Western Union has been another way of claiming your Google Adsense payments.  The service started last October of 2008 in some limited countries like Argentina, Chile, China (Mainland), Colombia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, and Romania. But as months have passed the service has been expanding to Indonesia and now to 7 more new countries: Barbados, Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nepal, Uruguay, and Vietnam.

For those who have Adsense  accounts on specific areas, you can sign up to receive your Adsense payments through your local Western Union branches. Thus, this would mean that you can have your  payments sooner because you do not have to wait for check to arrive in the mail or clear the bank. With this payment method, Adsense won’t charge you of any fee.

The payment schedule would still be following the normal schedule and will be available for pick up a day after they are issued at any Western Union branches. You only need to present a government-issued ID that matches your Adsense payee name. The payment must be picked up within 60 days of issue. Payments unclaimed after 60 days will expire and be credited back to your account. Payments are made in US dollars but it will depend on your local Western Union agents for they may convert it to your local currency.

Here is how to sign up to receive your Adsense Payment via Western Union.