Institution record
Yellow Card
Yellow Card Financial, Inc.
- Source score
- 4.0
- Warnings
- 0
- Comments
- 0
Licence records
Licences within our coverage (cross-border payment institutions, msbs, remittance corridors, insurance and fiduciary trusts) are listed first. Check each one on the regulator's own register.
| Regulator | Licence no. | Status | Licensed entity | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bank of Uganda (BoU) | Not supplied | Unauthorised | Yellow Card Financial Uganda Limited | — | |
Financial Sector Conduct Authority | FSP 53790 | Regulated | Yellow Card Financial South Africa (Pty) Limited | 2023 | |
Non-bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority | Certificate No. 11/1/5 (1) | Regulated | Yellow Card Botswana Proprietary Limited | 2022 |
Peer regulatory & risk comparison
Side-by-side supervisory and risk benchmark comparing Yellow Card against peer institutions in our cross-border payment institutions, msbs, remittance corridors, insurance and fiduciary trusts dataset.
| Institution | Primary regulators | Regulated / total | Risk classification | Source score | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Card (this record) | Bank of Uganda (BoU)FSCANBFIRA | 2 / 3 | Risk level not supplied | 4.0 | 0 |
Bank of Uganda (BoU) | 1 / 1 | Risk level not supplied | 5.0 | 0 | |
Bank of Uganda (BoU) | 1 / 1 | Risk level not supplied | 5.0 | 0 | |
South African Reserve Bank (SARB / Prudential Authority)FSCA | 2 / 2 | Risk level not supplied | 5.0 | 0 | |
South African Reserve Bank (SARB / Prudential Authority)FSCA | 2 / 2 | Risk level not supplied | 5.0 | 0 | |
FSCASouth African Reserve Bank (SARB / Prudential Authority) | 2 / 2 | Risk level not supplied | 5.0 | 0 |
Yellow Card: institutional due diligence FAQ
Key supervisory, licensing, and counterparty verification questions generated from the dataset.
What is Yellow Card's regulatory licence status and supervisory authorisation?
In our imported dataset, Yellow Card (legal entity reference: Yellow Card Financial, Inc.) holds 3 recorded licence entries, of which 2 carry a "regulated" status and 2 are marked regulated or registered: Bank of Uganda (BoU) — licence Not supplied, status: unauthorised; FSCA (Financial Sector Conduct Authority) — licence FSP 53790, status: regulated; NBFIRA (Non-bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority) — licence Certificate No. 11/1/5 (1), status: regulated. 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 Bank of Uganda (BoU), FSCA, NBFIRA public register.
Which of Yellow Card's jurisdictions and licences fall within this site's regulatory coverage?
Yellow Card is registered at Yellow Card Financial, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, United States. and tracked under our cross-border payment institutions, msbs, remittance corridors, insurance and fiduciary trusts scope based on its institutional service profile (multi-asset financial services) rather than a domestic focus licence. Its 3 recorded licences (Bank of Uganda (BoU), FSCA, NBFIRA) should be evaluated for cross-border passporting and local solicitation rules.
What is Yellow Card's institutional risk classification, enforcement exposure, and score profile?
Yellow Card carries a "risk level not supplied" classification in the source dataset, alongside composite 5-dimension ratings out of 10 (overall: 4.0, risk & licensing: 4.0, brand: 4.0, market influence: 4.0, user reputation: 0.0). The record flags 0 regulatory warning or complaint counts and 1 licence record with elevated status flags (Bank of Uganda (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 Card's platforms, entity structure, and complaints?
Before allocating capital or executing trades with Yellow Card, 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 Bank of Uganda (BoU).
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