of the Chinese Union Pay. When I inquired I was told (as we all know now) Bangkok Bank no longer issues VISA Debit cards so when I replied "so why are you still advertising VISA" all I got was silence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertIII Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 My wife has just been on the phone to BKK Bank HO regarding VISA and was told that the existing cards can be used until the end of 2019 (subject to the card's expiry date I assume) after which BKK Bank will no longer be using VISA. This also applies to VISA credit cards as well as debit cards! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post how241 Posted October 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 17, 2018 As usual, hard to get a straight answer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 2 hours ago, RupertIII said: My wife has just been on the phone to BKK Bank HO regarding VISA and was told that the existing cards can be used until the end of 2019 (subject to the card's expiry date I assume) after which BKK Bank will no longer be using VISA. This also applies to VISA credit cards as well as debit cards! It certainly appears we are all being given different information. According to my BB, by the end of 2019 MASTERCARD Debit Cards will be in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 2 hours ago, RupertIII said: My wife has just been on the phone to BKK Bank HO regarding VISA and was told that the existing cards can be used until the end of 2019 (subject to the card's expiry date I assume) after which BKK Bank will no longer be using VISA. This also applies to VISA credit cards as well as debit cards! It certainly appears we are all being given different information however by the end of 2019, according to my BB, the MASTERCARD debit card will be available - I hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhorse Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 My ATM card with BKK Bank expires in 2026 and like the poster above, I've also been told that my Visa card will be valid until then and there will be a Mastercard option well before then.You have a card with an 8 years expiry date? You sure about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 It certainly appears we are all being given different information however by the end of 2019, according to my BB, the MASTERCARD debit card will be available - I hope!Looked on the website today and it shows the Mastercard debit card as being available from 5th November 2018.Sent from my iPad using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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