ubonjoe Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpcoe Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 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. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpcoe Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 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. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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