Bring Sri Bank just 10 minutes ago.Othet banks will follow?

I hope so

I thought it was 250 already. 

 

Any fee that targets foreigners and not Thais, is popular in Thailand. 

11 minutes ago, Everyman said:

I thought it was 250 already. 

 

Any fee that targets foreigners and not Thais, is popular in Thailand. 

Many jurisdictions impose fees/taxes that are almost exclusively targeting non-locals.  Hotel room and car rental tax come to mind.  Many US cities have these specific taxes in addition to sales taxes.

7 minutes ago, gamb00ler said:

Many jurisdictions impose fees/taxes that are almost exclusively targeting non-locals.  Hotel room and car rental tax come to mind.  Many US cities have these specific taxes in addition to sales taxes.

Yeah it's called theft

1 minute ago, gamb00ler said:

Many jurisdictions impose fees/taxes that are almost exclusively targeting non-locals.  Hotel room and car rental tax come to mind.  Many US cities have these specific taxes in addition to sales taxes.

 

Who cares about America? We are talking about Thailand. 

New fee schedule KrungSri as of today 1 July 2025

 

https://www.krungsri.com/Krungsri2020/media/Banking-Rate/advance-notification/en/fee-withdrawal-krungsri-atm-for-international-card-01jul2025-en.pdf

 

Page 8

 

Withdrawal via Krungsri ATM using a card issued
 by a card issuer in a foreign country
 (1) VISA Card / MasterCard 250 baht/transaction
 (2) UnionPay Card  250 baht/transaction
 (3) JCB  250 baht/transaction

 

 

34 minutes ago, Celsius said:

I hope so

Why.........?  🤔

Make sure you take out the max you bank / card allows, and get that increased to a much as the Thai ATMs will disperse.  

 

If I had to pay almost $8 to access only $500 of my own money, I'd be pissed 

 

Guessing AEON is still cheaper ???

2 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

Oh dear!  Gone up 30 baht.  Chang in a paper sack crowd will be having a fit.  One less 7/11 Chang for them.

 

All reimbursed for me.

Right on cue............

Kasikorn as of today....

If you want everyday spending money then download the app that lets you use the QR code payment. It might be called Thaipay? Not sure, but you link your card to it. It is aimed at tourists for this exact reason

18 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

Oh dear!  Gone up 30 baht.  Chang in a paper sack crowd will be having a fit.  One less 7/11 Chang for them.

 

All reimbursed for me.

A post that fits in perfectly with your 'it's all about me' attitude.

I’ve done some Googling around and it looks like Thai ATM fees are now the highest standardized fee in the world. 

 

There might be a few weird exceptions like in a Las Vegas casino but even there it’s only $7 US. 

1 hour ago, Everyman said:

I thought it was 250 already. 

 

Any fee that targets foreigners and not Thais, is popular in Thailand. 

Last month I paid 220

Bangkok Bank is also 250 baht as of today.

1 hour ago, Everyman said:

I thought it was 250 already. 

 

Any fee that targets foreigners and not Thais, is popular in Thailand. 

The fee relates to overseas accounts so a Thai would pay that fee also if withdrawing from an overseas account. No need to engage in bashing, that's not what this threat is about. 

Inflation seems like it's here to stay, it's just a fact of life, so the fee is now $1 more than it was previously, it's not going to have a particularly dramatic effect on most of our lives. As they say, it is what it is. 

 

I think the best workaround is to have a significant amount of money transferred from your overseas account to your Thai account of your significant other, a few times a year and then just withdraw from your local account. Fewer tax implications and lower ATM fees. 

11 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

I think the best workaround is to have a significant amount of money transferred from your overseas account to your Thai account of your significant other, a few times a year and then just withdraw from your local account. Fewer tax implications and lower ATM fees. 

The only time I would recommend sending large sums of US$ to Thailand is if the US$ looks to be falling with respect to the Thai ฿.  The yields on deposits or the market opportunities in US are far superior to what's available here.  Normally it's better to transfer what you need for the short term but have the ability to transfer larger sums when emergencies require it.

2 hours ago, mrmicbkktxl said:

Last month I paid 220

Well it changed on July 1, which is today. It's a new world! lol

11 minutes ago, ukrules said:

Well it changed on July 1, which is today. It's a new world! lol

30 baht per withdrawal, that's my income tax paid  

I feel for the tourists. With Thailand competing for travellers and neighbouring counties cheaper now this increase can't help tourist numbers.

Not sure about Laos and Cambodia but Vietnam and Malaysia it's possible withdraw cash from an ATM free of charge.  

2 hours ago, frank83628 said:

If you want everyday spending money then download the app that lets you use the QR code payment. It might be called Thaipay? Not sure, but you link your card to it. It is aimed at tourists for this exact reason

I had a look at this last week. I might be wrong but it seemed to me that you could only use it by changing foreign currency at one of their exchanges and then loading the money on the card. Means tourists would have to arrive with large amounts of cash to make it worth while

1 hour ago, BillStrangeOgre said:

I had a look at this last week. I might be wrong but it seemed to me that you could only use it by changing foreign currency at one of their exchanges and then loading the money on the card. Means tourists would have to arrive with large amounts of cash to make it worth while

I havent looked into the finer details, i have just seen it advertised toward tourists.

2 hours ago, gamb00ler said:

The only time I would recommend sending large sums of US$ to Thailand is if the US$ looks to be falling with respect to the Thai ฿.  The yields on deposits or the market opportunities in US are far superior to what's available here.  Normally it's better to transfer what you need for the short term but have the ability to transfer larger sums when emergencies require it.

That makes sense unless you're using it as a workaround for tax liability. 

Cash is king and no fees have to pay.

21 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

New fee schedule KrungSri as of today 1 July 2025

 

21 hours ago, Upnotover said:

Kasikorn as of today....

 

20 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

Bangkok Bank is also 250 baht as of today.

 

In other words, it's a cartel, and charges bear no relationship to the actual cost.  Screw foreign tourists as hard as possible.

What with this and now Thai banks making it more difficult to open a bank account for foreigners, it's almost like they don't want us in Thailand??

Well just for the money....

TAGTHAi Easy Pay, not ThaiPay. 🤦‍♂️

 

https://www.tatnews.org/2025/03/tourist-e-wallet-tagthai-easy-pay-now-available-for-international-visitors/

 

Looks like nothing special...

 

You have to exchange your currency at a Kasikorn booth which is then loaded on to a card, which is linked to the application.

So you already lose out by exchanging your currency at a relatively poor rate. For example 31.26919 vs 32.43.  That's an up to 3.6% forex charge to potential customers from the USA. Though if you exchange US$100 bills you can get a better exchange rate, dropping the cost to around 1.34%.

For Europeans, it looks to be around a 2% exchange rate fee.

 

 

I use my SCB balance to pay local bills and those who I can pay by transfer to their bank account.

For cash I withdraw from a Charles Schwab account in the US.

Each month Schwab refunds all ATM fees from other banks.

Nice benefit, I don't know of other banks that provide it.

If you can have a US account it might be an option.