Bangkok Bank - International Access To Accounts

[Bangkok Barry]

19 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Applying and, getting internet access to my account will I be able to Log On and carry out transactions including International tran*sers *rom locations outside, Thailand?

Why not ask your bank? They KNOW, whereas some here will say what they THINK.

[Henricus]

2 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Elderly laptop. It has an F but it is not working. Last year a helpful AN poster told me a way to 'substitute' using a couple of keystrokes but I can't remember how. Will have to buy an external keyboard and try that.

online keyboard !!

[scubascuba3]

7 hours ago, JimmyJ said:

To clarify -

Your Thai mobile number works outside Thailand.

No need to have the carrier turn on Roaming.

No need for a VPN using the app outside Thailand.

❌ Incorrect, there are plenty of examples of people not receiving OTPs abroad without turning on International roaming (not data)

[Kalasin Jo]

In short, yes you can.. You will need an active Thai SIM though to receive the OTPs by SMS.

[JimmyJ]

 

 

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

❌ Incorrect, there are plenty of examples of people not receiving OTPs abroad without turning on International roaming (not data)

You are stating International Voice Roaming be turned on and  not International Data, to receive SMS?

Edited March 20, 2023 by JimmyJ

[scubascuba3]

2 minutes ago, JimmyJ said:

 

 

You are stating International Voice Roaming be turned on and  not International Data, to receive SMS?

Do some reading 

 

https://www.ais.th/roaming/en/howto.html

[foreverlomsak]

On 3/19/2023 at 3:17 PM, KannikaP said:

YES. As long as your 'f'' key is working!

nearly as good as Michael Fish the UK weather forecaster who said "sorry about the F in Fog" when the letter fell off the chart he was using. 

[Lemsta69]

42 minutes ago, JimmyJ said:

 

 

You are stating International Voice Roaming be turned on and  not International Data, to receive SMS?

Mobile phones have 3 separate services: Voice, SMS (text), and Data (internet).

 

In theory it is possible to enable/disable international roaming for each separate service but in practice it's up to the telco. 

 

My personal experience from Australian telcos is that it's all 3 or nothing at all. There's why you have to make sure to turn off Mobile data when you are connected to a foreign network.

 

I haven't roamed with a Thai SIM card yet however if I was planning to and wanted just SMS recieve-only roaming then it's something I'd check with the telco(s) before I left. 

Edited March 20, 2023 by Lemsta69

[rak sa_ngop]

10 hours ago, keithcresswell said:

I can use my Bangkok bank online in the UK, however they won't allow me to transfer THB to the UK. I had to use an ATM.

How about setting up a  Dee Money account. You can then make e-tranfers from BB to Dee money with your Thai SIM card number.  Setting up a Dee money account is pretty straight forward although they wanted additional photo ID. My UK driving licence proved useful for the first time. 

[treetops]

On 3/20/2023 at 8:19 AM, JimmyJ said:

You are stating International Voice Roaming be turned on and  not International Data, to receive SMS?

That's correct - voice (and SMS) use mobile networks and that's what you need for OTPs etc.  Data uses the internet and is not required.

[Danderman123]

I often travel, and use Bangkok Bank mobile banking for cash transfers within Thailand. No VPN, no problem.

 

 

[ianguygil]

With our Mobile Banking and our Internet Banking, both for Consumers, you can use it from wherever you want to (subject to any embargos like North Korea). We do not limit by IP address and we use AKAMAI so your experience should be fast from wherever you choose to access us from. 

 

However, one limitation will be if you want to do something with risk which will required a OTP via SMS to authenticate you (the SIM for the SMS is "what you have" from a security standpoint). Then you will need a Thai phone, but you will only need to turn on Roaming for GSM, not for Data, to do that.

Hope this answers questions. If you have more please post here. For anything identifying you please send me a PM and we will go to Bank email. Thank you

 

[ianguygil]

On 3/20/2023 at 3:22 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Do some reading 

 

https://www.ais.th/roaming/en/howto.html

The above is technically a part of USSD, which is an old and a basic capability which is delivered via the GSM stack. So you effectively have 2 signals on your phone which you see at the top. The "GSM" signal and the data signal. And again, USSD is a basic capability to allow for the delivery of effectively text based interactions from any device, old dumb candy bar phones of the latest iPhone or ANDROID. So you do NOT need a data signal / plan for USSD. You just need to connect to the GSM Phone network. 

 

Here you go 

 

What is USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data)? (techtarget.com)