Bank transfer question

Not enough digits

[Ankhenaton]

Hi my German account number has 10 digits while I can enter only 8 :\.

Did anyone have the same problem

Acc#: 1234567890
Adsense form only accepts:

12345678

:\ I checked 10 times it's were it should go and the sort code field has the same problems. It refuses to take the right amnount of numbers.

[sailorjwd]

That's odd. My usa account # is 10 digits and apparently went in fine.

[Ankhenaton]

Hmm .. I live in Britain but have 2 bank accounts in Germany. I am also registered with adsense Germany with my German site, albeit with my UK address.

Hmm.. just looked. UK accounts have 8 digits and 6 sort code.

The wonders of Unified Europe .. one big unified bliss ...

Thanks

[21_blue]

If your money has to go into an account in the British banking system then you need an 8 digit account code (and a six digit sort code).

Most banks in the UK use 8 digits, but there are a small number that differ - eg: LloydsTSB use 7, Girobank use 9. In order to fit an unusual length bank account number into 8 digits, banks use a "transposition" algorithm to convert the bank number. With LloydsTSB its easy, you simply add a zero to the start of the account number. With Girobank it is slightly more involved, and the transposition sometimes involves a change to the 6 digit sort code; in these circumstances you have to contact your bank and ask them for the tranposed sort code and account code.

If your account is in Germany but you are living in the UK then I suspect the Google system is assuming that you have a UK bank account. Because they pay in local currency (rather than using international codes) they may be insisting you enter an 8-digit code to conform to UK requirements and avoid any problems in the funds transfer.

I guess that entering German contact details might solve the problem, but in case that screws your system up in some unanticipated way, you're probably better contacting adsense support to get this resolved.

[Ankhenaton]

Hi thanks,

I entered my gf account number and sent a mail to Google asking if they can change it.