IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE NOTE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

Bridge Finance and Loan (Pty) Ltd (Bridge) a private company, registered the Republic of South Africa (1993/014544/23) is a financial service provider (FSP) and registered credit provider (NCRCP895), Whose primary business is that of a micro financier to personal clients.

2. PURPOSE, SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

These terms and conditions relate to the access and use of the Bridge Finance website (www.bridgefinancesa.co.za), hereinafter to as the “website” as well as any Bridge Finance software applications or self-service portals.

3. OWNERSHIP OF THE WEBSITE AND APPLICATIONS

The Bridge Finance website and Bridge software applications are owned by Bridge Finance and Loan (Pty) Ltd, with its registered address at Unit 66 Risana Avenue, Johannesburg.

4. CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE AND APPLICATIONS

4.2 This terms and conditions may be amended from time to time, in the sole discretion of Bridge Finance, without notification.

4.3 The update terms and conditions will be made available on the website: www.bridgefinancesa.co.za.

4.4 Users are encouraged to report inaccurate, untrue, defamatory, illegal, infringing and / or harmful content available on the website and / or software applications to Bride finance. Bridge finance in turn undertakes to correct and / or remove such content or any part thereof if the person reporting such content provided reasonable grounds to prove the alleged nature of the content.

5. USE OF WEBSITE AND APPLICATION

5.1 The use of this website, applications or self –service portals together with the content contained therein, is provided as is, any although Bridge finance endeavours to provide accurate information, we cannot provide and grantees in this regard.

5.2 The term and conditions set out in this document are binding and legally enforceable again any person, who accesses or uses the Bridge finance website, software, applications or self-services portals.

5.3 By using this website, software applications or self-service portals, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this terms and conditions and agree to be bound by them.

5.4 Users may view, download or print information that is available on our website, software applications or self-serve portals, provided it is done for personal use and not for commercial purposes.

5.5 Users may not use our website applications or self-service portals for (including, but not limited for) illegal, offensive, nuisance or damaging purposes: or to create, store or send unsolicited commutations.

5.6 The creation of any links to our website from any other site whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Any links created will be reported to the applicable regulatory body.

5.7 Users may not decompile, reverse engineer, dissemble, rent, lease, loan, sublicense or created derivative works from this website www.bridge financesa.co.za software applications, self-service portals or its content.

5.8 Users may not use any robot, spider, web crawlers, other automatic software or device, or manual process to monitor, search or copy our website software, software applications or self-service portals or content without the prior written permission from Bridge finance.

5.9 Users may not use this website, Bridge finance software applications or self-service portals to transmit any false, misleading, and fraudulent or illegal communications.

5.10 We reserve the right to restrict your use and access to our website, software applications or self- service portals or part the of in the event any unauthorised use.

5.11 Our website is designed for payday loans only. We need to protect ourselves and our clients in order to provide our clients the best service, Which is the primary reason for these terms and conditions.

5.12 Please do not use our website, software, software applications or self-service portals if you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

6.1 The content on this website, software applications or self-service portal is for your personal use only and not for commercial exploitation.

6.2 You agree to use the website, and applications only and not abuse Bridge finance’s staff right in terms of intellectual property infringements.

6.3 Copyright and trademark right may subsist in some or all of the content on our website, software application or self-service portals.

6.4 Unauthorised use, reproduction, copying, dissemination, modification and distribution is strictly prohibited and constitutes an infringement of our intellectual property rights.

7. THIRD PARTY CONTENT

7.1 External hyperlinks may appear on our website from time to time. This does not imply that there is any relationship between us and any linked third party, nor do we necessarily endorse any such third party, its products and/ or services or the security of their website. By using the link, you do so entirely at your own risk.

7.2 Advertising and other promotional material of third parties may appear on our website from time to time. We do not endorse such third parties or their products and/or services. Unless the information originated from us, your reliance on any information contained in such material is entirely at your own risk.

7. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

8.1 Bridge finance deals with your personal information only as directed by you and in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act of 2013.

8.2 By submitting your personal information in any form whether on our website, payday loan application of self-service portal, you agree that we may use your information for purposes of processing your request or application. This includes, but is not limited to verifying your identity number with the Department of Home Affairs, performing a credit check and/ or performing a criminal check.

8.3 You refer to receive communication via email, SMS, WhatsApp and other Bridge finance digital portals or applications for purposes of verification, application processing and further communication regarding your application, profile and related products and services.

8.4 Please refer to our Privacy Policy, available at www.bridgefinancesa.co.za

8. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

8.1 Bridge finance deals with your personal information only as directed by you and in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act of 2013.

8.2 By submitting your personal information in any form whether on our website, payday loan application of self-service portal, you agree that we may use your information for purposes of processing your request or application. This includes, but is not limited to verifying your identity number with the Department of Home Affairs, performing a credit check and/ or performing a criminal check.

8.3 You refer to receive communication via email, SMS, WhatsApp and other Bridge finance digital portals or applications for purposes of verification, application processing and further communication regarding your application, profile and related products and services.

8.4 Please refer to our Privacy Policy, available at www.bridgefinancesa.co.za

9. ALTERNATIVE DESPUTE RESOLUTION

9.1 Any dispute arising in relation to our agreement with you, shall to the extent permitted by law, be referred to arbitration in Johannesburg at venue to be determined by us applying the rule of Arbitration Foundation of South Africa.

9.2 For any complaints, please refer to the Bridge finance Complaints Policy, available at www.bridgefinancesa.co.za.

10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

10.1 When you use our website, software applications or self-service portals your do entirely at your own risk.

10.2 We do not warrant that the functions provided by the website, applications or self-service portals will be uninterrupted or error free, or that the website, software, or reliance on any information contained thereon.

10.3 Bridge finance shall not be held liable, in any manner whatsoever, for any damage or loss sustained by you, or a third party, arising out of your access or use of our website, or reliance on any information contained thereon.

11. JURISDICTION

This agreement is governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa, irrespective of whether or not you are South African or are accessing our website outside of the Republic of South Africa.

12. GENERAL

12.1 Bridge finance shall be entitled to cede, assign and delegate all or any of its right and obligations in terms of these terms and conditions without notice to you.

12.2 If any provision of these terms and conditions which is or becomes unenforceable, whether due to voidness, invalidity, illegality, unlawfulness or for any reason whatever, shall, only to the extent that it is so unenforceable, be treated as not having been written and the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions shall remain in full force and effect.

13. TERMS AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARDS TO LOANS

All terms and conditions relating to a loan application or loan agreement are contained on the Bridge finance loan document ( i.e quotation, application) and should be read carefully. Should any of the terms and conditions regarding loans be unclear, please contact us for assistance.

The terms and conditions of any Insurance Product are contained in the Insurance Policy, where there are the terms of conditions for the any other financial product and contained in the application and agreement of such product