Verify your identity for Apple Card or Apple Cash

Learn how to verify your identity when you apply for Apple Card or set up Apple Cash.

Apple Card

When you apply for Apple Card, you're required to give personal information like your birth date, home address, annual income, and the last four digits of your Social Security number.

If we need more information to verify your identity, you might be asked to scan your driver’s license or state-issued photo ID.

If you need help, contact an Apple Card Specialist at Goldman Sachs.

Apple Cash

To use all Apple Cash1 features and to protect your account, verify your identity.2

On your iPhone

  1. Open the Settings app, tap Wallet & Apple Pay, then tap your Apple Cash card.

    Verify Identity button in Wallet & Apple Pay settings on iPhone. The button is at the end of the screen.
  2. Scroll down, then tap Verify Identity, then follow the on-screen steps.

  3. If you don't see Verify Identity, you've already verified your identity.

On your iPad

  1. Open the Settings app, tap Wallet & Apple Pay, then tap your Apple Cash card.

  2. Tap Complete Verification, then follow the on-screen steps.

Identity verification for Apple Cash Family

When the family organizer sets up Apple Cash Family, they might need to verify their identity as part of the set-up process.

If an Apple Cash Family member is at least 18 years old and wants to have their own Apple Cash account, they can leave Apple Cash Family. When they leave the family, they'll be asked to verify their identity.

If you don't have the information that you need to verify your identity

  • If your identity can't be verified, you won't be able to use all of the features of Apple Cash, including sending and receiving money and adding money to your Apple Cash balance.

  • You'll still be able to use the money in your Apple Cash account to make purchases with Apple Pay in stores, in apps, and on the web, and you can transfer money to your bank.

If you need help, contact an Apple Cash Specialist at Green Dot Bank.

Why you're asked to verify your identity

Apple Cash services are provided by Green Dot Bank, Member FDIC. Apple Card is issued by Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Member FDIC. Green Dot Bank and Goldman Sachs require identity verification for fraud protection and regulatory reasons.

For more details on identity verification and how your personal information is handled, please review the following privacy policies and terms and conditions.

Apple Card

Apple Cash

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Learn about Apple Pay security and privacy

  1. Apple Cash services are provided by Green Dot Bank, Member FDIC. Apple Payments Services LLC, a subsidiary of Apple Inc., is a service provider of Green Dot Bank for Apple Cash accounts. Neither Apple Inc. nor Apple Payments Services LLC is a bank. Learn more about the Terms and Conditions. Only available in the U.S. on eligible devices. To send and receive money with an Apple Cash account, you must be 18 and a U.S. resident. If you’re under 18, your family organizer can set up Apple Cash for you as part of their Apple Cash Family account, but you may not be able to access features that require a supported payment card. Security checks may require more time to make funds available. Apple Cash Family accounts can only send or receive up to $2000 within a rolling seven-day period. Tap to Cash transactions can only be used to send or receive up to $2000 within a rolling seven-day period. Other limits apply, see Terms and Conditions for details. To access and use all Apple Cash features, you must have an eligible device with Wallet that has the latest version of iOS.

  2. When you use Apple Cash, you might be prompted to verify your identity again, even if you have previously done so.

To access and use all Apple Card features and products available only to Apple Card users, you must add Apple Card to Wallet on an iPhone or iPad that supports and has the latest version of iOS or iPadOS. Apple Card is subject to credit approval, available only for qualifying applicants in the United States, and issued by Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Salt Lake City Branch.

If you reside in the U.S. territories, please call Goldman Sachs at 877-255-5923 with questions about Apple Card.

Apple Pay is a service provided by Apple Payments Services LLC, a subsidiary of Apple Inc. Neither Apple Inc. nor Apple Payments Services LLC is a bank. Any card used in Apple Pay is offered by the card issuer.

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