Send money from the UK to Thailand
Europeans living long-term in Thailand and students at Thai universities receive support from home. A sender in London hits the same wall. Local banks in Thailand won't take a direct GBP transfer, and a dollar wire takes days and loses a slice on arrival. There's a faster route, and it runs through your recipient's own Grey account.
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Sending dollars to Thailand from the UK
Grey doesn't pay out to Thai bank accounts in local currency, from London or anywhere else. What it does instead is often better for this corridor. Your recipient opens a free Grey account in Thailand. You send dollars to their GreyTag from the UK. The money lands in seconds with no fee.
They spend it on a Grey virtual card anywhere Visa or Mastercard is accepted in Bangkok, hold it in USD, or convert to USDC and withdraw. Europeans living long-term in Thailand and students at Thai universities receive support from home.
How sending to Thailand works
Sign up
You open Grey in the UK with your passport or BRP. Your recipient opens Grey in Thailand with their passport or local ID. Both take a few minutes.
Fund
Fund by Faster Payments from any UK bank. Most top-ups credit within minutes, and the GBP sits on Grey until you convert it for Bangkok.
Send
Two steps: convert pounds to dollars, then send to the recipient's GreyTag. The second step is free and lands in Bangkok in seconds.
What this route costs
Card payments in Bangkok convert at the point of sale. Your recipient sees the exact dollar amount deducted for each purchase, at Bumrungrad and Bangkok Hospital or a corner shop. You see the GBP cost of what you sent from London.
Rate fixed at confirmation
The GBP to USD rate you accept in London is the rate applied. Whatever happens afterwards, the dollar balance your recipient receives doesn't change.
For a monthly allowance in Bangkok, that means the same dollar figure every time.
Why a Grey-to-Grey transfer beats a wire here
A dollar wire from London to a bank in Bangkok takes days, attracts a receiving fee, and then converts at the bank's rate. A GreyTag transfer lands in seconds, costs nothing, and your recipient spends dollars directly at Bumrungrad and Bangkok Hospital or anywhere else. For anyone living in Thailand on money from abroad, the card is the bank.
What your recipient gets in Thailand
Dollars in their own Grey account, instantly, sent from London. They spend on a Grey virtual card at Bumrungrad and Bangkok Hospital, AIT, Assumption University and Chulalongkorn, shops, restaurants and online. They can also hold USD, EUR or GBP balances, or convert to USDC and withdraw to a wallet of their choice.
Grey virtual card
Rain Visa or Miden Mastercard, accepted across Bangkok and online.
Hold in dollars
Keep the balance in USD and spend as needed. No forced conversion.
Stablecoin withdrawal
Convert to USDC and withdraw to an external wallet when local cash is needed.
How to fund
UK senders fund by Faster Payments from Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest or Monzo. The pound balance sits on Grey until the transfer is due. Convert to dollars, then the GreyTag step to Bangkok is free.
Standard route
Faster Payments from any UK bank into Grey.
Faster if you earn abroad
A USD balance skips the GBP conversion.
Convert late
Hold pounds until the Bangkok due date, then fix the USD amount.
A monthly allowance to Bangkok is simplest with a standing balance and the recipient's GreyTag saved.
Who sends from the UK to Thailand
Students
Allowances for students at AIT, Assumption, Chulalongkorn and Mahidol, spent by card.
Medical patients
Family topping up a relative's Grey balance during treatment in Bangkok.
Long-stay residents
Remote workers, retirees and teachers living in Thailand on income from abroad.
Travellers
Topping up your own Grey card before a trip so you spend dollars, not a marked-up local card.
The UK has deep diaspora ties with Africa and South Asia, and UK firms hire contractors everywhere. On this route it's mostly people supporting someone who's physically in Bangkok: students at AIT, Assumption University and Chulalongkorn, patients, posted staff and long-stay residents. All of them can hold a Grey account there.
Why Grey for the UK to Thailand
Thailand isn't a bank-payout corridor for Grey, from London or anywhere else. It's a Grey-to-Grey corridor, and for students at AIT, Assumption University and Chulalongkorn, patients and posted staff in Bangkok that's the faster, cheaper option anyway.
Rate and fee shown before you convert in London. Dollars land in your recipient's Grey account in Bangkok instantly. No local bank payout on this route.
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