Answereda year ago
What should I do to successfully transfer money to my Bangkok Bank account for my retirement visa?
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Very stressful, because I have to arrange this for my retirement visa, monthly method.
With all alarming news, about BKK bank freezing accounts, I decided to do the transfer, early in the month, if something goes wrong, I can still find a solution.
Today I send, as usual, as I am doing for many years now, my monthly transfer to my BKK bank account. After proceeding, I get a few minutes later, a mail, that BKK bank refused the transfer.
Reason should be, that name of account is not correct. Ok, although this has not been a problem for all these these years, I see that on Wise, middle name is missing. I put the middle name, and Wise send it again.
It is now said, the transfer is done, and should be in my account in minutes.
5 minutes later, this time, the whole transfer is definitely cancelled.
I not know what to do here. I need that amount in my account for the end of the month, otherwise, my visa will not be renewed next year. Neither my wife, who is here on my visa.
IMPORT UPDATE
I changed the name, deleted old recipient.
Things got worse. Now it is in account in seconds. No international transfer anymore, although I put for living in Thailand.
It states DEP TRF FR E CH
internetbanking. Could that be because Wise transfer international through another bank?
Very stressful, because I have to arrange this for my retirement visa, monthly method.
With all alarming news, about BKK bank freezing accounts, I decided to do the transfer, early in the month, if something goes wrong, I can still find a solution.
Today I send, as usual, as I am doing for many years now, my monthly transfer to my BKK bank account. After proceeding, I get a few minutes later, a mail, that BKK bank refused the transfer.
Reason should be, that name of account is not correct. Ok, although this has not been a problem for all these these years, I see that on Wise, middle name is missing. I put the middle name, and Wise send it again.
It is now said, the transfer is done, and should be in my account in minutes.
5 minutes later, this time, the whole transfer is definitely cancelled.
I not know what to do here. I need that amount in my account for the end of the month, otherwise, my visa will not be renewed next year. Neither my wife, who is here on my visa.
IMPORT UPDATE
I changed the name, deleted old recipient.
Things got worse. Now it is in account in seconds. No international transfer anymore, although I put for living in Thailand.
It states DEP TRF FR E CH
internetbanking. Could that be because Wise transfer international through another bank?
Answer summary
The user is facing repeated transfer rejections from their Bangkok Bank account, attributed to discrepancies in their name when sending money via Wise. Previous successful transactions are no longer going through, prompting concern for their upcoming visa renewal which requires funds in their account. Community responses suggest checking the name in the bank statement, trying a different bank, or setting up a new transfer after correcting details.
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Harvey ********
Bahahahahhaaha
Derek *****
Check ur BBL statement via the app for exact name - then cancel the first and do a new transfer using the exact spelling. Should be fine after that. Recent policy changes likely resulted in some name checking thing which screwed things up.
Iain *********
Just set up a new bank transfer. The same happened to me and I just set up a new transfer to that same account and it went in in 20 minutes
Iain *********
Yeah that’s weird, for me it worked. I’m married to a Thai and have been to my bank in Thailand to confirm my identity and phone number.
Martin **********
OP@Iain ********
read update
Daniel ******
Cash is king! Gold is even better. No bank account!
VZ ****
@Daniel *****
maybe lay low on the drugs buddy
Christian ********
@Daniel *****
you can tell the immigration that you have cash money. They believe you every word 🙂
David *******
Idiot. Try to be helpful instead
Daniel *********
@Daniel *****
im sure you can bring 400k baht worth of gold from abroad and show it to the immigration as proof of funds for your visa :)
Brad *********
@Daniel ********
thats not how immigration worksDaniel *********
see the comment I'm replying to 😉 it was sarcasm obviously
Zin ************
@Daniel *****
Yeah. I wish salary get paid in gold or cash. 🙃Martin **********
OP@Daniel *****
Well, I would love to be there, when you explain this to immigrationZin ************
I had the same issue. But less than 50k THB work for me.
If you have SCB bank account, try with that. Received within fews seconds and ok for over 100k THB as well.
If you have SCB bank account, try with that. Received within fews seconds and ok for over 100k THB as well.
Jesper *******
@Zin ***********
does the statement shows foreign transfer?
Sue **********
@Jesper ******
why should it habe to show its foreign transfer? I just topup my account with left cash of my foreign money after exchangeWantiez *******************
Its Bangkok bank change you name !!
You need to ask you friend or wife to send money with another bank to you bank and you need to look name !
After you change name in wise ;)
You need to ask you friend or wife to send money with another bank to you bank and you need to look name !
After you change name in wise ;)
Martin **********
OP@Wantiez ******************
see my updateWantiez *******************
@Martin *********
I send you pmWantiez *******************
@Martin *********
you change with name you see when you send money with another bank ?
Steve **********
Same thing happened to me 4-5 times trying to bring money down from Canada, same as counts as for the last umpteenth years, same messages, wrong name, etc etc etc. Wise and BBL bank, then cancelling my transfer.
Changed my details to another bank with Wise and the transfer shot through like a Bondi tram.. Thai mates of my wife can’t even transfer from one account in BBL to another in BBL.. Dunno what the drum is, but has stuffed up heaps of people
Changed my details to another bank with Wise and the transfer shot through like a Bondi tram.. Thai mates of my wife can’t even transfer from one account in BBL to another in BBL.. Dunno what the drum is, but has stuffed up heaps of people
Toon *********
@Steve *********
BBL is something else, seems you've been typing that a bit too often 😅
Joann ********************
Try sending it through your bank via swift transfer
Paul ********
I had the same because my wise account did not have my middle name on it. Even though I have been sending money for 10 years. Er did the account and went through in a minute
Will **********
@Paul *******
this is this answer! I did the same and it worked immediately.
Scotty *******
@Paul *******
yep done the same and it went thru straight awayMartin **********
OP@Paul *******
I tried to change it, but I not see any way to do so.Paul ********
@Martin *********
delete the Bangkok bank on Wise and re do it with full name as passbookMartin **********
OP@Paul *******
Thanks did this,as you see in my update.Jay *******
Go to another bank and open a bank account, start depositing your money there.
Paul ********
@Jay ******
no the west is trying to get people here to not trust the Thai banks and keep the money outside Thailand as the government is at the moment very unstable. You need to get your head out of the sand. Look at what happened in 97Jay *******
@Paul *******
yes, like i thought. You're clueless 😆Jay *******
@Paul *******
you're still clueless and you keep showing how clueless you are if you think its caused by the west and that I'm really a fashion model, but by all means carry on lolPaul ********
Paul ********
@Jay ******
frighten people out of what is a perfectly good bank. It’s the west have tightened up their banking transactions and they have to match exactly to each account
Nick ************
My monthly payment was deposited from uk into my BB this morning 23 hours after initiating transfer as usual. I am unable to check how it is coded as I have been denied access to my banking app. Can't do anything about that until I get back to Thailand next month.
Nick ************
@Paul *******
no good bank denies you access to your account with no notice at all.
Robert *********
@Nick ***********
this is the most important point everyone should know. This bank should be avoided like the plague. Corruption. Incompetence. Indifference.Jay *******
@Paul *******
the west has nothing to do with the MASSIVE problems at Bangkok bank. Corruption at Bangkok bank started most of the problems and their solutions created the rest.Jay *******
@Martin *********
wise has been using intermediary banks in Thailand for a long time. Many of my transfers through intermediary banks to Bangkok bank were marked as a foreign transaction before. It may be a wise problem, but I highly doubt it as the problems seem to be almost 100% isolated to Bangkok bank.Martin **********
OP@Jay ******
Yes, but this is Wise related. They now do international, only to Kasikorn bank. So BKK gets is national. Why my name is not accepted for firt time, has maybe nothing to do with that.Jay *******
@Paul *******
you seem clueless about what is going on. Try a Google search. Thai government busting Bangkok bank for corruption started all these changes which has affected ZERO OTHER THAI BANKS! How is the west affecting only one bank out of the many in Thailand? Maybe you should be the one reading the news?Paul ********
@Jay ******
wrong if you actually read the news and listen it’s the west tightening up on transfers because like Germany they can’t even keep up with their welfare payments monthly. The west are restricting transfers and one way is to bring in the name must exactly match the transfer account.Soon you will be limited on amounts you can transfer and they will be held for 24 hrs for investigation to why you transfer it.
Wim ****
@Jay ******
That would be my advise to. bangkok bank is the biggest bank in all the banking scams and accounts. they are now in the attention of the media so they can not loose face ?? ( as if the one giving these accounts is not the one to blame ? ) and now they are going to prove how correct they are. Looking from the other side, i think many people, included myself, had problems with bangkok bank when there was a minor change with the name on the passport and suddenly it was like was going to scam that bank or ?? and this happened 2 times. first time about 11 years ago , when the third name of my first name became only the letter E. instead of the full part of the name. Ok this was a major change for those at bankkok bank but somewhat understandable. 2nd time about 3 year ago , when i got the new passport and the E. was not having the dot nomore................... so yeah once again bangkok bank saved the economy by blocking the account untill i went back to let them fill in 99 forms , needed to sign 25 times and than all was good, catastroph avoided. in Belgium when i went to the bank for some exchange and so they saw the name change in the passport , they changed it in the pc , scanned the passport and done.............Paul ********
@Jay ******
wrong. It’s just people have not put the exact name on wise and Bangkok bank. Don’t frighten people
Robert *******
@Paul *******
I had this too when using wise then use Remitly and all went well using the same data
Zee ******
@Paul *******
I just spent 15 business days waiting on my money. BKK bank is having major issues switching accounts is the best wayZee ******
@Martin *********
my Visa was renewed 3 months ago before they locked my account for 15 business daysMartin **********
OP@Zee *****
For visa, monthly method, has to be same bank. You can switch, only after your visa is renewed.Jay *******
@Paul *******
wrong about what? Frighten people how? Bangkok bank is having serious problems and zero customer service. A solution is go with a better bank. Nothing to be frightened about, I did it easily.
David *********
Same here
Chris *****
@Jay ******
Agree 👍🏻Martin **********
OP@Paul *******
This is not my first transfer. Since 2007, I do transfers, and with Wise for many years. Never any issues, until now.
Billy ********
@Dany *******
I have transferred money thru XE to Krungsri for 8 years now. Now they will not allow me to do this.
Pertti **********
@John *********
I asked Bangkok Bank and got an answer demanding a lot of details. Not helpful at all.
Dany ********
@Billy *******
how is a fintech bank a 3rd party app or what do you mean?
Adrey *****
@Martin *********
I have the same problem as you. I have been transferring money in this account and suddenly they came out with this bullshit about name wrong and wise still hasn’t been able to figure out since last week!!!
John **********
@Martin *********
they frozen my bankaccount also because i found out the number of my phone stay on the name of my wife..... I hear this after i go to the Bangkok bank...after change it by the provider i go back..must sign some papers of cource and no problems anymore..so my advice is to just go to the bank and ask what's wrong..they will be happy to help you with that...Billy ********
@Jay ******
My bank Krungsri isn't allowing transfer thru 3 rd party apps nowJay *******
@Martin *********
yes as have many people, but the problem only seems to affect Bangkok bank, same as all the other ongoing problemsPaul ********
@Martin *********
yes I have had the same problem and now th west is tightening up on banking we are feeling it because banks have not been diligentActivity
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