Finance · industry standard

Legal Entity Identifier (ISO 17442)

The Legal Entity Identifier is a 20-character code identifying a legally distinct entity participating in financial transactions, standardised as ISO 17442 and operated by GLEIF through accredited issuers. It exists because the 2008 crisis revealed that no one could reliably say which entity was counterparty to which exposure.

www.gleif.org/en/about-lei/intr...The standard

2012First published

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Also known as Legal Entity Identifier, ISO 17442, GLEIF LEI, vLEI.

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