The past week, I ran into a financial problem of sorts. Without advice or a word, the bank -where my payroll account  is - suddenly put my money on hold. Come now, don’t kid yourself into thinking I got a huge loot there for them to do that -because I don’t.

But imagine how  I felt when I found out I couldn’t withdraw a single peso from my account. Distressed is the word.

Checking with the bank, I learned that they,  after going through a recent audit in connection with the Anti-Money Laundering Act,  needed my marriage certificate for the name change. Imagine, after 4 years of being married it’s only now that they realized they needed it. And obviously there’s a miscommunication between the bank and my company because as far as I can remember, I have updated my records with my company right after I was married.

To make it short,  after a couple of days (that long!) and one too many frantic calls to  the company and the bank, things were finally ironed out and the hold order was lifted. *sigh of relief* Thanks, thanks heavens.

Thanks to the bank and the company personnel who were instrumental to  solving the issue. Maybe  I wasn’t in my best manners when I spoke with them but I was a little desperate and utterly frustrated that something so easy could take a couple of days to be resolved. Maybe they are also too busy then, but thanks to them I can freely withdraw money now.

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