Usurers. In other words, given us your money free for an extra month - unless the Imm rules have changed?
Wasn't BKK Bank also the one which caused a stir fairly recently regarding closing accounts? I can't be sure that was exactly it but they certainly caused some consternation amongst the expat population.
I'm pretty certain that when the whole tax thing based on remittances into the country was mooted, the banks suffered severely. Not so much from us expats but especially from wealthy Thais.
Hahuahin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 04, 2025 7:07 pm
IMO total turbulence from top to bottom
I made it through to just under 5 minutes of complete waffle, without him actually saying anything, apart from 'big bank.' If that was meant to be a bit of self promotion, he failed. He's barely literate, for gawds sake.
Hahuahin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 04, 2025 7:07 pm
IMO total turbulence from top to bottom
I made it through to just under 5 minutes of complete waffle, without him actually saying anything, apart from 'big bank.' If that was meant to be a bit of self promotion, he failed. He's barely literate, for gawds sake.
He most likely uses "big bank" to avoid defamation, however it absolutely can affect many of us and if rest of the banks follow well then ...control from arrival to departure, no thanks.
hahuahin
Pretty sure Bangkok Bank is the dodgy one all the agents use for the fake statements for the "visa with no money" option ... they've all got their snouts in the same trough.
Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed? - Hunter S Thompson
buksida wrote: ↑Sat Jul 05, 2025 10:57 am
Pretty sure Bangkok Bank is the dodgy one all the agents use for the fake statements for the "visa with no money" option ... they've all got their snouts in the same trough.
That and I think the 'call center scams operating in Myanmar and Cambodia, and other scams, which were setting up Thai bank accounts using fake ID`s, in order to launder money. This place`s was operated by foreigners, and we have the issue with "mule accounts"
Unfortunately, generalization always hit hardest to they who have no intention and interest of braking either Thai law or bank laws.
hahuahin