Payment Currency

[EJNBell]

I'm still very new to AdSense and have been looking through the various AdSense FAQs and can't find what currency I am paid in. (I'm in the UK).

I'm beginning to get the impression that I may be paid by USD cheque...
Knowing what UK banks like to charge, I suspect they'll take a large chunk!

Any other Europeans out there with any experience of this?

Regards,

Noel

[Chrissicom]

Yes they send you a USD cheque. But I have a bank account at Citibank Germany. Google sends their cheques from Citibank Delaware and I have never been charged a cent for the transfer.

[EJNBell]

Thanks Chris,

Noel

[sarahk]

Our bank in New Zealand didn't bat an eyelid. No charges either and the cheque cleared ;)

[maverick]

Any Asian here who have received the cheques in USD? Do Asian banks charge?

[norfstar]

Barclays take £9 for USD cheques worth over £100, and £4 for cheques worth less than £100. For very small cheques it's free (although I've only ever encountered this once with a $9 cheque, so I'm not certain exactly where the threshold is).

I think I read somewhere that NatWest charge £5.50.

I imagine most other UK banks will have a similar fee involved. Go to the cashier and say you have a foreign currency cheque to be negotiated and they'll get a form for you to fill in.

[Chrissicom]

Citibank is available in North America, Europe, Japan and some other Asian countries for individuals. I suggest if you have this bank in your country get an account there. Not only Google is sending Citibank cheques but I received some Citibank cheques from Amazon as well e.g.

CB is available in the UK too btw... http://www.citibank.co.uk/uk/, check them out they shouldn't charge you no matter of the cheque amount as long as the cheque is from a US Citibank and not something like AMEX, BoA, BoNY etc.

[fromkhun]

Citibank is available in Thailand too but day charge me very high%

[Chrissicom]

are the cheques you receive from Citibank Delaware? Maybe Google doesn't send the same cheques to Asia as they do to Europe.