Public registers
Public registers
Two registers and the methodology that governs them. Every entry states its source, the date it was last checked and what has not been verified — because a register is only useful if a reader can see how much weight it carries.
Current state of the registers
One organisation has completed verification under methodology version 1.0, and its record publishes the scope, the evidence, the limitations and the review date. Every other entry is recorded as Verification Pending. A reader can therefore see who is listed, where the information came from, and exactly what has and has not been established — rather than being asked to trust a badge on its own.
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.
The registers
Organisations and partners
Organisations operating in or supporting the private-lending market, each with a profile recording what it does, what it does not do, the disclosures that apply and its verification record.
Updated 17 September 20260 publishedRegister of Listed Practitioners
Individuals who present private-lending arrangements to the public. 10 candidate entries are held; none is published until the person’s permission for this separate publication has been recorded.
Updated 17 September 2026MethodologyVerification methodology
What is checked for organisations and for practitioners, the evidence required, what each status means, how a record is reviewed or withdrawn — and what verification never means.
ReferenceThe statuses a record can hold
A key to the statuses that exist in the methodology. None of them is currently held by any organisation or practitioner: every record on this site reads Verification Pending.
The organisation has completed the Association's published checks for organisations, and the record below shows what was checked and when.
The individual has completed the Association's published checks for practitioners, and the record below shows what was checked and when.
Checks have not been completed. Either the verification programme is not yet open to this category, or an application is in progress. Nothing has been verified by the Association.
Checks were completed previously but have passed their review date and have not been renewed. Treat the record as out of date.
A previously issued verification has been withdrawn pending review. The reason is recorded on the profile where the Association is able to publish it.
Membership, partnership and verification
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.
An organisation may hold all three at once and each is recorded separately, because each means something different. Membership and partnership are disclosed so that a reader can weigh them; neither is capable of producing a verification status.
Corrections and removal
Any entry can be corrected or removed on request, without charge and without giving a reason, by writing to editor@privatelendingassociation.co.za. Where a concern is about conduct rather than the accuracy of a record, it is handled under complaints and review.
Common questions
- Has the Association verified anyone?
- One organisation: ProLend, verified on 17 September 2026 under methodology version 1.0, with the scope, evidence, limitations and review date published on its profile. Every other entry carries a status of Verification Pending, which records that an organisation or person appears in a named source on a stated date — nothing more.
- What is the difference between being listed and being verified?
- A listing records that something was published about a party, where that information came from, and when it was last checked. Verification is a separate evidence-based assessment against published criteria, carried out by the Association. Nothing on this site is currently verified.
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