Phetchaburi police yesterday escorted a burglar to reenact the breaking open of a ATM machine of the Siam Commercial Bank with gas cutter. The burglar Charnarong Einghongthong, 46, and his colleague, still at large, escaped with 2 million baht in cash after a 20-minute attempt. Charnarong was arrested at a weekend market in Nakhon Ratchasima […]
A Russian was arrested by police at Suvarnabhumi international airport on Wednesday after he tried unsuccessfully to blow up an ATM in Hua Hin early Monday morning. The Russian suspect, identified as Konstantin Dolgov, 27, was spotted by a passer-by, Mr Manaspong Plienpradab, at about 3 am Monday morning at an ATM of Krung Thai […]
BANGKOK: — The Thai Bankers’ Association has announced that they will waive interprovincial ATM charges from November 15th until January 3rd. There are 15 banks that are members. The waiving of charges only applies to transactions between the same banks’ ATMs – not inter bank ATMs. Full story: Thaivisa News Thaivisa / Daily News
BANGKOK, 25 August 2016 (NNT) – Police released CCTV footage of an Eastern European man who they believe was among many others hacking into Government Savings Bank (GSB) ATMs using malware to withdraw 12 million baht. The police believe the man in the footage carried out a series of ATM heists with a team of […]
Five people from eastern Europe were involved in the theft of more than 12 million baht from Government Savings Bank (GSB) ATMs infected with malware, and some have already left the country, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. Police investigating the attacks on GSB ATMs in six provinces now have evidence clearly implicating the […]
In a heist reminiscent of the blockbuster film ‘Ocean’s Eleven,’ some 100 thieves managed to steal $12.7 million from ATMs in Japan in just three hours. The incredible feat is believed to be the work of an international crime syndicate. The thieves worked together to withdraw the huge sum of money in coordinated withdrawals at […]
Beginning today, all commercial banks will replace all their magnetic stripe cards issued to customers with the securer chip cards. At present there are still 60 million magnetic stripe cards in use. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
Some 60 million magnetic-stripe ATM and debit cards issued by local commercial banks and circulating in the market will be upgraded to chip-embedded cards by the end of 2019, says a senior central bank official. An estimated 90% of ATMs nationwide will support chip-embedded cards by May 16, but the machines still support magnetic-stripe cards […]
