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What recent issues have users experienced when transferring funds from Wise to Thai bank accounts?

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Has anyone experienced issues transfering funds from Wise to any Thai bank account recently? I’ve done many transfers before but all of a sudden it was returned and unable to proceed with the transfer.
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Users have reported recent difficulties with transferring funds from Wise to various Thai banks. While past transfers were swift, complications have arisen due to a reduction in the number of Thai banks accepting such transfers, particularly affecting foreign banks and smaller institutions. Delays and rejections have been noted, often attributed to changes in local bank processing and concerns over money laundering regulations. Specific banks like SCB and Krungthai are mentioned as experiencing issues, with some users indicating that their transfers now only occur during banking hours.
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Tony **********
Tony **********
Thai banks have withdrawn all non-citizen access esp if you have DTV. They are closing down all bank accounts of DTV's. the only exemption seems to be if you have a retirement visa or a visa that requires you to deposit money in a Thai bank.

Def not AML - nearly every country across Europe offers a debit card on a pre charge/load basis and check what you expect to spend and have caps. Thats how AML works, I've worked in finance for years. its not rocket science.

Just set clear limits : rent, food, etc outgoings and then check income. if payments don't clear they'll reject and that's your problem. Granted the cant probably assign that to credit worthiness...
Peter *********
Peter *********
@Tony *********
Not all banks, Bangkok bank is the one closing accounts.
Tod *********
Tod *********
I moved 1000 USD to my Krungthai account yesterday and it got there in just a few seconds.
Anonymous ******************
Anonymous ******************
it means the AML system detected you are laundering money. ask a friend to send for you
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Anonymous ******************
Anonymous participant 102 its impossible for a bank to detect anything like that 😀

They are checking fraud, not money laundering of foreign money.

They woudnt know
Bob **********
Bob **********
Anonymous participant 917 they are checking money laundering as well
Anonymous ******************
Anonymous ******************
Nope never
Biff *******
Biff *******
Looks to me like their local partner, who used to squirt the money into the Thai account in minutes (then presumably settle up with Wise later on) isn’t doing that any more. The last few transfers I did could only happen during Thai banking hours and all appeared in my Bangkok Bank account labelled as international transfers as opposed to ‘other local bank’ like they used to.
Anonymous ******************
Anonymous ******************
Scb

Krungthai

And one other been having issues recently I've seen reports
Anonymous ******************
Anonymous ******************
Anonymous participant 828 I’ve had no trouble with Krungthai
Peter *********
Peter *********
Anonymous participant 187 Krungthai will be fine, Bangkok Bank is the one getting accounts closed.
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Anonymous participant 828 yes it was SCB
Christopher ********
Christopher ********
My rent was late because of this delay
Josep *********
Josep *********
I transfered to my thai wife via Wise a lot of times, usually the money is in her account in 5 minutes. But last time it took 3 days, in a weekend.
Anonymous ******************
Anonymous ******************
Been issues reported about wise for weeks now, though most are delays, rejected indicates something else, lots of banks recently stopped accepting transfers from them, mainly foriegn banks in Thailand and the smaller ones (its not about wise in particular, its about tighting up transfer pricessing due to all the scammers moving money around)
Greg ********
Greg ********
Recently the Thai Banks that could receive funds from Wise was reduced in number. Which bank are you transferring to?
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Anonymous *************
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@Greg *******
it was SCB.

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