Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)

The recording of “Global Digital Standards: Will We Ever Get There?” from the 9th Annual Blockchain Central Davos is now available. GLEIF’s Alexandre Kech joined speakers from the Digital Token Identifier Foundation (#DTIF), @ISOStandards, & @ANNA_ISIN to discuss the future of global digital #Standards. @GBBC_io Watch here: youtu.be/se9VMNIfUkE?si…

❌ Myth: The verifiable LEI (#vLEI) is just a digital version of the Legal Entity Identifier (#LEI). ✅ Fact: The #vLEI is a verifiable credential that embeds an organization’s #LEI. It is cryptographically verifiable and enables organizations and their authorized representatives to engage in trusted, transparent digital transactions. Learn more: gleif.org/en/organizatio… #GLEIF #VerifiableCredential #Trust

🤝 Trust is the foundation of every business relationship. In a fast-moving digital economy, standardized and verifiable Organizational Identity (#OrgID) matters more than ever. The #LEI and #vLEI help organizations prove who they are in the digital world and allow them to authorize representatives to act on their behalf, supporting more secure, transparent, and trusted business interactions. Learn more: gleif.org/en/organizatio…

During the event, industry experts highlighted the importance and central role of open data standards in promoting economic prosperity, especially in a world facing challenges such as geopolitical tensions and data fragmentation. By leveraging global standards such as the #LEI and #vLEI, regulators, industry leaders, and professionals worldwide can strengthen collaboration, enhance market transparency, improve data quality, and enable interoperability across jurisdictions. #GLEIF #Standards

GLEIF at the Open Data Standard Forum Hong Kong 2026 🇭🇰 On March 17, GLEIF’s Head of Business Operations, Clare Rowley, and Country Representative for China, Yanzhao Zhang, attended the #APAC Open Data Standards Forum, held at @Bloomberg’s office in Hong Kong. #GLEIF #LEI #vLEI #OpenFIGI

💡 Insightful Workshop with Wikidata at the GLEIF office in Frankfurt am Main! Today’s workshop brought together the GLEIF team, Alan Ang from Wikimedia Deutschland, and the Wikidata community to explore synergies between the organizations. The session helped deepen our understanding of Wikidata’s structure, interfaces, and automated update mechanisms, while also introducing the Wikidata community to Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) data and GLEIF’s objectives. Thank you to everyone who joined and contributed to the discussion!

Who’s behind the smart contract? 📑⁉️ In the latest episode of #TrustTalks, Alexandre Kech & @Cardano_CF’s Thomas A. Mayfield discuss how the #LEI & #vLEI can strengthen trust, compliance, & interoperability in digital assets. Listen now: linktr.ee/TrustTalks

A Legal Entity Identifier (#LEI) record is more than a 20-character code. It is trusted reference data that helps clarify who you are doing business with. 💡 In the second episode of our “GLEIF Explains” video series, Xue Tan breaks down the registration details in an LEI record and why each field matters. 👉 youtu.be/MOE0mLWoqz4

Ms. Karla McKenna from the @GLEIF encouraged students exploring real-world domains where blockchain knowledge can be applied to look into Digital Identity, as it is one of the biggest real-world problems #Blockchain can help solve. DID:UNCONF AFRICA #MondayMotivation

New white paper from @Clearstream + @The_DTCC + @EuroclearGroup (with @BCG): a shared framework for digital asset securities interoperability, including portable identity credentials like the Legal Entity Identifier (#LEI) and stronger Ultimate Beneficial Owner (#UBO) traceability. #DigitalIdentity 🔗clearstream.com/clearstream-en…

The UK’s Digital Verification Services (DVS) Trust Framework 1.0 (pre-release) is out, and it explicitly references the Legal Entity Identifier (#LEI) as an option to evidence an organization is a legitimate entity. Details: gov.uk/government/pub… #LEI #DigitalIdentity

The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) 's draft on digital assets flags #LEI and #vLEI-type credentials for assessment as part of interoperability and verifiable identity infrastructure. Trusted organizational identity is not a fancy world. It is the only strategic approach to building trusted business relations in a globalized digital economy. PDF: europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document… @Europarl_EN @EUPublication @Trade_EU #LEI #vLEI #DigitalIdentity

Mexico City, March 11: #GLEIF’s Nuria Vegas will keynote at the 2nd Americas Regional Conference on Factoring and Supply Chain Finance (SCF) on how the Legal Entity Identifier (#LEI) and other #Standards improve #Transparency and cross-border trust in #Trade. fci.nl/en/event/2nd-a…

India’s International Financial Services Centres Authority (@IFSCA_Official) has opened consultation on draft Electronic Trading Platform (#ETP) regulations. A key proposal: trading members in International Financial Services Centres would be uniquely identified using #LEI, PAN, or an equivalent document. A strong signal for trusted entity identification with international standards, such as the LEI. Make your voice heard and submit your comments by March 18: ifsca.gov.in/CommonDirect/G…

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Data quality challenges often arise from entity information. Names, addresses, and status data can vary across systems, jurisdictions, and formats, creating friction for automation, #Compliance, and cross-border processes. As financial ecosystems digitize, consistent and reliable reference data is becoming more important than ever. As global implementation of #ISO20022 accelerates, the ability to consistently and structurally identify legal entities involved in cross-border #Payments is gaining greater relevance. Recent work by the #CPMI also highlights the role that globally recognized identifiers, such as the #BIC and the #LEI, can play in improving #Transparency and data quality across payment messages. In this context, high-quality reference data, including accurate and standardized address information, is emerging as a key building block for more efficient financial messaging. In our Metrics in Motion series, we are exploring what #DataQuality means in practice. To make this conversation more interactive, we would once again value your perspective.

🌏 Open Data Standard Forum Hong Kong 2026 On March 17, Clare Rowley joins Bloomberg’s inaugural #APAC Open Data Standards Forum to deliver a keynote and discuss the future of financial market data standards, including global #LEI adoption, alongside industry experts from @EvidentCapital & #ICMA. 🔗 go.bloomberg.com/attend/invite/… @Bloomberg #GLEIF #LEI #OpenFIGI

❌ Myth: LEIs are only for financial institutions. ✅ Fact: LEIs also matter for corporates. They support compliant cross-border payments and are expanding beyond finance into trade and supply chains. Learn more: gleif.org/en/lei-solutio… #GLEIF #LEI #CrossBorderPayments #Trade

As of the end of Feb 2026, 87.64% of Legal Entity Identifier (#LEI) records are now fully corroborated. In an #AI-driven world, trust is built on data you can verify. Corroboration is how LEI reference data is validated against authoritative sources, creating traceable provenance & a clear audit trail. Read Zornitsa Manolova’s latest Metric in Motion blog. 🔗 gleif.org/en/newsroom/bl…