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Blog Reveals Odd Banking Policy
By David A. Utter
Though it has been nearly 20 years
since my first real post-college job
as a bank teller, I'm pretty surprised
to learn just what has changed over
that time.
Google's Vineesha Malkani posted at
the AdSense blog some routine advice
about AdSense. It almost sounds oriented
toward international AdSense publishers,
and I'd accept it as that were it not
for a strange incident that happened
in the US.
Back in July, Mobilejones blogger Debi
Jones experienced some unpleasantness
in getting some issues with her AdSense
account sorted out. It took the intervention
of Matt Cutts to get Jones her AdSense
check.
But when she traveled to the bank to
cash the check, she was told it could
not be cashed due to insufficient funds.
That statement by the bank sounded strange
at the time, as Google certainly employs
an accounting department. Why would
Google not have enough funds to cash
Jones' AdSense check? It didn't make
sense.
It now sounds like the bank gave Jones
incorrect information, based on Malkani's
line in the AdSense blog post about
checks and AdSense:
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