Which Thai bank is the easiest for foreigners to open an account?

Bangkok Bank

I had no problem opening my bank account with Bangkok Bank on North Road (Pattaya Nua) Pattaya

BKK

BKK bank was happy for me to open account provided I bought insurance which I didn’t want.

So I got an account with the Yellow bank not problem.

You can bank in Thailand with Barclays. They have the big one in Bangkok and facilities in most places. It's easier

In phuket all banks refused to open a savings account. One branch of Bangkok bank in isaan was ok. I showed them a letter from my own bank in Switzerland with a proof that I’m a "reliable customer" take a thai person with you. Bank employee might not understand you. It was a pain to get mobile banking to work. Now i have it all. I’m not living in Thailand yet, but if wheoi arrive, i already have a few baht there

That is strange, normally they dont do!

Kasikorn bank i just showed my passport with tourist visa and a card from the hotel where i was staying and all good

kasikorn

If you’re renting, perhaps you could try getting your landlord to go to their bank where you could open up a bank account to do direct monthly payments to them. It worked for me

BKK Bank

All the same shit

K bank is easiest.

Bangkok Bank. Letter of reference from your embassy. Did it on a tourist visa. But I'm pretty sure the guy didn't even check that.

I did with bkk bank on tourist visa. I just did thier insurance biz

Definitely not the Siam Commercial Bank. I was lucky to have a work permit, but if you don't have one, you can forget about opening an account there.

If you're working it can be at the behest of your employer. I opened a Krungsri account when I first arrived in country because that was the bank the company used. Latest job wouldn't pay into a Krungsri account so insisted I have a Bangkok Bank account. Payroll payments in Asia seem to be about 20 years behind.

Kasikorn

Krungthai

The big yellow one easy

Kasikorn

Krungsri (Paragon or Sukhumvit 33 branch to be specific) if you don’t have a work permit.

You just need to bring original passport and condo lease agreement.

Bangkok Bank is the second but you need to get a certificate of residence from your embassy.

Forget about Kasikorn if you don’t have a work permit

Their policy has been changed in the past years. I checked with all of them.

If you have a WP, Kasikorn would be the best one.

As long as u have work permit any bank will open an account for u. The easiest iv experienced so far without work permit is lease agreement with ur name on it.

Bangkok Bank

Kasakorn. Take a whack of cash, slap on counter.

Money talks!

No resistance visa...

No previous Bank Account....

No proof of earnings asked for....

Easy money!

Never had any problems with Bangkok Bank but I guess it's all subjective.

Krungsri HQ

Bank of Ayudhya PCL. - Ploen Chit Branch

550 Phloen Chit Rd, Lumphini, Pathum Wan District, Bangkok

02 208 2170

easy to open, with smooth app, and hassle free banking = UOB.

and UOB only.

I did it at BKK Bank Pattaya 2nd road across from Soi 6. Easy as can be. No hassles. No drama.

How much intrest we will get for FD 1M bath

Just walk in a bank and try every bank have own policy even the branche or city where walk in can be different

If you have no funds in an account does it automatically get closed? In reference to Bangkok bank.

All the branches of banks have their own rules. I have accounts in both Bangkok Bank and Krung Thai bank, I only have a tourist visa but other branches of the same banks did not allow me to open prior to gaining these accounts.

One thing I would strongly advise. If you have a Thai speaking partner, take them with you and let them do the the talking. It’s far easier for bank staff who don’t speak any language other than Thai to say sorry cannot do. It worked for me on two occasions.

its hit and miss, even though we have been with SCB for more then 13 yrs you would believe how difficult and stupid things get, at our local branch they know my wife and i very well, i went to ask for a bank statement or they dont have to print it out and give it to me just tell me if there was a remittance from my account to someone else on a certain date for this amount of money as they say they didnt receive it, we need copy passport, i dont have with me i have my thai license or i can show you a photo of my passport on my phone, after mins of discussing and there were seeing i was getting agitated not angry the manage came out and obviously knows me and took a print out and gave it to me, i checked and remittance did go so i handed the statement back and left. even the small things with banks and their staff are plain down outright difficult they can make things.... its the thai head in box syndrome cannot look outside the box... too difficult or we mite get into trouble...

The one solitary thing Bangkok Bank is good for is showing international transfers when needed. Kasikorn is very good otherwise. CIMB you need wp but gives slightly better interest rates.

This must be the 20th time this month this question has been asked!

But I have always found Kasikorn bank to be the most farang friendly.

However each branch seems to have their own rules so if refused at one, just find another and try there.

Others will swear by Bangkok bank or Siam Commercial but I closed my account with them both because basically, they were shit, especially BBL

Depends on the individual bank and which Visa you are on