Ape Law VASP Verify
Understanding VASP Verify results
What a tracker match, no reviewed match, unavailable result or multiple record result means and does not mean.
Record found
The hostname matches a domain relationship reviewed by Ape Law, and at least one authorisation record in the current bundled or cached publication is linked to that entity. Check the relationship type, legal entity, reference, permissions, status evidence and official source.
Multiple records
VASP Verify supports multiple results. This can occur where a domain is used by a group, brand or several regulated entities, or where one entity has more than one authorisation. Review each record separately.
No reviewed match
The active hostname is not in the domain relationships available to that copy of VASP Verify. It does not mean the business is unlicensed. A firm may use another domain, have no reviewed relationship yet, fall outside tracker scope or have a record published after the extension's snapshot.
Data unavailable or update failure
VASP Verify can report data unavailable if its bundled index cannot be loaded or validated, or if internal extension messaging fails or times out. A remote refresh failure alone is normally silent because a valid bundled or cached snapshot is used; that result may be older than the tracker website. The extension has no separate state claiming that an official regulator source is unavailable.
Ape Law website
On ape.law and its subdomains, the popup shows a dedicated Ape Law website message and does not perform the normal licence lookup or data refresh.
Unsupported page
Browser-internal pages, extension pages, local files and other non-http/https locations do not have a supported website hostname to check. Open the business's public website in a normal tab.
How the record parts differ
- Reviewed domain relationship
- Ape Law's evidence-based link between a hostname and an entity. It may describe a legal-entity, official-brand or official-group website.
- Legal entity
- The organisation named in a regulator record. A brand or group name may be different.
- Authorisation
- A regulator-scoped register or permission record with its own stable tracker identifier.
- Permission line
- Wording taken from, or selected by reference to, the official source. It describes part of the authorisation scope, not every condition or restriction.
- Ape Law activity label
- A simplified comparison label added by Ape Law. It is not a regulator classification and never replaces the source wording.
- Regulator-stated status
- A status explicitly stated in the source. Only qualifying explicit status evidence is presented as active.
- Register presence
- Evidence that a record appeared in an official register when collected, without converting absence of an explicit status into active.
Verification checklist
- Is the named legal entity the entity providing the service?
- Does the reference match the current official record?
- Does the exact permission scope cover the relevant product or activity?
- Are restrictions, conditions, dates or status changes shown by the source?
- Is the source current enough for the decision you are making?