Thailand Elite Card is pleased to announce the release of four new membership programs

[ubonjoe]

1 hour ago, BritTim said:

Little known fact (especially by Bangkok Bank staff): before you can use the Union Card for Internet purchases, you need to register at the "Verified by Visa" page (https://ipay.bangkokbank.com/bblenroll/bkkCard.aspx)

That is only for the Visa card they no longer issue.

Procedure for the Union Pay card. http://www.bangkokbank.com/BangkokBankThai/Documents/Site Documents/Be1st/RegisterTPN_En.pdf

[wpcoe]

What is a "Union Pay" card?  I have one of these:

 

 

I don't think I ever used it for an online purchase, but wonder if I could.

[ubonjoe]

6 minutes ago, wpcoe said:

What is a "Union Pay" card?  I have one of these:

 

 

I don't think I ever used it for an online purchase, but wonder if I could.

It looks like this.

Info here:http://www.bangkokbank.com/BangkokBank/PersonalBanking/DailyBanking/Be1stVisaDebitCard/Pages/B1stnewdefault.aspx

Be sure you don't lose or damage the one you have now or you will not be able to get another one.

I have used mine for online purchased many times.

[eisfeld]

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

e sure you don't lose or damage the one you have now or you will not be able to get another one.

I have used mine for online purchased many times.

I can only second this. I'll keep a close eye on my Visa card until 2023. At that point they'd better have introduced a viable alternative or I'll give up on them. Krungsri has worked well for me recently. But in Thailand (and increasingly all over the world) it seems to become a requirement to have at least 2 or 3 accounts with different banks because you never know what funny stuff they decide to do.

[wpcoe]

Oh, great.  Now I have to be paranoid about losing the card.  

 

Thanks for the clarification about what the card is.

 

The new card is only on the "Thai payment network" & (Chinese?) UnionPay network, and not on VISA or MasterCard networks?  That is a huge change.

 

(Okay, we can get back on topic, which I believe was the Thailand Elite Card program.  )

[ubonjoe]

4 minutes ago, wpcoe said:

Oh, great.  Now I have to be paranoid about losing the card.  

You could get a Union Pay to use for ATMs and local stores that accept it and keep the Visa for other uses. You can have more than one card on an account.