Infrasonic wrote:I know a few Thailand regulars who recommend Kasikorn.
Bangkok bank has a UK presence...https://www.bangkokbank.com/en/Internat ... ss-Banking
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Yes, I lived there for 15 years and had a retirement visa and bank accounts (mainly with SCB - Siam Commercial), but my bank accounts died a death after I left. My daughter had one with Kasikorn who did seem more easy going about various things.
If I visit nowadays (which is very infrequently), I don't usually bother with even a tourist visa, just get the 30 days "visa-exempt" stamp on arrival, so I doubt they will open a bank account based on that, though it's worth a try. (I would have Kasikorn in mind).
stevensfo wrote:Hi Julian,
Would it not be easier just to have two phones? I'm in a similar situation to you and have many times been using an app on one phone and receiving the 2FA on the other.
Steve
The danger with running with a UK SIM turned on is that I might incur all sorts of roaming charges, unless I guess it was kept turned off until the exact moment it was needed. Hmm. Some phones have 2 SIMS, but I don't know if you can keep one fully turned off.
I recollect arriving into Bangkok on one occasion and briefly turning my phone on when the UK SIM was still in it and I was suddenly inundated with text messages, from O2 in the UK, telling me that roaming would only cost £7.50 per day. So I quickly turned the phone off and removed the SIM. So I don't know whether I would have had to activate those roaming arrangements, or whether O2 would have done so automatically, or whether they would only have been activated if I had used the UK SIM. I didn't want them or to be caught out.