{{Short description|Mutual bank owned by law enforcement staff in Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox company | name = Police Bank Ltd | logo = 250px|Corporate logo | type = Mutual bank | foundation = 1964 | location = Sydney<br> Australia | key_people = Greg McKenna, Chief Executive Officer<br>P Remfrey Chairman<br> R Del Vecchio, Deputy Chairman<br>C J Dyson, Director<br> M Fuller, Director<br> D Hudson, Director<br> R Redfern, Director <br> S Waterhouse, Director | num_employees = 168 | members = 76,470 | industry = Financial services | products = Banking<br> Investment<br> Insurance<br> Financial Planning<br> Credit Cards<br> Mortgages | assets = {{increase}} A$2&nbsp;billion (2019)<ref name="pbank1">Chee, M.(2019). ''Annual Report 2019'' (Police Bank Ltd. Annual Reports. ). Sydney : Police Bank Ltd.</ref> | homepage = [http://www.policebank.com.au/ policebank.com.au]| }}

'''Police Bank Limited''' 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 NSW Police Force, Australian Federal Police, Emergency Management Australia, Corrective Services NSW, Australian Courts, or any other area of law enforcement and associated services. Police Bank also offers membership to employees of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service as well as Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service under their "Customs Bank" subsidiary.

Police Bank is a member of The Customer Owned Banking Association,<ref name="pbank4">[http://www.customerownedbanking.asn.au/component/catalog/node/23 "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 (APRA), and is among the 21 Australian-owned banks.<ref name="pbank5">[http://www.apra.gov.au/adi/Pages/adilist.aspx "List of Authorized Deposit-taking Institutions." ''APRA.'' Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, 2 April 2014. Web. Retrieved 10 April 2014.]</ref>

== Sponsorship == Police Bank runs a sponsorship program providing financial support to the police community and to charitable sporting organisations.

Police Bank is a major sponsor of NSW Police Legacy,<ref name="pbank10">[http://www.policelegacynsw.org.au/ NSW Police Legacy]</ref> which provides support to the families of deceased and terminally ill police officers. Police Bank also provides NSW Police Legacy financial and corporate support. They are a major sponsor of the NSW Police Games,<ref name="pbank11">[http://nswpolicegames.com.au/sponsors/ NSW Police Games Sponsors. March 2013]</ref> an annual competitive athletic event incorporating sports from a number of NSW Police Sporting Clubs.

==See also== {{Portal|Australia|Banks|Companies}} * Banking in Australia * List of banks * List of banks in Australia * List of banks in Oceania

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== External links == * {{official|http://www.policebank.com.au}} * [http://www.customerownedbanking.asn.au/search-our-member-directory/mutual-banks/node/23-police-bank-ltd Police Bank Ltd] entry in member directory of Customer Owned Banking Association

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Category:Banks of Australia Category:Mutual savings banks in Australia Category:Financial services companies based in Sydney Category:New South Wales Police Force Category:Australian Federal Police