yup, if the bank assistant says you can’t, simply ask to see the manager, slap the cash in front of him and simply say you are interested in opening an account with money being transferred monthly.... you’ll be punching in your atm number within 15mins
It’s getting to the stage that some ppl will just not return.
Thai authorities are absolutely clueless and don’t give a shit about their own ppl never mind foreigners.... this will change daily/weekly depending on who wraps the fat envelopes.