Hi all, sorry this has probably been talked about a hundred times but I am still struggling trying to get my head around this depositing money into a Thai bank account, so you are one of the lucky ones that gets a bank account within the first few days of arrival, you have to deposit 800000 baht and have it in your account for 2 months before you apply for your year extension, can you bring that amount into the country, plus spending money, or would it be best to use something like wise and transfer the money but what happens if it takes to long to get all the money transferred over so you have all the money in for the 2 mouth dead line remembering you only have a mouth to sort it, sorry again if this angers some people asking this but it is a concern to me and probably a lot of people in the same situation, and please no comments about how easy it was for you when it was years ago and everything was easier, lol

I did a Bank Wire Transfer from the USA (Wells Fargo) to my friends Thailand bank account on November 8. It says arrival by November 20, & still has not arrived. I can’t understand why this transaction doesn’t take seconds, or even 1-2 days. Any ideas?

Hello guys, i have Bangkok bank account for a while, but never used it before. Now i went to fix my online banking, and visited two separate branches to do so. Both of them told me different prices as a comission for money sending. First branch told me 100 baht the second one told me 1150 baht. Can you tell me how much of a fees you pay sending money with revolut and is there any specific way to avoid the SWIFT transfer?!?!

Further to my post 3 days ago referring to the maximum GBP, I could transfer from the UK to Kasikorn Thailand.

I e mailed Kasikorn, and they replied stating that they do not normally have a maximum.

Adding it depends on the sender's bank, maximum for transfers.

Hello. What is cheapest way to transfer funds to a Thai bank account? I was charged $250 to transfer $6,000 the last time. Is this normal? What is the cheapest way? TIA.

When transferring money in large amounts from the EU or US to Southeast Asia, which method do you choose as the fastest ?

Wire for Real Estate purchase. Monies coming from USA. Should I wire in baht or dollars to my Thai bank? It’s giving me the option to send baht or dollars. If I do baht it shows conversion rate with total. If I send dollars it only shows it’s sending dollars. I don’t really care I just want to make sure the Thai bank recognizes the transfer as correct for used to purchase property.

May I get any advice as to the best large sum money transfer services for US dollar transfer to a Kasakorn bank account? (My Thai wife of 13 years, and I hope to purchase some property/condo while exchange rates are goof and prices remain slightly depressed)

Anyone here with a Schwab One account using Swift to wire money to their Bangkok Bank account via NY branch??? I get 3 free wires per quarter and I’ve been told it’s converted into the Bangkok Bank account as “Buying TT rate” which is usually excellent conversion rates. I’m also considering doing direct deposit into Bangkok Bank NY branch of my Social Security checks.

Anyone done this w their Schwab One account and can attest to this??? Thanks

How to Make sure Transferwise sends money directly to Bangkok Bank.

Yes...I say the reason is long term stay in Thailand.

3 transfers went to KASIKORN then to Bangkok Bank.

Fukkkkkkk!