Legal Entity Identifier

Definition

Legal Entity Identifier. An Organization Identifier that uniquely identifies a Legal Person as defined in ISO 17442.

The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is unique global identifier of legal entities participating in financial transactions. These can be individuals, companies or government entities that participate in financial transaction. The identifier is used in reporting to financial regulators and all financial companies and funds are required to have an LEI.

Usage

• In the context of Credit Network models the LEI's serve as identifiers of unique representations of debtors and/or lenders engaging in transactions

See Also

• https://www.gleif.org/en/about-lei/common-data-file-format/lei-cdf-format/lei-cdf-format-version-2-1
• https://www.iso.org/standard/59771.html

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