Can I pay the following by diect debit or standing order

1. Truevisions (tv)

2. True Internet

3 Electricity bill

thanks in advance and Happy New Year to all

True accounts you can pay definite as I do that, power bills dont think so

Yes

It needs some paperwork from bank and the receiving company

You can set up a standing order if you have internet banking with, for example, Kasikorn Bank. Problem is you can't set up a standing order online for an indefinite period, you have to renew every 6 months or similar.

Power bills most definitely, just go to your Thai bank with your electric bill and they will fill out a form for you to take to the electric company to initiate direct debit (in Pattaya you can have it set up in as little as two weeks)

True can be a little more problematic since your Thai bank Internet banking " bill pay" page will have to include them in their list of authorized billers before you can pay directly from your account

If you set up a standing order from your online banking it can only be for a maximun of a year. (Kasikorn Bank) But you get an email notice when each one's been paid so you can count them off.

Electricity and water can be paid by direct debit. Get the form from the utility company, go to the bank to have it authorised and take it back to the utility company. It takes a few weeks to sort out but I've done it that way for 10 years now.

I have a separate Kasikorn account just for water and electricity bills and I do a standing order from my main account to the utility bills account every month. That way there's very little in the small account at any given time.

I've had my electric and water and TOT bills paid automatically now for a couple of years or more.

Got the necessary forms and papers from each of them, took them to my local Bangkok Bank branch where I have my account, got them signed and copied, and returned them to the companies.

Makes life much easier for the months I'm away. Even much easier when I'm here and not needing to watch for a bill and pay it physically at 7-11 or Tesco, or their own offices.

I've had my electric and water and TOT bills paid automatically now for a couple of years or more.

Got the necessary forms and papers from each of them, took them to my local Bangkok Bank branch where I have my account, got them signed and copied, and returned them to the companies.

Makes life much easier for the months I'm away. Even much easier when I'm here and not needing to watch for a bill and pay it physically at 7-11 or Tesco, or their own offices.

As above, takes a couple of months for all the paperwork to go through but once done it's nice, just forget about them.

I have 3BB / True / Electric and water set up like this.

one good thing with true as well is.they give you a 6 months holiday on your payments if u go abroad for a lengthy spell,a reduced rate of 200bht,must go office to sort out not bank branch.