Setting up your own Tempo Personal account is simple and only takes about 5 minutes.
What you need before you start
Before you set up your Tempo Personal account, we recommend you have on hand the following:
Passport or driver licence
IRD number
Access to your mobile banking app
Step 1: Create an account
To get started all you need to do is the following:
Add an email address
Create a password
Apply a code (if you have one)
Verify your email address
Tempo codes
You can add a promo code, a voucher code or adviser code.
Current Tempo promotions
We always have some kind of promotion running – you can find out what’s currently available on our promotions and T&Cs page.
Step 2: Find your investor type
The next step is answering a few questions to find out your investor type: cautious, balanced, or adventurous.
Step 3: Choose a goal
Set a direction from one of our goal options. Let us know if you’re going to invest towards an amount or a date. Tell us how much and how often you’d like to invest and we’ll show you how long it’ll take to reach or how much you could end up with.
Step 4: Get advice
Next we’ll ask you to read and acknowledge our Tempo Advice Service (TAS) document and Product Disclosure Statement (PDS). The TAS provides details about our advice and how our fees work. The PDS has information about our funds and investing with us.
We'll then recommend a fund mix (portfolio). This is based on your investor type, how long you're planning to invest or how much you'd like to end up with, and your goal plan.
Step 5: Confirm your identity
For this next step, you’ll need those documents and details we asked for before you started. We’ll use these to fill out some of the following details to confirm your identity:
Choose ID type
Enter ID details
Add your address
Fill in your personal details (mobile number, IRD number, PIR tax rate)
Step 6: Verify via your bank
The final step is to confirm your identity using Akahu and your bank account details. This ensures you are who you say you are and sets you up to make withdrawals. We’ll ask for one-off access to your name, address, and bank account number. You’ll then go through the following secure steps:
Select your bank
Connect your bank and follow the instructions
Select an account
Confirm one-off access
Next steps
Welcome to Tempo. You’re now ready to start investing! This is just the beginning, so here are a few simple steps to help you stay consistent, build momentum, and make the most of everything Tempo has to offer.
Look out for an email welcoming you to Tempo with instructions on how to make your first deposit towards your goal
Stay on track, build more momentum over time, and lessen your decision-making load, by setting up an automatic payment
If you’ve already set up an account, but didn’t apply a code, you can still do so in the ‘Me’ tab of the app.







