I've already written about my wife becoming a YouTuber, but yesterday Google transferred the proceeds to my recently opened Sony Bank account.
Regardless of the amount of money (still, in the Philippines, it's more than a month's salary), I'm impressed with the fact that it's a big deal, even for a Japanese person, when it's hard to monetize a single smartphone. Congrats really!
By the way, I found this procedure for transferring the proceeds interesting, so I'd like to share it with you.
Recently, DOCOMO and other companies have been making a big news because they found some illegal withdrawals from bank accounts and securities accounts. Each cause seems to be different, but there seems to be a problem in the authentication procedure at the time of opening an account or withdrawing money.
There are two steps of authentication for sending the money from Google. First, the person in question designates a bank account, and the name of the account holder must match the name of the Google account, and Google will send less than 100 yen to the designated account.
When the first transfer was made, the amount was so small that my wife was shocked that it was the only amount of earnings.
I later found out that this amount is the second step in the certification process.
The system verifies that the initial transfer was indeed made to the person's account by entering the amount transferred on the account screen of the Google account, which is the second authentication.
Only after these procedures are completed will the proceeds be transferred.
With the exception of ATM deposits, Sony Bank sends an email whenever there is a change in the amount of money in my account, so I can rest assured that I will take action immediately in the event of unauthorized withdrawals or transfers.
My wife's passion for YouTube is likely to continue for the foreseeable future as her first earnings transfer is made.
