How Does BAAC Nong Hom Chan Notify Merchants of Payments? Sound Test and Alternatives

## Introducing BAAC Nong Hom Chan for Merchants and Farmers Nong Hom Chan is a merchant application from the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC), designed to help businesses accept payments and monitor sales. Although relatively new compared with some other merchant banking applications, it offers useful features such as sales monitoring and employee account creation to support payment-related operations. For farmers, agricultural merchants, and businesses already using BAAC, Nong Hom Chan provides another way to receive payments from product sales into their existing bank accounts. ## Testing Nong Hom Chan Payment Notification Sounds For merchants accepting digital payments, knowing when a payment notification arrives is important, especially when they are busy serving customers. A practical test of Nong Hom Chan revealed two different behaviors. **Scenario 1: Keeping Nong Hom Chan open on the screen** When a payment was received while the application remained open, a clearly audible notification was heard. **Scenario 2: Switching to another application** When Nong Hom Chan was no longer displayed, the phone still received a payment notification message. However, the same audible notification was not heard during the test. Based on this observation, merchants relying on the application's demonstrated audible notification behavior may need to keep Nong Hom Chan open on the screen. These findings reflect the tested device and conditions. They do not establish identical behavior across every Android phone or application version. ## An Alternative for Merchants Who Need to Use Other Apps Merchants often use their phones for several tasks throughout the day. Keeping a banking application continuously open may therefore be inconvenient. Connect Hub offers an alternative by providing audible payment announcements through a separate device. **Connect Hub Merchant Manager** works with supported payment notifications from Nong Hom Chan and can operate with **Connect Hub QR Box** to announce incoming payment amounts. This allows merchants to switch between applications while retaining a separate audible notification option, provided the necessary notifications are received and supported operating conditions are met. ## Summary: Is Nong Hom Chan Suitable for Merchants? Nong Hom Chan provides payment acceptance, sales monitoring, and employee account management features that can be useful for merchants already using BAAC banking services. In the demonstrated test, an audible payment notification was heard while the app remained open. When switching to another app, the phone continued receiving notification messages, but the same sound was not heard. For merchants seeking greater flexibility while using their phones, Connect Hub QR Box provides an additional audible payment-notification option. **Note:** Connect Hub uses notification information from supported merchant banking applications. It does not independently verify settlement with the bank, receive customer funds, or transfer payments on behalf of merchants. Customer payments go directly into the merchant's bank account.