Articles and news regarding LEI codes

NordLEI Best Performing LEI Issuer in the Large Cap range for 2025

NordLEI awarded - Best Performing LEI Issuer in the Large Cap range for 2025!

2025-11-17

This prestigious award was presented by GLEIF during the recent GLEIS Forum, hosted by Bloomberg LEI in Sydney.

Global vLEI requalified as QVI under new identity following rebrand from Nord vLEI

2025-06-24

Global vLEI, part of the same corporate group as NordLEI, has been requalified as a Qualified vLEI Issuer (QVI) by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). The requalification confirms its standing under its new identity, following the company’s rebranding from Nord vLEI.

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and LEIs: A Simplified Overview

2024-12-13

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), effective January 17, 2025, is a landmark regulation by the European Commission aimed at strengthening the resilience of financial services organizations against ICT-related disruptions.

NordLEI is expanding

2024-12-02

NordLEI is the leading Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) issuer in Scandinavia and one of the top 10 issuers globally. Over the past decade, we have issued over 173,000 LEIs and helped clients in different sectors achieving regulatory compliance effectively.

What is vLEI?

2024-11-04

Verifying organizational identity remains a complex, time-consuming process that costs financial institutions and companies billions annually. The verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLEI) addresses these challenges by transforming how organizations establish and confirm their identity.

NordLEI 10 years – from startup to award-winning regional leader

2024-10-01

NordLEI was founded in 2014, the same year that GLEIF launched the Global Legal Entity Identifier. The LEI system emerged in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis to create unique identifiers for legal entities involved in financial transactions to increase transparency in financial markets.

The Policy Conformity Flag: Enhancing Transparency in Global Financial Markets

2024-09-23

In today's global financial landscape, increasing transparency and mitigating fraud are paramount. With the rise of digital identity fraud and global financial crises, it has become essential to identify legal entities accurately and track their interconnections.

Nord vLEI is The First European GLEIF Qualified vLEI Issuer (QVI)

2024-04-17

Nord vLEI is now a GLEIF Qualified vLEI Issuer. Nord vLEI focuses on the issuance and management of vLEIs and their associated OOR and ECR credentials.

EMIR REFIT Compliance: Introducing our LEI Watchlist Service

2024-04-09

As the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) undergoes its latest evolution with the introduction of EMIR REFIT on April 29, 2024, financial institutions across the EU are getting ready to meet the revised regulatory standards.

What is an LEI number? Who needs it and how to obtain it?

What is an LEI number (Legal Entity Identifier)?

2024-02-06

An LEI number, or Legal Entity Identifier, is a 20-character code complying with the ISO 17442 standard, essential for transparency in financial transactions.

NordLEI Achieves Global Milestone: Secures 8th Rank in Active Legal Entity Identifier Management

2024-01-12

NordLEI has reached a notable achievement by being ranked 8th in the world in terms of the number of active LEIs under management.

NordLEI Awarded Best-Performing LEI Issuer by GLEIF

2023-11-17

Stockholm, Sweden – November 15, 2023 – NordLEI, a premier issuer of Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) codes in Northern Europe, is proud to announce that it has been awarded by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) as the Best-Performing LEI Issuer in the Mid-Cap Category.

GLEIF appoints NordLEI to manage former GMEI customers

2023-09-05

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has chosen NordLEI to assume responsibility for parts of the customer base previously under the care of Global Market Entity Identifier (GMEI), a subsidiary of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation's (DTCC).