I recently made my first ever withdrawal from Google Adsense and I was thrilled. Earlier, I posted to ask around what the process was like to use Western Union service to withdraw my earnings from Google. Thanks to the responses I got, I felt more confident about using Western Union.
I am quite lucky to have several channels nearby my work place that offers Western Union services. Out of convenience, I chose the nearest outlet to do my withdrawal and that was at one of Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) branches. I asked the teller over the counter where I should queue for Western Union service and I was told that the service was offline, so they can’t do any transactions. He also said that “it’s always like that” with Western Union. I was quite surprised to hear this and I walked away thinking how could Western Union, a well known world wide financial service, suffer such frequent downtime?
I decided to walk to the next nearest outlet, this time at a RHB bank branch and enquire. As I walked in, a lady who was assisting customers asked what transaction I wanted to do and I told her. She gave me a form to fill up.
I was told to fill up some personal details and the money transfer control number as well as the sender of the funds. It was a rather simple form. Once done, I took a number and waited. When I was called up to the teller, I was asked to produce my IC for verification as well as to provide my phone number which wasn’t asked for on the form. I was also asked what was the purpose of my receipt of the funds.
Then I waited a while more while they calculated the cash. The exchange rate was very high, at 3.68 so I was beaming when they handed me the cash. There was a small fee that was charged and I asked what it was for because I thought it was all free service. The teller informed me that it wasn’t the bank that was charging the fee, but it was on the end of the sender. It amounted to about 1.2% of the amount I withdrew.
All in all, my experience of withdrawing my Adsense funds via Western Union was quick and painless (unless you count the walk under the sun as some pain!). Thankfully, there was no crowd at all at RHB Bank at the time that I went.
Other outlets that you can withdraw or send funds via Western Union other than RHB Bank are CIMB Bank, Public Bank, Pos Malaysia outlets, Agro Bank branches and BSN branches (not sure if you still want to waste your time to try after what I experienced).
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very very helpful sharing.
my adsense is approaching the $50…but it took me very very long for that. LOL. maybe should wait for $60 or $70 =_=
Yes, I agree with Alvin. This is a very helpful post. I am thinking of opening a PayPal account for one of my businesses. Haven’t got down to it yet.
Regards
Alvin, you’re halfway through already…keep going!
MoreIncome, I think PayPal is a great service for individuals as well as businesses. Highly recommended!
Useful post. Thanks for sharing
We should look for second income in this down turn period… do you agree?
I fully agree. I even think so when times are good for that matter!
thank you for the info! will keep that in mind when I get my first cheque…hehehehehe
Eve, I advise you not to sign up for a cheque from Google Adsense. Western Union is so easy and quick!
How come have to pay 1.2% charge on you??
Public Bank didn’t charge me any fee when I withdrawed my Adsense earning there.
Oh really? I’m going to try withdrawing my money from Public Bank this time! Thanks for sharing. Really appreciate the savings!
i normally withdraw adsense money at RHB…with this info i will try to withdraw at PB this month.