Nord vLEI Becomes the First European-based GLEIF Qualified vLEI Issuer
Expanding vLEI ecosystem supports adoption of vLEIs and associated organizational role credentials to meet the global need for automated authentication and verification of legal entities
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) and Nord vLEI today announce that Nord vLEI has become the first European-based Qualified vLEI Issuer (QVI) within the verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLEI) ecosystem. Nord vLEI is a subsidiary of NordLEI, the leading LEI issuer in Scandinavia and eighth largest globally, with more than 165,000 LEIs issued since 2014.
The vLEI is a new form of digitized organizational identity that meets the global need for automated authentication and verification of legal entities across a variety of industries. By wrapping new and existing LEIs in digital credentials that can be verified, the vLEI offers a digitally trustworthy version of the LEI which can be used to verify the identities of legal entities and their authorized representatives across a rapidly growing number of automated interactions.