The Udonmap.com front page carries "Live Currency Rates" - they may have been there for some time but I've only just noticed them.

The rates appear to be Offshore rates (not the Onshore rates obtainable at Thai banks).

Could some kind of appropriate note be put with this to point out which rates they are (such as Onshore/Offshore, Buy/Sell/Mid-market, Notes/TC/TT etc) and what the feed for the rates is.

The rates as they appear now (GBP/THB 58.852 and USD/THB 29.797) are IMHO rather misleading and rather depressing

JimboPSM

Agreed.
Check out UOB, the Singapore bank's foreign exchange rates.They represent the standard in Udon. Western currencies are vulnerable, means better now than later.
Unless you know different.

Jai do your self a favor don't even look at the rates on the home page I just did and the company is one of those profitiers look to scam any one who is foolish enough to exchange there money there
both siam & bkk post there rates on there web sites siam gives you a little better rate check it out
chow friend

aznyron
Yes, but you can't exchange money except in a bank. Their rates are sacrosanct.
(Now there's a word I had to check the spelling and meaning of)

The Thailand-UK website shows the buy & sell rates for bank notes from Bangkok Bank (USD, GBP, EUR, JPY & HKD) which is a bit more useful, they are on the bottom right hand side of their homepage - if you click on them it takes you straight to the Bangkok Bank Forex page (which is useful). Link for Thailand-UK:

http://thailand-uk.com/

Useful site.

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Bank of Ayudhya now offers Foreign Deposit Account for individuals
non residents.
Call o 2296 4387 ask for Khun Nuch. It is a very nice lady speaking perfect English and she resides in Bangkok.
She can guide You and tell You exactly how it works.
You get an account in a currency You choose.
You get an ATM card which enables You to withdraw Baht cash from ATM machines in Thailand (only Bank of Ayudhya) with no charge for converting currency to Baht. Max Baht 50.000 per day.
Forex rate is TT rate shown on Bank's website.
Bank even pay interest on balance in foreign currency.
Transfer fee from abroad is max. Baht 500 per transaction.
Currencies available: USD, GBP, EUR, JPY, AUD, CHF,HKD, SGD, NOK, SEK, DKK.
You can get a pamphlet from the bank branches in Udon.

JimboPSM wrote:The rates as they appear now (GBP/THB 58.852 and USD/THB 29.797) are IMHO rather misleading and rather depressing

I think you'll find the rates more pleasing too the eye now, with thanks to Bangkok Bank for their live currency widget.

lee wrote:

JimboPSM wrote:The rates as they appear now (GBP/THB 58.852 and USD/THB 29.797) are IMHO rather misleading and rather depressing

I think you'll find the rates more pleasing too the eye now, with thanks to Bangkok Bank for their live currency widget.

Thanks, great stuff Lee, the best keeps getting better - now, while you are on a roll, can you fix it to get GBP/THB back over 70 again?

maxeboy wrote:Bank of Ayudhya now offers Foreign Deposit Account for individuals
non residents.
Call o 2296 4387 ask for Khun Nuch. It is a very nice lady speaking perfect English and she resides in Bangkok.
She can guide You and tell You exactly how it works.
You get an account in a currency You choose.
You get an ATM card which enables You to withdraw Baht cash from ATM machines in Thailand (only Bank of Ayudhya) with no charge for converting currency to Baht. Max Baht 50.000 per day.
Forex rate is TT rate shown on Bank's website.
Bank even pay interest on balance in foreign currency.
Transfer fee from abroad is max. Baht 500 per transaction.
Currencies available: USD, GBP, EUR, JPY, AUD, CHF,HKD, SGD, NOK, SEK, DKK.
You can get a pamphlet from the bank branches in Udon.

Siam Commercial Main Branch Udon aswell .... Really helpful crew in there

JimboPSM

Tell him Lee! "Jimbo will fix it"

The GB/THB rate may soon be just over 60 soon!

Its down to 65 and falling.