Terms of use

1. About blackwood

This website is operated by Blackwood Platforms (Pty) Ltd, a South African technology company. In these terms, “blackwood”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Blackwood Platforms (Pty) Ltd.

2. Purpose of this website

The website provides information about Blackwood, our approach, products in development, potential partnerships and ways to contact us. It may also provide access to demonstrations, pilot information or links to separate Blackwood products.

Website content is provided for general information and does not constitute financial, investment, legal, tax or accounting advice.

3. Product descriptions and development status

Some features described on this website, including BPay capabilities, may be prototypes, planned functionality, limited pilots or products still in development. Product descriptions explain the direction and intended experience of the product and should not be read as a guarantee that every feature is currently available.

Features, interfaces, partners, payment methods, pricing and launch plans may change as products are tested and developed.

4. BPay and financial services

The blackwood corporate website does not itself provide a bank account, accept deposits, execute consumer payments or provide regulated financial advice. BPay is currently in development.

If BPay or another Blackwood product begins offering live payment or financial functionality, that functionality may depend on regulated financial institutions, payment providers or other authorised partners. Separate product terms, fees, eligibility requirements and disclosures will apply before you use those services.

5. Acceptable use

You may use this website for lawful purposes. You may not:

• attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website, its infrastructure or related systems;
• interfere with the operation, security or availability of the website;
• introduce malicious code, automated abuse or harmful traffic;
• misrepresent your identity or relationship with Blackwood; or
• copy, scrape or reuse substantial parts of the site in a way that infringes our rights or disrupts the service.

6. Intellectual property

Unless stated otherwise, the website, Blackwood and BPay branding, product names, visual identity, text, designs, interfaces, graphics and other original materials are owned by or licensed to Blackwood Platforms (Pty) Ltd and are protected by applicable intellectual-property law.

You may view and share links to this website for personal or legitimate business purposes. You may not reproduce, modify, distribute, commercialise or present our materials as your own without permission where permission is legally required.

7. Third-party services and links

The website may link to third-party websites, providers or services. Those services operate under their own terms and privacy practices. We are not responsible for third-party content, availability or conduct simply because we link to it or integrate with it.

8. Accuracy and availability

We aim to keep website information useful and reasonably current, but early-stage product information can change quickly. We do not guarantee that every page will always be complete, error-free or continuously available.

We may update, suspend, remove or restructure website content and development-stage product information without notice where reasonably necessary.

9. Privacy

Our Privacy Notice explains how we handle personal information collected through this website and related interactions. Product-specific privacy notices may apply to individual Blackwood products.

10. Liability

To the extent permitted by South African law, Blackwood Platforms (Pty) Ltd will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss arising solely from your use of, or inability to use, this informational website.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, or any rights you may have under applicable consumer-protection law.

11. Governing law

These website terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. Any dispute relating specifically to use of this corporate website will be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent South African courts, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

12. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as the website, company or products develop. The latest version will be published on this page with an updated effective date. Material product launches will have separate product terms where appropriate rather than relying only on these website terms.