Buy and sell with peace of mind.

Helping Australia take the risk out of buying and selling with escrow.

Buyer pays into CheckVault

Funds secured

Escrow agent: Perpetual Corporate Trust

Seller paid when you both agree

A CheckVault payment moving from buyer to seller through CheckVault's five states. The buyer pays in, Perpetual Corporate Trust holds the money once it is secured, and it is released to the seller when both sides agree.

How a trade runs in CheckVault

  1. Send the trade

    Set up the job or purchase in CheckVault and send it to the other side.

  2. The buyer secures the money

    Funds go to Perpetual Corporate Trust and both of you can see them.

  3. Approve, and it’s paid

    The buyer approves by SMS. Funds settle in 1 to 3 days.

A trade in CheckVault after it is sent: Selling T1929, pending, requesting $10,000.00 AUD, with its reference, amount and status.
A sent trade, with test data
Trade progress in CheckVault: created and sent are done; accepted and secured are not yet reached; the next step is the other party accepting.
Trade progress, with test data
The CheckVault dashboard totals: awaiting security, funds secured and awaiting release, above tabs for each trade state.
Dashboard totals, with test data

Hold the money until the job’s done

Buying something big, once

A car, a domain name, equipment: the seller sees your money is there, and it moves when you’re happy.

Fee
1%, minimum $50
Over $25,000
0.89%
Smallest payment
$300
Who can use it
Australian residents

Quotes your clients secure up front

Clients secure your quote before you start, so you stop chasing debtors.

Fee
1%, minimum $50
Over $25,000
0.89%
Monthly fee
None
Setup fee
None

Paid before each stage starts

Deposits, progress claims and retentions, secured before the work and released when it’s done.

Job types
Single payment, milestones, progress claims, drawdowns
Retentions
Held for as long as you need
BPAY
Up to $500,000 a payment
Settles
1 to 3 days after approval

Escrow inside your own platform

Automated escrow workflows, built into your marketplace or app through our API.

Licence
AFSL 429768
Registered with
AUSTRAC
Currency
AUD only
Setup fee
$1,100

Work out your fee

To hold it
1%, $50 at least
Over $25,000
0.89%
Monthly or setup fee
None

CheckVault fee $100.00

1% of $10,000.00

An estimate. Your terms set the final fee.

How the fee is worked out
Amount securedFeeMinimum fee
Up to $25,0001%$50
Over $25,0000.89%$50

Your money sits with Perpetual, not with us.

Perpetual Corporate Trust is the escrow agent. The money waits in a segregated ANZ account.

Funds secured until both sides agree

Licence
AFSL 429768
Registered with
AUSTRAC
Your data
Stored in Australia, in ASIO T4 and PCI DSS facilities

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Paid on time, in their words

CheckVault in thirty seconds

New trades, tracking every stage, and the broker view, in the portal you log in to.

Screens from a test environment, with test data. The film has music.

Already trading with us?

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The CheckVault sign-in: email address, password, and a link to create an account.
Where the button takes you: the CheckVault sign-in.