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EV Charging Stations (CS)
When Bangkok Bank started offering UnionPay cards and dropped its Visa debit cards the reason for that is UnionPay and Bangkok Bank jointly created a new domestic payment network, called "Thai Payment Network (TPN) to compete with the Visa, Mastercard, and other types of payment networks...and to make more profit from not having to pay Visa or Mastercard payments to use their payment "backbone" system. The new UnionPay/TPN cards were based on "only" using the UnionPay underlying backbone payment system really controlled by UnionPay. This was back around the 2016 timeframe....and back then a of companies simply didn't want to signup with the UnionPay payment system in order to receive payment from UnionPay logo cards....and also didn't want to signup with this new TPN network because there were costs involved. Most companies were perfectly happy in using the Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and other long time established western payment networks. How this new TPN payment network was basically a joint venture (and ownership) between UnionPay and Bangkok Bank although they did get a couple more Thai banks to joint in later....I think 3 more Thai banks. So, Bangkok Bank now the proud part owner of this new TPN payment network really wanted to get as many people using it as possible as that meant more profit for the bank. One way Bangkok Bank pushed their this net TPN network as throw-up a lot of resistance to its customers who got issued a UnionPay/TPN debit card as a new customer or getting issued that UnionPay/TPN card when their Bangkok Bank "Visa" debit card expired. This was around the time when Bangkok Bank at the same time was phasing out its Visa network debit cards in favor of it's new UnionPay/TPN network. There was a lot of kickback from many customers such as customers demanding to be issued a Visa or Mastercard vs UnionPay with some customers even closing their accts in protest, etc. This finally caused Bangkok Bank to also start offering Mastercard debit cards just before their Visa debit cards were terminated. Bangkok Bank was now back to having two payment networks debit cards...UnionPay/TPN and Mastercard, BUT Bangkok Bank still "favored" its UnionPay/TPN debit cards whenever a new customer came in to get a debit...that customer would automatically be issued a UnionPay/TPN debit card UNLESS the customer asked for a Mastercard debit card. To this day Bangkok Bank still pushes/favors its UnionPay/TPN card when signing up new customers, but they have dropped putting up much of any resistance to any customer who does want the UnionPay card; instead really wants Mastercard or Visa....just don't want a UnionPay card. And now Bangkok Bank even has Visa debit cards again. And their Mastercard debit card is now also part of the TPN network...basically sporting the Mastercard and TPN logos (but not the UnionPay logo). Anyway, Bangkok Bank now offers UnionPay, Mastercard and Visa debit cards as they saw the error in the ways from years back in trying to only offer UnionPay/TPN debit cards....PUSH these cards on people....a take or leave it type deal. However, Bangkok Bank still favors the UnionPay/TPN card probably because they get a little more profit from that card than their Mastercard and Visa debit cards. When/if you go to your Bangkok Bank branch and say you want to swap your UnionPay card to a Mastercard or Visa card just be firm you want to swap because it don't work with some of the companies you deal with and you simply want Mastercard/Visa instead. The only feedback you probably get is it will cost a Bt100 initial issue fee and Bt300 annually assuming you get a basic Mastercard/Visa card vs one of their pricey cards when additional benefits might be offered like accident insurance or something.....additional benefits you'll probably never use or need.
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