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Institution record

Yellow

Yellow Card Financial South Africa (Pty) Limited

Risk level not supplied2 of 3 licences marked regulated
Source score
—
Warnings
0
Comments
0

Licence records

Licences within our coverage (institutions licensed in offshore financial centres) are listed first. Check each one on the regulator's own register.

RegulatorLicence no.StatusLicensed entityDate
FSCATier-2
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
FSP 53790RegulatedYellow Card Financial South Africa (Pty) Limited2023
NBFIRATier-3
Non-bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority
Certificate No. 11/1/5 (1)RegulatedYellow Card Botswana Proprietary Limited2022
BoUTier-3
Bank of Uganda
Not suppliedUnauthorisedYellow Card Financial Uganda Limited—

Peer regulatory & risk comparison

Side-by-side supervisory and risk benchmark comparing Yellow against peer institutions in our institutions licensed in offshore financial centres dataset.

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InstitutionPrimary regulatorsRegulated / totalRisk classificationSource scoreWarnings
Yellow (this record)
FSCANBFIRABoU
2 / 3Risk level not supplied—0
Viverno
FSAMISAFSC+2
4 / 5Risk level not supplied—1
easyMarkets
FSABVIFSCASIC+2
3 / 5Risk level not supplied—0
Exness
FSAFSCFSCA+2
4 / 5Risk level not supplied—1
Trade Nation
SCBFSAFCA+2
5 / 5Risk level not supplied—0
OnEquity
FSASVGFSCA
3 / 3Risk level not supplied—0

Yellow: institutional due diligence FAQ

Key supervisory, licensing, and counterparty verification questions generated from the dataset.

What is Yellow's regulatory licence status and supervisory authorisation?

In our imported dataset, Yellow (legal entity reference: Yellow Card Financial South Africa (Pty) Limited) holds 3 recorded licence entries, of which 2 carry a "regulated" status and 2 are marked regulated or registered: FSCA (Financial Sector Conduct Authority) — licence FSP 53790, status: regulated, Tier-2; NBFIRA (Non-bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority) — licence Certificate No. 11/1/5 (1), status: regulated, Tier-3; BoU (Bank of Uganda) — licence Not supplied, status: unauthorised, Tier-3. Institutional due diligence requires verifying that the exact legal entity on your counterparty agreement matches the licensed entity name and registration number on the official FSCA, NBFIRA, BoU public register.

Which of Yellow's jurisdictions and licences fall within this site's regulatory coverage?

Yellow is registered at Yellow Card Financial, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, United States. and tracked under our institutions licensed in offshore financial centres scope based on its institutional service profile (CFDs, Precious metals, Stock indices, Forex) rather than a domestic focus licence. Its 3 recorded licences (FSCA, NBFIRA, BoU) should be evaluated for cross-border passporting and local solicitation rules.

What is Yellow's institutional risk classification, enforcement exposure, and score profile?

Yellow carries a "risk level not supplied" classification in the source dataset (composite numeric scores are not supplied for this record). The record flags 0 regulatory warning or complaint counts and 1 licence record with elevated status flags (BoU: unauthorised). Because these figures reflect imported source fields rather than primary audit findings, compliance teams should review primary enforcement bulletins directly.

What operational due diligence steps apply to Yellow's platforms, entity structure, and complaints?

Before allocating capital or executing trades with Yellow, institutional and retail allocators should: (1) confirm the domain (yellowcard.io) against regulator-approved domains to guard against clone firms; (2) verify whether any of the 0 recorded warning/complaint entries or 0 user comments involve withdrawal restrictions or scope violations; and (3) confirm the dispute-resolution ombudsman tied to FSCA.

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Cross-Border Tax Treaties

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