Olmate Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Heard today Bangkok Bank has stopped opening new accounts, anyone heard similar? Could it be due to rush of Thais and the 5000 baht relief package? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourpack Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Quite possible and there being responsible about social distancing. But Thai's don't need a bank account to claim there relief money. But unfortunately this will result in large queue's at the designated banks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 New accounts and prompt pay application are suspended until the 6th. https://www.bangkokbank.com/en/COVID19-Update Clicking that takes you to this in Thai. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyp Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) It may just be a crisis response. Last year at this time I wasn’t allowed to open a joint account with my new wife. We were told it was because of the uncertainty of the election results. A week after the election results were announced we opened an account with no problem. At that time I waited a month. No telling what they will do now. I’m sure it is not every branch or every bank. oops I guess it is a coronavirus thing. Edited April 2, 2020 by Martyp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmate Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 11 minutes ago, ubonjoe said: New accounts and prompt pay application are suspended until the 6th. https://www.bangkokbank.com/en/COVID19-Update Clicking that takes you to this in Thai. Thank you UJ,regards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunolem Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 I opened a fixed account today at the Bangkok Bank... Otherwise I think that the Bangkok Bank is not involved in the 5,000 baht scheme. Note that the money will be only transfered to an existing account...no handouts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 6 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 It's prudent sure. Drop 250k on the desk and ask them if you can open an account lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Along with many Condos not allowing new tenants. It makes sense. I paid my KTB credit card today, it was like getting into Stalag 13, but no complaints. They set up tellers behind PVC frames with cling wrap over. Very smart idea someone. They have reduced the areas that serve by 80% & it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAArdvark Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 If you can't open an account, you probably can't close one either. A bank manager in CM confided in me in January that they were already losing many farang accounts due to visa related issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourpack Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Most Thai's I know give BKK bank a wide berth anyway never heard a good word said about the bank from locals most use the government bank or Kasikornbank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmate Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 16 minutes ago, fourpack said: Most Thai's I know give BKK bank a wide berth anyway never heard a good word said about the bank from locals most use the government bank or Kasikornbank. Biggest not best then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ubonjoe Posted April 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2020 58 minutes ago, fourpack said: Most Thai's I know give BKK bank a wide berth anyway never heard a good word said about the bank from locals most use the government bank or Kasikornbank. Not sure how factual that is. I have 3 accounts with Bangkok Bank and my wife also has one and we have never had a problem. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiaexpat Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, fourpack said: Most Thai's I know give BKK bank a wide berth anyway never heard a good word said about the bank from locals most use the government bank or Kasikornbank. That depends on where one lives. Bangkok Bank in Bangkok is as well used as Bank but other places Bank usually has more ATM and branch offices. We bank at both and my Bangkok Bank branch has much better service than Kasikorn in the same mall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmoney Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I tried to open a deposit account yesterday to put my 400,000 in to get the best interest rate (1.1%) at my Krungsri branch on Samui where I already have an account with a debit card. I was told no new accounts until April 7th, for the safety of customers and staff yet they were happily conducting all other activities including depositing and drawing cash including foreign exchange where there may be a chance of spreading the virus from notes (unlikely I know). Thai logic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 2 hours ago, fourpack said: Most Thai's I know give BKK bank a wide berth anyway never heard a good word said about the bank from locals most use the government bank or Kasikornbank. I think it’s more that many Thais don’t fit Bangkok Bank’s demographic customer target. They aim for the middle class and upwards, urban consumer type of client and are not especially interested in rural farmers and the like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69xl Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 19 hours ago, Number 6 said: It's prudent sure. Drop 250k on the desk and ask them if you can open an account lol. I know a guy from the US who had 10 million baht he wanted to deposit to be able to get a visa based on investments. He was refused at something like 13 bank branches in BKK before he could open an account. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourpack Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, ubonjoe said: Not sure how factual that is. I have 3 accounts with Bangkok Bank and my wife also has one and we have never had a problem. Factual to what I hear in my neck of the woods I can only state what I hear from locals. Plus Friends I have in many different jobs from teaching to banking. I have a BKK account used solely to move money from and to Thailand as I get a slightly better deal. Every day living I use Kasikornbank Found then to be a lot better opened account got a visa debit and online banking on pink card. Still to this day BKK refuses to open an online banking for me. Stating constantly WP required total Tosh. Edited April 3, 2020 by fourpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baansgr Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 20 hours ago, ubonjoe said: New accounts and prompt pay application are suspended until the 6th. https://www.bangkokbank.com/en/COVID19-Update Clicking that takes you to this in Thai. Considering a case of Covic was traced back to BKK Bank Pattaya walking street, seems a good move. Is opening a new account a necessatity at present Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmoney Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 3 hours ago, baansgr said: Considering a case of Covic was traced back to BKK Bank Pattaya walking street, seems a good move. Is opening a new account a necessatity at present No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 4 hours ago, fourpack said: Factual to what I hear in my neck of the woods... As you did not give the geographical name of your "neck of the woods" your post lacked that essential detail to be useful to the readers and therefore was not, contrary to what you thought, factual in the real sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmate Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 19 minutes ago, Tmoney said: No What possible reason would anyone have I ask? Shivers that’s a hard one????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 6 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Max69xl said: I know a guy from the US who had 10 million baht he wanted to deposit to be able to get a visa based on investments. He was refused at something like 13 bank branches in BKK before he could open an account. Prolly thought it was I'll gotten gains. Should have just gone with a few hunnit' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Max69xl said: I know a guy from the US who had 10 million baht he wanted to deposit to be able to get a visa based on investments. He was refused at something like 13 bank branches in BKK before he could open an account. Jeez, u are funny. Up there with the 10,000 baht electricity bills, the millions of baht in my account, the 6 bedroom villa with a pool, the man that spends 30,000 baht a month on food, un <deleted> ck in believable Anyway Guderian, good post ,I agree, but with two funerals in my village and this obligation that villagers have to either pay respect or give a donation so close to my house despite my wife's warnings to her sister and mother not to go, the obligation they feel might outweigh the caution they should have. We have a village restaurant owner that has just returned from Germany and we have have close relatives that have come from Bangkok. Will they exercise self isolation, hardly. Edited April 3, 2020 by OneeyedJohn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69xl Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 28 minutes ago, Olmate said: What possible reason would anyone have I ask? Shivers that’s a hard one????? What's so strange about opening a bank account? Life goes on even during a virus outbreak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 After removing several off topic and bickering posts this topic is now The closure for new accounts in only until Monday and things will be back to normal on Tuesday. Read my first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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