Police Bank Ltd. is an Australian, member-owned mutual bank. Founded as NSW Police Credit Union (PCU) on 24 October 1964 by a group of officers from the Clarence Street Police Station in Sydney, its members passed a resolution to enable "Police Credit Union" to become "Police Bank Ltd." on 3 December 2012. Membership with Police Bank is open to employees and their relatives, as well as friends of the

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, Australian Courts, or any other area of law enforcement and associated services. Police Bank also offers membership to employees of the

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as well as

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under their "Customs Bank" subsidiary. Police Bank is a member of The Customer Owned Banking Association,"Police Bank Ltd." ''Customer Owned Banking Association''. Customer Owned Banking Association Limited (COBA), 3 March 2013. Web. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
/ref> the industry body representing the Australian mutual and cooperative banking sector. Police Bank is a member-owned institution and has no shareholders. Police Bank is supervised by the

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is a statutory authority of the Australian Government and the prudential regulator of the Australian financial services industry. APRA was established on 1 July 1998 in response to the re ...

(APRA), and is among the 21 Australian-owned banks."List of Authorized Deposit-taking Institutions." ''APRA.'' Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, 2 April 2014. Web. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
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Sponsorship

Police Bank runs a sponsorship program providing financial support to the police community and to charitable sporting organizations. Police Bank is a major sponsor of

NSW Police Legacy NSW Police Legacy is a charitable organisation that was established in 1987 to care for the widows, widowers, partners and children of deceased members of the NSW Police Force. The charity was originally established with assistance from the NSW Pr ...

,NSW Police Legacy
/ref> which provides support to the families of deceased and terminally ill police officers. Police Bank also provides

financial and corporate support. They are a major sponsor of the NSW Police Games,NSW Police Games Sponsors. March 2013
/ref> an annual competitive athletic event incorporating sports from a number of NSW Police Sporting Clubs.

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