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Join us in celebrating ten years of GLEIF! Explore our Journey and impact in fostering trust and transparency in the global economy.

Celebrating a decade of excellence

We enable smarter, less costly and more reliable decisions about who to do business with

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Legal Entity Identifier Services by GLEIF

Business moves at the speed of trust. Accelerate yours with the vLEI

The vLEI has transformed the nature of identity management. It has made the verification of person-to-entity and entity-to-entity interactions instant and secure while maintaining data privacy and confidentiality. Join the future of digital organizational identity.

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The LEI in cross-border payments

When the LEI is added as a data attribute in cross-border payment messages, any originator or beneficiary can be precisely and instantly identified. This makes the payment process faster, cheaper, more transparent, and more inclusive.

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One global identity behind every business

GLEIF Mission

GLEIF manages a network of partners, the LEI issuing organizations, to provide trusted services and open, reliable data for unique legal entity identification worldwide. GLEIF services ensure the operational integrity of the Global LEI System.

Our Vision

GLEIF believes that each business worldwide should have only one global identity. This identity should include a digital identity. Having an LEI will help to achieve this objective. Taking advantage of the Global LEI Index empowers market participants to cut costs, simplify and accelerate operations and gain deeper insight into the global market place.

Governance Structure

The LEI initiative is driven by the Group of 20 and the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Created by the FSB in 2014, GLEIF is a supra-national, not-for-profit organization tasked to manage the only open, non-proprietary legal entity identification system designed as a public good.

GLEIF Activities and News

Press Release Date: 2024-10-14 ISO Standardizes GLEIF's Pioneering Digital Organizational Identity Offering with Publication of vLEI Technical Standard
GLEIF Blog Date: 2024-10-01 Leading the Fight Against Corporate Fraud: How Every Business Can Embrace Transparency

With criminals flourishing in the shadows of the global economy, shining a light on the legal entities involved in cross-border transactions is a foundational requirement to restore trust. For even the smallest organizations, this represents a compelling opportunity to make transparency a strategic priority and combat risk by advancing the identifiability of legal entities across global marketplaces.