Hold My AdSense Payment?

Google AdSense has a killer tip today:

TIP

Did you wish to hold your payment this month? If so, please remember to place a self-hold on your account before the 15th of the month.

So anyone that wants good old Google to hold your payment along with thousands of others and help them earn a big sweaty bundle of interest on the collective money for another month just go right ahead and click:

"YES GOOGLE, HOLD MY PAYMENT! I WANT TO HELP YOU GET RICHER"

If you think about it the entire concept of the $100 minimum payment vs. $25 with most affiliate programs is priceless. Higher holding amounts allows Google to hoard cash from thousands of accounts on a monthly basis and get a little extra interest bump in the balance sheet. For that matter, making you wait an extra 30 days for payments helps that interest bump in the balance sheet even more!

Obviously there are valid reasons for some people in foreign countries with obscene banking policies to hold payments for a few months and only pay outrageous international check cashing fees a few times a year instead of monthly, but that doesn't stop Google from making some scratch off their backs.