!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([LEI]) is an [Identity as a Service] that provides a [Universally Unique Identifier] which enables clear and unique [identification] of [legal] [entities] engaging in [financial] transactions. 


Implementation of the [{$pagename}] increases the ability of [Government Entities|Government Entity] in any [jurisdiction] to evaluate [risk], conduct market [surveillance] and take corrective steps. Use of an [{$pagename}] also generates tangible benefits for businesses including reduced counterparty risk and increased operational efficiencies.

The business card information available with the [legal] [entity] reference data, e.g. the official name of a [legal] [entity] and its registered address, is referred to as ‘Level 1’ [data]. It provides the answer to the question of ‘who is who’. The [{$pagename}] [data] pool is currently being enhanced to include the ‘Level 2’ data that answers the question of ‘who owns whom’.

The drivers of the [{$pagename}] initiative, i.e. the [Group of 20]'s, [Financial Stability Board] and many [Regulatory Agencies] around the world, have emphasized the need to make the [{$pagename}] available for the wider public good. This is contingent upon ensuring easy access to the global [{$pagename}] population.

On its website the [Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation] ([GLEIF]) makes available the full [{$pagename}] [data set|Data Store|DataStore], i.e. the ‘GLEIF Concatenated Files’, via its file download service.

[Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation] has also published the Global LEI Index. It provides information, updated daily, on all LEIs issued to date. The Global LEI Index, together with the LEI search engine developed by GLEIF, puts the complete legal entity reference data, made available by GLEIF as the authoritative source, at the disposal of any interested party conveniently and free of charge. The Global LEI Index is the only online source for open, standardized and high quality legal entity reference data with the potential to capture any [entity] engaging in [financial] transactions globally.

[{$pagename}] and [Global LEI Index] is by definition an [Identity Broker] and has [Privacy Considerations]

[{$pagename}] is at least effectively a [Government Identity] and used for [Money laundering] and [Money Transfer] [Monitoring] and [Auditing]

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* [#1] - [Access and Use LEI Data|https://www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/access-and-use-lei-data|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-12-01-