Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)

Trade is going digital fast, but verification #standards haven't caught up. GLEIF's David Campos joins a panel at Commodity Trading Week Europe (London, May 6) to discuss how the #LEI and #vLEI can close that gap. #DigitalTrade Details: europe.commoditytradingweek.com

✅ Fact: LEI reference data includes structured address information, including registered and headquarters addresses. This structure can be mapped directly into ISO 20022 payment messages, including the hybrid address format, helping improve data quality and reduce friction in cross-border payments and compliance screening. Use LEI address data to support ISO 20022 compliance and smoother cross-border payments. 🔗gleif.org/en/lei-solutio…

Debunking Common Myths about the Legal Entity Identifier (#LEI) 🔍 ❌ Myth: The LEI does not include address information.

The Legal Entity Identifier (#LEI) is the starting point for organizational identity in the global financial system. The verifiable LEI (#vLEI) takes it further, cryptographically proving not just who your organization is, but who within it is authorized to act, sign, or approve. Start with the LEI. Build toward a verifiable organizational identity: gleif.org/en/organizatio…

What could digital trust look like in everyday life? This article from @lfdecentralizedshows how Key Event Receipt Infrastructure (#KERI) could support trusted digital interactions across real-world moments. It also highlights the value of the verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (#vLEI) in proving organizational identity and authority. Read more: lfdecentralizedtrust.org/blog/a-day-in-…

“One thing? High-quality data.” Eva-Maria Keller of @Clearstream explains why trusted data is essential to the next phase of faster, more digital financial markets. #DataQuality #TrustTalks Ep. 10 with Alexandre Kech, CEO of GLEIF: linktr.ee/TrustTalks

The active Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) population passed 3 million in Q1 2026. Around 100,000 organizations obtained an #LEI during the quarter, reaching 3.02M active LEIs and 3.4% quarterly growth. Read the latest LEI in Numbers blog: gleif.org/en/newsroom/bl…

Digital trust depends on being able to verify not just a credential, but the organization behind it. The Bank of Japan (@Bank_of_Japan_e)’s latest review on Verifiable Credentials highlights the verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (#vLEI) as part of the standards landscape for more trusted digital interactions. #DigitalIdentity Read more: boj.or.jp/en/research/wp…

$300 million behind Hong Kong’s Digital Corporate Identity initiative is a clear sign that trusted organizational identity is becoming core business infrastructure. #DigitalIdentity As these frameworks evolve, interoperability matters. Globally recognized identifiers such as the Legal Entity Identifier (#LEI) can help support trusted digital business across systems and borders. Read more: dig.watch/updates/hong-k…

GLEIF will be at Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) XLII on April 28-30 in Mountain View, California. As one of the #DigitalIdentity community’s long-running participant-driven gatherings, IIW is an important space for conversations on decentralized identity, enterprise authentication, fraud, and cryptographic credentials. Karla McKenna, Kevin Griffin, Kent Bull, and Esteban Garcia will be there on behalf of GLEIF. Looking forward to the discussion. #LEI #vLEI eventbrite.com/e/internet-ide…

One business. One trusted global identity. That's where we're headed. GLEIF's mission is to make the Legal Entity Identifier (#LEI) the foundation of cross-border trust, and the verifiable LEI (#vLEI) the standard for digitally verifiable organizational credentials worldwide. #DigitalIdentity gleif.org/en/about/visio…

What does trust look like when trade moves across borders and jurisdictions? In a new guest blog for the Verifiable.Trade Foundation, Randy Warshaw of Provenant, a GLEIF-qualified vLEI Issuer, explores why object-based trust matters for #DigitalTrade. "The #vLEI allows any party in a trade chain to verify the legal identity of a counterparty... across jurisdictions." Read more: verifiable.trade/post/trust-has…

Marking the 7th anniversary of ISIN-LEI mapping, Stephan Dreyer MD of ANNA and Alexandre Kech CEO @GLEIF reflect on how connecting these ISO standards enhanced market transparency and strengthened global risk management. Read the full Q&A here: anna-web.org/bridging-issue…

T+1 readiness is not just about speed. It is about data quality. In this blog, Alexandre Kech recaps key takeaways from his Trust Talks conversation with Eva-Maria Keller of @Clearstream (part of @DeutscheBoerse), including why better settlement instructions, trusted data, and verifiable organizational identity matter ahead of October 2027. #LEI #vLEI Read the blog: gleif.org/en/newsroom/bl…

📢 Join our international team as an Audit & Compliance Analyst (m/f/d) and help advance the Global Legal Entity Identifier (#LEI) System and the future of trusted organizational identity. #HiringNow Apply here: gleif.org/en/contact/car…

The missing piece to unlock digital trade in Africa 🧩🌍 Nigeria's digital payments ecosystem is advancing quickly. ODI Global's new report highlights a critical next step for cross-border trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (#AfCFTA): adopting global identifiers to support interoperability. One example is the Legal Entity Identifier (#LEI), which supports more efficient Know Your Business (KYB) processes, smoother cross-border verification, and greater trust between trading partners. Read the report: media.odi.org/documents/Cros…

AI-powered search is only as trustworthy as the data behind it. What most determines whether #AI-powered search can be trusted to deliver reliable answers? Vote in this week's Pulse Poll from our Metric in Motion series.

GLEIF is heading to KERICONF 2026 in Utah (April 22–23). Karla McKenna on the panel: SEDI + KERI for better public-private partnerships. Kent Bull presenting: GLEIF root-of-trust + a KERIA tutorial. First-ever KERI Conference. Not one to miss. kericonf.com/kericonf26/pro… #KERI #vLEI #DigitalIdentity

☎️‼️ Fraudulent calls and messages aren’t just a nuisance—they’re a systemic telecom challenge. AI-driven detection is reactive, and now with AI-generated voices rising, what’s real is harder to tell. By leveraging GLEIF’s #vLEI and organizational identity (#OrgID), we can answer the key question: Is the caller or sender verified? Read more: gleif.org/en/newsroom/bl…

South Korea's Korea Securities Depository (KSD) has launched an #LEI issuance certificate service that replaces complex real-name verification documents for foreign firms entering the Korean capital market. One LEI. One certificate. Generated directly through the Global LEI System. Via @sedaily_com 🔗 en.sedaily.com/finance/2026/0…