Google Adsense Automatic Payment Declined Issue [Resolved]

On 23rd December 2014, I just checked the Adsense Account and the payment page, where payment was expected to be issued today because every year in the month of December, Adsense issues the payments before 25th Dec, and We were expecting the same this year, when I browsed to payment page today, there was a clear message something like this “Automatic Payment Declined: Western Union For ($XXX). No reason provided by your financial institution”, this was the message being displayed next to the payment for this month. And there was a question mark sign which also said “Payment Declined: We were unable to charge your payment”. And this became a matter of worry for me when I instantly tried to search the internet as well as found some possible reasons. Read the full post for possible reasons and solution to this issue for Pakistani publishers.

What Could Be The Reason Behind This?

Identically, this seems to be an issue from Western Union’s side not from Google. This indication comes from Adsense account which somewhere says “No reason provided by your financial institution”, That’s simply means our financial institution for most of the Pakistani publishers is “Western Union” and therefore something has happened at the Western Union’s side. This might either be a change of policy from Western Union for certain countries in which Pakistan might have been included or something they may have to fix with Google. However, I don’t know whether this is a temporary issue or permanent, but we can wait for good news as quickly as possible, and I’ll update you all on this page who are worried about their Adsense payments.

Can I Contact Google Adsense For This?

Unfortunately, we can not contact Adsense team directly, but they do have contact forms which can be used to submit your concerns about this, but as I already mentioned, this looks an issue from Western Union’s side not from Google. So it would be better to contact Western Union for this, and I know they reply quickly and explain the issue with details. So you guys can contact them either using their website specially for Pakistan here: Western UnionPakistan. And also on their official Facebook page HERE. They even reply to individual messages on Facebook, I’ve experienced this myself in the past.

And at the same time, to acknowledge Google about this issue, we have Adsense Help Forum which we can use to discuss this issue with top contributors, so Adsense team can reach there and can fix the issue as soon as possible. But someone from Pakistani community has already started a thread there, which you can follow on this link:

Adsense Help Forum – Payment Issue for Pakistani Publishers

Just keep in touch with the above post, you don’t need to create another thread, the one is enough, just post your reply there, and whenever there is a good news, share that in the comment section below.

The new issue that just arrived will be looking in your Adsense account something like I’ve highlighted in below screenshot:

This is not the first time when Western Union payments got issues for Pakistani publishers. Last year in 2013, suddenly Western Union stopped issuing Adsense payments for Pakistani publishers, everyone got very scared at that time, because Western Union was the only proper method to withdraw Adsense earning in Pakistan, but luckily that issue was resolved by Western Union within few days.

What Can You Do If This Goes Long?

First of all, I hope this issue will be resolved soon by Western Union, but if this took time or became permanent then All Pakistani publishers will need to add another method to receive Adsense payments in Pakistan. But luckily, now apart from Western Union, We have two more options to receive Adsense payments in Pakistan.

1. Payment via Check (This is very difficult)

2. Payment Via Wire Transfer (This is very easy)

So using the above methods, we can receive our payments in Pakistan, and I’ll recommend everyone to select the second method which is “Wire Transfer”, because this way, you can receive the payment directly into your local bank account. And there is no special requirements for it. However, You can only select the check option if you have a bank account in USD and it should in the bank which is linked to the CITI Bank, so that’s very difficult for majority users. You can easily add another payment method in your adsense account by going to payment setting page.

Updates On This Article

24th December: Publishers located in the following countries have also the same issue for Adsense payment via Western Union, and Google is working with Western Union to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

Egypt

Saudi Arabia

Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Malaysia
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam

24th December: Payment was again declined and the same issue happened, and it’s now again in “Progress” mode, so Google is trying again and again to issue the payment via Western Union before 25th December.

25th December: The issue has finally been resolved, and my payment was issued today, and I’ve heard from many publishers who’s payments have also been issued. Let me know if you still have issues? Happy Earnings!