Badge check
Founding Organisation — Recorded: ProLend
Badge PLA-B-FOR-0001, issued by the Private Lending Association of South Africa and recorded on 17 September 2026. This page is the record behind the badge — what it covers, what it does not, and where to look next.
- Status of this badge
- Current. This badge is issued and in force today.
- Held by
- ProLend
- Badge family
- Founding record
- Recorded
- 17 September 2026
- Code
- PLA-B-FOR-0001
What this badge means
A record, taken from the Association's founding documents, of this organisation's identity and its role as a founding organisation and Founding Gold Partner.
What it does not mean
A badge issued by the Association is a statement about a record it keeps, not a permission granted by anybody with authority to grant one.
The three things a badge can record
The constitution keeps membership, partnership and verification apart, and the badge programme mirrors that: there is no combined badge, and holding one says nothing about the other two. This badge records founding record only.
- Founding record. A factual record of who founded the Association and what position they hold, taken from its founding documents. Verification under the published standards is a separate assessment.
- Membership. Records that the holder participates in the Association. It is a fact about a relationship, not an assessment, and it requires no evidence beyond the membership record itself.
- Partnership. Records a disclosed commercial or supporting relationship with the Association. It is the one badge that money is involved in, which is exactly why it may never be displayed in a way that reads as approval.
- Verification. Records that an assessment against the published standards was completed, and what it found. It rests on evidence, it expires, and it is the one the Association will withdraw.
Where this is recorded
See the Association’s record for ProLend →
If this badge is being displayed wrongly
If you have seen this badge used to suggest a guaranteed return, regulatory approval, or anything the record above does not support — or if it appears on a site whose holder is not ProLend — tell the Association. Misuse is a ground for withdrawal, and a withdrawn badge stops displaying wherever it is embedded from this domain.
Raise it through the complaints process → or write to complaints@privatelendingassociation.co.za quoting PLA-B-FOR-0001.
Check it for yourself
Nothing on this page asks to be taken on trust. The registers are public, the methodology is published, and the record this badge points at states its own limits.
How the badge programme works · The public registers · The methodology