This document covers the following topics:

• Why 'Verify' my Email?
• Verify via 'Get Started' Process
• Verify via 'Settings' menu

Why Verify my Email?

Having a 'Verified' Email address associated to your Trades Wallet profile provides you with additional security when 'Signing In' to the Self Service application and unlocks additional functionality for managing cards within your Wallet. 

How does it make things more secure?

With a 'Verified' Email Address established, you will be prompted to confirm your identity via Email during the 'Sign In' process. This verification will ensure that you, and only you, are able to view the contents of your Trades Wallet from the Self Service app.

For more information on how to 'Sign In using your Verified Email', click here. 

Additional features?

Having a 'Verified' Email Address will also enable you to have more control over the information you share with the Trades Wallet Community:

Private Cards: You may wish to keep a card or certification completely 'Private' - visible only to you. A card that is marked 'Private' within a Wallet is not shared with the Trades Wallet Community unless expressly directed by you. 

For more information on uploading a 'Private' card to your Trades Wallet, click here.

Mask a Photo: If you deem the information contained within a relevant entry sensitive, or private, you may choose to 'Mask' these details (i.e. the address listed on your Government Issued ID).

For more information on 'Masking' images within your Trades Wallet, click here. 

How do I Verify my Email?

(1) Via the Get Started! process

When setting up your Trades Wallet Self Service app for the FIRST time, you will be prompted to add and/or verify your Email as part of the 'Get Started' process. 

1. Upon submitting your 'Profile Picture' for review you will be presented with the following screen:
   
   
   
   NOTE: For more information on how to 'Upload a Profile Picture to your Self Service App', click here.
   
   
2. If you already have an Email associated to your Trades Wallet profile, it will be presented for you to review. You will need to complete the verification process via Email so ensue there are no errors. 
   
   If you would like to use the existing Email, simply select the (blue) 'Verify Email' button.
   
   If you would like to update the existing Email, simply enter your NEW Email address into the field provided, then select the (blue) 'Verify Email' button.
   
   
   
   NOTE: Should you want to 'Skip' this step, select the relevant link. You can add/update your 'Email' at any time via the 'Settings' menu within the Self Service app.
   
   

(2) Via the 'Settings' Page

1. If you do not yet have an 'Email Address' associated to your Trades Wallet Profile you will be presented with the following notification to your Home screen:
   
   
   
   Until the 'Email Address' on file has been 'Verified', you will be presented with the following notification to your Home screen:
   
   
   
   
2. Select the 'Settings' option from the Home Page. You will be navigated to the 'Settings' page:
   
   
   
   
3. Select the 'Email Address' navigator. You will be navigated to the 'Email Address page'. 
   
   If you already have an Email associated to your Trades Wallet profile, it will be presented for you to review. You will need to complete the verification process via Email so ensue there are no errors. 
   
   If you would like to use the existing Email, simply select the (blue) 'Verify Email' button.
   
   If you would like to update the existing Email, simply enter your NEW Email address into the field provided, then select the (blue) 'Verify Email' button.
   
   

Check your Email Client

1. To complete the verification process, check the Email client associated with the Email Address you entered and locate an email from Trades Wallet with the subject line: 'Email Address Verification'.
   
   NOTE: Navigate to your Email Client using the same mobile device onto which you have downloaded the Trades Wallet app. 
   
   
2. Within the email you will find some instructional verbiage and an (orange) 'Verify Email Address' link.
   
   
   
3. Click this link to complete the verification process and be automatically logged into the application using your credentials. 
   
   
   
   NOTE: Once your Email has been 'Verified' it can no longer be changed by an administrator assigned by your Union or organization. Future updates can only be made via the Self Service app.