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by yongchi
Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: Ask the Expats (Questions & Answers)
Topic: ENT
Replies: 7
Views: 543
Cambodia

Re: ENT

I have had a good experience with the ENT department at Preah Ang Duong hospital on Norodom. Well equipped, clean, and fair prices.
by yongchi
Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:47 pm
Forum: Business and Finance
Topic: Card and cash vs phone, banking apps and QR codes
Replies: 18
Views: 1099
Cambodia

Re: Card and cash vs phone, banking apps and QR codes

I am out of it... I always use cash except to book tickets or buy stuff online. ... Using cash in hand makes me more aware of how much, or how little, I am actually spending. (Little is better...) This, IMO is a huge advantage of using cash. You fill your wallet with something physical. Every time ...
by yongchi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: Business and Finance
Topic: Card and cash vs phone, banking apps and QR codes
Replies: 18
Views: 1099
Cambodia

Re: Card and cash vs phone, banking apps and QR codes

The "new" cards with the RFID chips can be hacked by a person with a smartphone app from a distance of 10' (3mtrs) from inside your pocket, wallet, purse, bag, etc (Google). I just went through that painful experience in Dalat Vietnam last Dec. I bought a 15 pcs RFID card sleeves ($6) pre...
by yongchi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:28 pm
Forum: Business and Finance
Topic: Card and cash vs phone, banking apps and QR codes
Replies: 18
Views: 1099
Cambodia

Re: Card and cash vs phone, banking apps and QR codes

Money transfer apps, banking apps, BTC wallets, Brokerage accounts, ID, etc. all on a single device? Really? Then snapping pictures on riverside with that device. Even if you lose your phone, it doesn't mean that someone who finds it can access all your accounts. They would still need to know the P...
by yongchi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:08 pm
Forum: Business and Finance
Topic: Card and cash vs phone, banking apps and QR codes
Replies: 18
Views: 1099
Cambodia

Re: Card and cash vs phone, banking apps and QR codes

Definitely splitting across 2-3 banks is a solid plan, using each for different purposes - I use bank (A) for day to day, bank (B) for credit card online, Bank (C) credit card for retail credit card usage (hotels, flights, etc.) One other thing is to ensure that anything you pay with on a card is y...
by yongchi
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:24 pm
Forum: Business and Finance
Topic: Card and cash vs phone, banking apps and QR codes
Replies: 18
Views: 1099
Cambodia

Card and cash vs phone, banking apps and QR codes

When ABA started the QR thing a couple of years ago, I initially used it quite a bit. In the meantime though, I have mostly gone back to using the card and cash. Likewise with other banks. At super markets/larger stores, I find that tapping a card is much faster than using the QR code. In smaller sh...
by yongchi
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Seeking advice
Replies: 65
Views: 4936
Cambodia

Re: Seeking advice

Good on you for looking out for your friend as well. Should I ever find myself in a pickle like that, I hope I can meet a kind soul like him too. I just had a look on Grab (Psar Tmey->Airport). They appear to only have car and SUV. I would contact them anyway, to see whether he can get on board (per...
by yongchi
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Russians ordered to leave Sri Lanka within two weeks.
Replies: 38
Views: 4315
Cambodia

Re: Russians ordered to leave Sri Lanka within two weeks.

Russia has never had a history of a colonial empire that politically and legally subjugated other races in the way European empires in Africa or Asia did: Every ethnic group in the Imperial Russian Empire was incoporated as part of the nation and given citizenship (which admittingly had extremely l...
by yongchi
Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: Ask the Expats (Questions & Answers)
Topic: How would you invest?
Replies: 72
Views: 5388
Cambodia

Re: How would you invest?

Went in acleda today to ask some questions and either i calculated wrong or im missing something but based on these example numbers... 160k usd but converted to riels ... at 7.75% 180 months. On the cd calculator site i used it says around 1750 or 1800 before tax taken out. At acleda they were sayi...
by yongchi
Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:04 pm
Forum: Business and Finance
Topic: Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Extend Cross-border QR Code Payments
Replies: 46
Views: 23687
Cambodia

Re: Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Extend Cross-border QR Code Payments

I second that, phuketrichard . Also, during the great depression, the value of money actually increased. But people had a very hard time getting any money out their banks. Those who had cold, hard cash stashed away, could buy food, pay rents, etc. See here, for example: https://www.ssa.gov/history/b...