Public registers
Public registers
Four separate public records, and the methodology that governs them. Each records a different thing, none of them produces any of the others, and every entry states its source, the date it was last checked and what has not been assessed.
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- Listing
- establishes who an organisation is and what role it says it performs.
- Membership
- records participation in the Association and commitment to its Code of Conduct.
- Verification
- records that a practitioner or organisation has undergone a defined assessment for a stated role and scope.
- Partnership
- records support for the Association's work.
None of these statuses should be mistaken for another. Holding one never produces another, and only statuses actually held are shown.
The four public records
Organisation register
Organisations operating in or serving the market, by role, model and province. A listing records identity and stated role. It is free, it is applied for, and it is not membership, verification or endorsement.
Updated 18 September 20260 publishedVerified Practitioner Register
Individuals assessed against the published requirements for a stated role and scope, each with a date granted, a review date and what was not assessed. Verification is about a person, never about the organisation they work with.
Updated 18 September 20264 listedMember Directory
Individuals and organisations that have joined the Association and committed to the code of conduct — consultants, introducers, administrators, attorneys, compliance and credit professionals and the firms they work in. Membership is participation, not assessment.
Updated 18 September 20261 listedPartner directory
Organisations supporting the Association financially, technically or educationally, with the contribution type and tier shown. Support buys a disclosed relationship and nothing else.
Updated 17 September 2026RecordsVerification and founding records
Every record the Association has issued, what each one means, the conditions binding a holder, and how to resolve a record code from another website.
ReferenceMethodologyVerification methodology
What is assessed, the evidence required, the role-specific modules, what each status means, and how a record is reviewed or withdrawn.
Reference2 founding records confirmed. No verification status has been granted.
The 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?
- No organisation or practitioner has completed the verification review, so no record carries that status yet. Founding records are confirmed for ProLend and Wesley Thomson — that establishes identity and founding role, and nothing about competence, conduct or performance.
- 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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