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At People’s Choice, our members are our owners. Our profits go back to benefiting you as members, not shareholders. By joining us, you’re becoming a member-owner as well. You'll not only see the benefit of our profits going back into the products you take out with us, but you'll have a say in how we do it. In order to become a member, we need to check a few things. Read below to learn more.

    What you need to have ready

    To become a member, People's Choice is required by law to verify your identity. This should only take 10-15 minutes to complete. We'll need to verify your identity, and you need to be an Australian resident. We'll also need 100 points of ID in order to make your application process quick, so please have the following documents ready:

    - Australian driver's licence, Australian passport or Employment visa (if you hold a foreign passport)

    - Australian Tax File Number (TFN) or Taxpayer Identification Number or equivalent

    - Medicare card.

    We use greenID, a secure online verification service to do this. The information you provide will be compared against relevant information databases. We encourage you to read greenID's privacy policy by clicking here.

      Consent

      As part of your membership application People’s Choice Credit Union (“we” or “us”) need to verify your identity. We will ask you for your details (such as your name, address, date of birth) and details of your identification documents (such as your passport or driver’s licence). This information will be passed on to external organisations in order to electronically match your information with information on their databases. We may request organisations to assess whether all or some of the information you provided matches their records, and prepare and provide us with the assessment. We have an arrangement with Green ID/VixVerify who complete electronic verification on our behalf.

      The external data sources used to verify your identity include:

      • Credit information files held by credit reporting bodies including Equifax, Experian and Illion (this is only to confirm your identity and is not a credit check)

      • Publicly available information such as the electoral roll

      • Information held by the official record holder via third party systems

      It is an offence under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 to provide false and misleading information about your identity. You do not have to agree to electronic verification. You can choose instead to visit one of our branches so we can verify your identity in person.

      I confirm that I am authorised to provide the personal details presented and I consent to my information being checked with the document issuer or official record holder via third party systems for the purpose of confirming my identity
       
      Please confirm your consent by clicking 'Accept'

      Accept

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