Public registers
Partnership and verification are two different things, and this page keeps them apart. A tier says who supports the Association's work. A verification status says which published checks have been completed on an organisation, and when. Both appear on every partner profile, with the limits of each stated.
The Association works with private-lending platforms, administrators and professional service providers that support transparent, properly structured participation in the market. A partner profile is an Association record: what the organisation does, what it does not do, how enquiries are handled, who administers the underlying arrangements, and exactly what has and has not been checked.
Partnership tier
Describes a commercial or strategic relationship with the Association — who supports the work, and how. It is disclosed so a reader can weigh it.
It is not an assessment of anything, and it cannot be used to obtain a verification.
Verification status
Describes whether the Association’s published checks have been completed on a named organisation or person, what was checked, and when.
It is not regulatory approval, and it is not a guarantee about any arrangement.
Membership, partnership and verification are separate
Membership indicates participation in the Association. Partnership indicates support provided to the Association. Verification is a separate evidence-based assessment. None automatically confers the others.
Marketing and enquiry platform connecting individuals and entities to structured private-lending arrangements.
A South African private-lending marketing and enquiry platform helping individuals and entities understand and connect with selected structured private-lending opportunities.
Partnership does not constitute regulatory approval or automatic verification under the Association's verification framework.
1 partner listed. The register grows as organisations join and are recorded here; the structure is the same for every one of them.
The organisation provided the funding or operational support that allowed the Association to be established, and holds the senior partnership tier. The relationship is disclosed on every page where the organisation appears.
It does not mean the organisation has been verified, that its arrangements have been assessed, or that the Association recommends it. Verification is a separate process with its own published criteria and its own badge.
The organisation has a commercial partnership with the Association, disclosed on its partner profile.
It does not mean the organisation has been verified, and it buys no standing in the verification process.
The organisation supports the Association's educational or standards work.
It does not mean the organisation has been verified.
The organisation or institution contributes teaching, research or review capacity to the Association's material.
It does not mean the organisation has been verified, and it does not give it editorial control.
The criteria behind each status, the evidence required and the review cycle are set out in the verification methodology. The conduct expected of a listed organisation is in the code of conduct, and complaints and review explains what happens when something goes wrong.
Adopted
Adopted by the founding members on 17 September 2026 under the Association’s constitution (PLA-GOV-001), and maintained under it. Amendments are recorded with the date of the resolution that made them.
An organisation seeking to be listed will be expected to show:
Expressions of interest go to info@privatelendingassociation.co.za. A partnership tier will never be a route to a verification status, and an organisation that declines a check will be recorded as having declined it.
This page explains how something works. It is not financial, legal or tax advice, it takes no account of your circumstances, and nothing here is a recommendation to lend. Private lending places capital at risk.