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GLEIF opens China office to support LEI demand
28 October 2025 China
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Opening an office in China further increases GLEIF's presence across Asia Pacific, following openings in Mumbai, Singapore, and the Chiyoda Ward of Tokyo

GLEIF and IOTA Foundation partner on digitalisation of global trade
17 September 2025 Switzerland
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The firms will explore how standardised organisational digital identity can enable instant, verifiable on-chain trust for businesses across global supply chain

TOPPAN Edge confirmed as first Japanese qualified vLEI issuer
11 September 2025 Japan
Reporter: Hansa Tote

In November this year, TOPPAN Edge will launch vLEI-Gateway, a vLEI issuance service targeting a wide range of global manufacturing and finance use-cases

ANNA joins the ERC3643 Association along with 13 others
21 July 2025 Belgium
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

ERC-3643 is the non-profit association driving the standardisation of compliant real-world asset tokenisation

GLEIF launches network to foster open data practices
06 March 2025 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Global Open Data Integration Network aims to foster open data practices and collaboration among organisations that publish open data or set open data standards

CFCA becomes first China-based Qualified vLEI Issuer
21 February 2025 Switzerland
Reporter: Daniel Tison

Through this move, the China Financial Certification Authority aims to utilise the vLEI to complement and interoperate with existing Chinese identity verification tools for enterprises and individuals

GLEIF enters into new collaboration with KVK
03 December 2024 The Netherlands
Reporter: Clelia Frondaroli

The new ‘linking’ initiative will add a URL to LEI records of companies registered with the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce

GLEIF welcomes BOCOM as latest validation agent
14 November 2024 China
Reporter: Clelia Frondaroli

The validation marks a significant milestone for LEI adoption in China and the APAC region

GLEIF opens new office in Mumbai
22 October 2024 India
Reporter: Daniel Tison

The establishment is designed to allow GLEIF to actively engage and directly collaborate with Indian LEI stakeholders and regulators at a localised level

GLEIF voices support for CPMI LEI recognition
24 October 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The Global Legal Entity Identification Foundation has welcomed the Bank of International Settlements’ Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures’ advocation for use of the Legal Entity Identifier within ISO 20022 payments

GLEIF and Open Ownership partnership advances LEI integration in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard
27 September 2023 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The goal of the collaboration is to promote greater transparency in corporate ownership and control in support of safer, faster, and more efficient global payment activities

UNDP, GLEIF and MAS create Project Savannah to digitise basic ESG Credentials for MSMEs
26 June 2023 Global
Reporter: Macy Heath

The initiative is part of an effort to increase requirements from regulators, financial institutions, and supply chain partners for corporations and businesses to report their sustainability performance