Another dumb question but one my dumbness needs an answer to.

I'm planning to buy a second hand motor for a decent amount of coin. How do I go about paying for it through my bank account without withdrawing a large amount of cash?

US to Thailand wise transfer. They're offering an exchange rate of 35.48.

I was going to transfer $3,000. I'm in no rush So I was wondering if I should wait for a better rate or should I just pull the trigger before it goes lower? Speculations and opinions appreciated!

due to sanctions, does anyone know if ruble transfers from a Russian bank to a Thai bank are possible by changing them to THB? thanks

Wise multi currency card - just received an email that this product is finally available to Canadians. I love Wise - I use for transfers to Thailand, saves me bringing wads of cash or incurring big ATM fees. Just wondering how useful this card would be?

Hi what's the best option top up cash travel card or regular visa debit card

I posted a conversation starter here a few hours ago regarding Transferwise and the problem of getting satisfactory paperwork for Immigration. I can no longer find that post and never had any responses. from the members. Nevertheless have now had positive information from Transferwise that they can and will now provide the documentation. See attached text from their email...Carolina S. (TransferWise)

Dec 26, 16:37 CET

Hello Wayne,

Thank you for your email.

Although our transfers are processed via local transfer -from our account in Thailand to yours, we are able to provide the "*Confirmation Letter of International Funds Transfer", *also known as FET (Foreign Exchange Transaction).* *This document is what's required by Thai regulatory bodies to prove that you regularly have incoming foreign funds to your local bank account in Thailand so that you can have the permission to stay in Thailand.

So, although the money is coming technically as a local transfer, this document should suffice to prove that the money is coming from abroad. As Piret mentioned, we can't generally offer this sort of document, but as there has been a lot of interest from expats to be able to process transfers with us, then this would be the procedure that we can offer to help.

You can obtain this document once the transfer shows as completed on your TransferWise profile by following the steps in Aigar's email or by reading our article: [FET forms]([members only])

I hope I helped to provide some clarity to the way we operate, but should you have any further questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us back. We are happy to help.

Best,

Carolina

*TransferWise*

Is there a foreign exchange outlet airside at Bangkok airport? Before immigration where I can grab some cash

Report: copy of Bangkok Bank list of documents to open a savings account; and, Bangkok Bank documents were accepted at Bangkok immigration.

I will try to attach below and if not successful in a separate post the Bangkok Bank list of documents required to open a basic savings account. In my case for a non immigration type O Visa, they required a passport and a certified affidavit from the US Embassy where I swore that I was the holder of the passport issued on....etc.

Once the Bangkok Bank savings account was open, I used transferwise to transfer $800,000 B to them ( a separate wire transfer from my US Bank to the US transferwise account was necessary).

As recently reported by others, immigration accepted the Bangkok Bank guarantee letter and evidence of foreign currency transfer (along with a passbook copy showing the required). amount).

Prepare for almost an hour at Bangkok Bank main branch in silom even if you get there when they open at 8:30 a.m... first you go to Windows 55 thru 59 dpwnstairs to get the guarantee letter and then upstairs to Foreign Exchange to get the evidence of foreign currency transfer which is a letter and supporting doc.

Everything including the passbook has to be dated the same day and then you have to travel North to Bangkok immigration. Immigration didn't get to my number until early afternoon.

Only the Bangkok Bank documents and form 87 and passport pages were required. No residency documents, such as lease, owner ID, or House book, were required at Bangkok immigration.