ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 11:23 am
It’s not that clear.
But I suspect that the bank have put some fraud prevention in place using their app. Something like when he makes a payment online or abroad then he needs to authorise the payment in the app.
But he ain’t got the app and hopes that the branch in Cambodia can help set up e banking for an account set up in Vietnam (?).
Although he suggests that his card is visa and Mastercard which is nonsense - it’s either one or the other.
If it is either Visa or Mastercard then yea he can use it in an ATM here, if it is Visa and Mastercard then it is about as authentic as those Addiddas trainers you bought in the market.
That's the gist of it, yeah.
It's the Vietnamese bank BIDV basic debit card they give to foreigners. It's not a proper VISA but it is supposed to have functionality where I can do transactions online. It has the VISA logo on it like a lot of these cards do.
Up to now I never needed it and didn't realise I was meant to request/apply for the extra functionality. It doesn't surprise me, I probably should have second-guessed. It's just one of those things.
The VN immigration requirement to pay for e-visas online means I can just use BIDV, as they are listed. My card details are all good but payment fails due to this issue.
Apparently I need to go into a branch to sort it out or it can be applied for online with a working day's wait. Of course, applying online doesn't work. They have an app for smart banking but I am not sure that's the same thing, and either way that app claims my phone number is "the wrong format" - even though that's the number the bank sends SMS to.
The reason I post here is to see if anyone who is used to moving between Vietnam and Cambodia might know about BIDV cards here in Cambodia. I don't expect anyone here can solve the online transaction issue, I will try phoning their hotline after I have made this post.
But maybe someone here has a BIDV card and they might be able to tell me something useful, who knows. Like, the Vietnamese Sacombank is in Cambodia. Maybe I can use their ATMs to access my BIDV account if I wanted cash, or maybe there is another ATM I can use.
So basically, any tips or info about using a BIDV card in Cambodia, or not, as the case may be.
Otherwise, I get paid in dollars via Paypal which I cannot use to get the e-visa, unfortunately.
Hopefully that clears things up. I'm not here to be arsy.