Confidence,
built into
the process.
Understand the identity, payment, and data safeguards behind your Arkive booking.
Made for South Africa’s creative economy.
Built around your next moment.Trust starts with the details.
Good energy.Better protected.
Seven layers between a promise and a payout.
Encryption everywhere
AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit — applied across every transaction and message on the platform. Keys are rotated and access-scoped; nothing moves in the clear.
Smart Contracts
Every deal is signed as a smart contract, with funds ring-fenced in Standard Bank trust accounts via TradeSafe's FSCA licence and released only when the contract's terms are met — never held on Arkive's own books.
See the smart contract platform →Identity verification
Biometric facial checks plus KYC / AML screening confirm every party before a deal proceeds. Funded bookings run only between verified accounts — no anonymous counterparties.
Compliance by design
An FSCA-aligned operating playbook, POPIA-compliant data handling, and a clear FAIS Ombud escalation path govern every account and dispute.
FSCA & TradeSafe →Fraud prevention
Funded-bookings-only, GPS check-in within a 10 km radius of the venue, and multi-factor release close the gaps that cash deals and handshake bookings leave wide open.
Privacy first
Biometric templates are stored as one-way cryptographic hashes. The original images are never retained — verification proves identity without ever holding your face.
Read the POPIA policy →Full audit trail
Every action is logged and reconcilable, from vault to release. Agencies and brands draw audit-ready statements on demand — a complete, timestamped record of the money.
Backed by regulated financial infrastructure.
The FSCA-licensed rail that holds and releases every transaction end-to-end, under a regulated smart contract mandate.
View the FSCA mandate →Smart Contract balances sit in ring-fenced Standard Bank trust accounts — institutional-grade custody, never on Arkive's balance sheet.
About the accounts →Transactions are underwritten by Liberty, protecting vaulted funds against systemic loss and defined force-majeure events.
How cover works →No single key opens the vault.
Releasing vaulted funds takes three independent factors, in sequence — each logged, each tied to a verified identity. Miss one and the money stays put.
Private PIN
The account holder confirms intent with a release PIN that never leaves their device unhashed.
Live biometric
A live facial biometric re-confirms the authorising party — matched against a stored one-way hash, not an image.
6-digit code
A one-time six-digit code, valid for a short window, seals the release and clears funds to the verified bank account.
All three factors are checked together and written to the audit trail — the same standard whether a booking is a single set or a national tour.