Is it safe to send a bank card via regular mail to Thailand?

@Edward *******

???

Steve Maynard no, just too compliant. As I have said, they told me no but once I pointed out how they sent 9 cards to me that went missing in China, which they don't consider a high risk country, and that their insinuation that courier companies we're not reliable and was information I was willing to share with courier companies, they sent a card. Not recorded/registered mail or courier, just plain first class post. Natwest has a long history of not giving 2 hoots about their customers. In the past 4 years I have had nearly £2000 in compensation payments from them for their poor performance and the unnecessary hardship it has caused me. Just stand up to them and they will send the card.

"If you threaten them, it will come."

@Steve ********

shut up I said they do send it because I and many others have received cards, also tone it down

@Oliver ******************

off

@Steve ********

you don't like it because your wrong, you asked a question and we are answering but you don't like what we say

@St***

There's a difference between ONE bank not sending you a card because of their policy, and an entire COUNTRY being prohibited from making cards internationally.

@Garrett **********

tbf I have tried saying Natwest would not.

IMHO the replies I have seen have bordered on calling me a liar.

I actually had a major issue and needed to contact the CEO and other directors to get my issue sorted, so yes I am p'ed off.

@St***

You said, "banks in the UK do not send cards for security reasons."

@Steve ********

I'm with Natwest and got mine sent. To be fair, I had to threaten them. I pointed out that they don't consider China a high risk country to send cards to but they sent me 11 cards and only 2 ever arrived because their complaints team sent them by FedEx. I also pointed out that they stated I had to give a family/friend address in the UK and then GO TO THE UK TO COLLECT IT because mail/couriers were not safe. So I told them I was going to copy their email to all the major international courier companies. 2 weeks later my card arrived by first class post, not even recorded or signed for! You just have to push the right buttons, after all, since 2009 we own the banks.

@Steve ********

Perhaps you had an issue with NatWest because they do not allow their customers to be residents of Thailand. The following is their permitted list of countries. They may have been concerned about flagging a regulatory issue.

Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, China (Expats only), Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Norway, Oman, Qatar, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom or the United States of America

@Ruth ******

maybe, I don't know, this was not advised to me.

@St***

What do you mean he's wrong? His bank didn't send him a card?

Steve Maynard. I can't comment on NatWest, but I had no issue with HSBC sending a card here. I still had to call the bank in person to activate it (couldn't do it through the app or online) and answer security questions. Your problem must be with the specific bank.