Not wanting to get involved in anyone elses business but I do want to add to this thread.

We were one of the US webmasters affected by these checks from Panama, as soon as I contacted Joel about the issue with my bank, the problem was rectified exactly as he states above and in actual fact (due to me now having an LA office again) the bank draft was hand delivered to us to ensure we weren't kept waiting one day more than absolutely necessary.

This is why I continue to support such a great program with friendly staff.

We have all at some point restructured / changed billing processors / servers or whatever that has unfortunately affected others.. In these instances I usually pull out my John Lennon CD and wait, it's always worked so far

Imagine!