International card payments stopped working at Bangkok Bank

[NativeBob]

Paid w/debit card issued by BKK Bank. no hassle, smooth as silk. $15 no OTP

[seajae]

update on this, yesterday I tried again and was denied then a bank pop up asked me to send an sms to a number  with Y ****** if I approved the payment or N****** if I didnt, tried doint it twice and nothing happened, kind of expected with thai site people as anything they build rarely works

[Caldera]

On 4/25/2025 at 9:59 AM, Ben Zioner said:

Thanks, been thinking about this for a while. Just worried about banking fees, as my FCDs (Foreign Currency Deposits) are with Bangkok Bank.

 

Same here, I just make free instant transfers from my Bangkok Bank account to my Kasikorn Bank account as needed. No problem. 

[Jake72]

Strange, I bought some junk on Aliexpress yesterday using my Bangkok Bank Mastercard, around THB 1,500, no OTP, no problems.

 

Maybe give the bank a call and see if they blocked your card for some reason, happened to me a few years ago.

[sandyf]

On 4/25/2025 at 11:40 AM, BritManToo said:

Sorry Fritz but TPN handles all Bangkok Bank card payments, and TPN is Chinese backed, same company as Union pay I understand.

 

TPN was created to move Asian card payments out of western companies hands, only Bangkok Bank in Thailand currently use them, mainly because they charge the bank half the amount of Barclaycard and Mastercard. Don't ask me how they got permission to use MC and BC trademarks on the cards, I have no idea.

A Barclaycard can be either a Mastercard or a Visa card.

 

The first four digits also provide a more specific identification of the credit card network. For example, Visa^® cards always start with 4, Mastercard^® starts with 2 or 5, and American Express^® starts with 34 or 37. Discover^® cards start with 6, while Diner's Club International^® cards begin with 30, 36, 38, or 39.

https://www.privacy.com/blog/how-to-tell-credit-card-type-by-first-4-digits