Risk warning: Trading CFDs and FX carries significant risk and is not suitable for everyone. You have no ownership of the underlying asset. Pepperstone Financial Services (DIFC) Limited is regulated by the DFSA. Arranging for Pepperstone Group Limited, AFSL 414530, the product issuer.

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AML ID requirements

As part of our regulatory obligations, we are required to verify your identity and residency before opening your trading account. In some cases you may be requested to provide additional documentation. Should we need anything further, our account opening team will contact you.

We must be able to understand the language on any identity documents submitted. Our team can currently translate most European languages plus Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Malay, Russian and Thai.

To help us verify your ID, please provide at least one of the following:

  • Passport
  • Government-issued photo ID
  • Driver's License

Please note the document must show your full name, date of birth and must be valid.

We do not accept utility bill, bank or credit card statement, birth or citizen certificate or similar as ID document for identity verification purposes.

To help us verify your residency, please provide at least one of the following documents:

  • Utility Bill (must be in your name and issued within the last 6 months) or;
  • Tenancy contract (must be in your name and for the current year)
  • Bank statement (must be in your name, showing your current residential address and issued within the last 3 months)

If you have any questions about your ID documents or want to find out more, please get in touch.

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