May 14, 20251 yr It appears that I can no longer use Wise to transfer my pension from the UK to my Thai bank. Apparently this is due to an "upgrade" of the Thai bank's computer system. Upgrade?? Presumably I shall have to go back to using the expensive Swift option. Bah humbug!
May 14, 20251 yr Can you please tell us the name of your Thai bank? Is this issue because the sourced funds are from a Pension? Or because it is originating from the UK? I also use Wise to top up my Thai bank account and it will become critical that it works properly after I finish my 180 days outside of Thailand this year - as I will need to top up my account for the remainder of this year and ALL of next year before 31 December 2025. Thanks
May 14, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, 10tazione said: Hallelujah!! My bank is on the "payment system upgrade supported" list. Having worked on payment systems for more than 40+ years during my working life - it is always a BATTLE to get banks to be upgraded onto the latest required payment network system requirements - because, like many financial institutions in the world that we live in, the financial software may still be operating on a mainframe in Fortran/Cobol, and there may be great difficulties to still find someone who still knows how to program in these ancient technology languages.
May 14, 20251 yr 4 hours ago, bkkmfj2648 said: the financial software may still be operating on a mainframe in Fortran/Cobol, and there may be great difficulties to still find someone who still knows how to program in these ancient technology languages. you right and one of my friends was great beneficiary of that scarcity when we had year 2000 scare. So great that next year, at 46 he could comfortably retire, although shrewd previous investments helped
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