Content Library
Whitepapers & eBooks
Whitepaper
Achieving FATF Compliance with the LEI
Describes how LEIs fulfil FATF Recommendations 16 & 24 by improving transparency in payments and beneficial-ownership reporting.
Whitepaper
Driving Global Transparency and Efficiency to Banks & Registries
Explains how LEIs enable trust, transparency, and efficiency across financial systems, highlighting roles for banks, registries, and validation agents.
Whitepaper
The Value of LEI Automation for Banks
Shows how banks can cut onboarding costs and gain compliance advantages by automating LEI issuance through Validation Agents.
eBook
Decoding LEI Requirements for the CHAPS ISO 20022 Enhanced Data Policy
Explains LEI obligations in the Bank of England’s CHAPS migration, outlining timelines, compliance guidance, and benefits of LEI adoption.
Whitepaper
Legal Entity Reference Data (LE-RD): The Critical Need For Data Accuracy
Highlights the importance of high-quality LEI reference data and the efficiencies gained through automation and validation.
Whitepaper
LEIs: Balancing an Open Data Charter and Privacy by Design
Explores how the LEI system maintains transparency while respecting privacy, outlining GDPR-aligned design principles.
INFOGRAPHIC
Why do I need an LEI? Top reasons infographic
A visual overview of the most compelling reasons why organisations need an LEI, from compliance to global identity and fraud prevention.
GLEIF & Ecosystem Resources
United Nations ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific)
Organizational Identity for Cross-Border Digital Trade
Explores how trusted digital identities, including LEIs, enable secure, transparent cross-border trade and support the UN’s digital economy agenda.
European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT) / Sis ID
Verification of Payee – Briefing
Explains EU Instant Payments Regulation and how LEI-based payee verification enhances fraud prevention and trust in cross-border payments.
ICC Digital Standards Initiative (DSI)
Digitalising Global Trade: A Roadmap to Interoperability and Trust
Sets out a global roadmap for interoperable and trusted trade digitalisation, highlighting standards, semantics and the importance of digital trust.
GLEIF INFOGRAPHIC
The Policy Conformity Flag
GLEIF Whitepaper
Introducing the LEI Validation Agent (VA) Framework
Introduces the Validation Agent model allowing banks and regulated institutions to issue LEIs via existing KYC processes, streamlining onboarding and compliance.
TradeGo Whitepaper
Digital Identity Empowering the Transfer of Digital Assets’ Value
United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT)
Globally Unique Identifiers in Supply Chains
Argues for discoverable, resolvable and verifiable (D-R-V) identifiers to replace paper processes and enable transparent, pull-based digital supply chains.
FInancial Stability Board
Implementing the LEI for Payments
The 2024 Financial Stability Board Report details how broadening LEI adoption in cross-border payments will help achieve the goals of the G20 Roadmap.
Journal of Payment Strategy & Systems
Identity in Digital Trade: A Policy Perspective
Academic analysis of digital-identity systems and their policy implications for payment networks and digital-trade governance.
Payments Market Practice Group (PMPG) Whitepaper
Global Adoption of the LEI in ISO 20022 Payment Messages
Outlines how global payment systems are embedding LEIs into ISO 20022 messages to improve transparency, fraud detection and compliance.
ICC United Kingdom, GLEIF, World Trade Board & Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation
Scaling the Use of Digital Identities in Trade: Legal Entity Identifiers
Landmark report urging global LEI adoption in trade to reduce friction, enhance trust and improve sustainability across supply chains.
Deutsche Bank & ITFA Whitepaper
A Guide to Digital Trade Finance
Business at OECD (BIAC), B20 & International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
Addressing Efficiency in Payments and Working Capital to Deliver Sustainability and Growth
Policy paper recommending use of LEIs and interoperable payment frameworks to boost SME inclusion, liquidity and sustainable growth.
The Wolfsberg Group
Payment Transparency Standards (2023)
Establishes global best-practice for payment transparency across banks and payment service providers, supporting FATF Recommendation 16 and ISO 20022 adoption.
GLEIF Whitepaper
Introduction to the vLEI – Digital ID for Organisations Everywhere
Explains the verifiable LEI (vLEI) ecosystem enabling instant, automated trust between organisations and their representatives.
UN/CEFACT (United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business)
Digital Identity in Trade – Policy Brief
Policy brief advocating for harmonised digital-identity frameworks in trade processes, highlighting the LEI’s role as a cross-border trust anchor.
Payments Market Practice Group (PMPG)
Ultimate Parties in Cross-Border Payment Messages – Market Practice Guidelines
Guidance on correctly populating “ultimate party” elements in ISO 20022 messages to improve AML/CFT compliance and payment transparency.
SWIFT & Payments Market Practice Group (PMPG)
Global Adoption of the LEI – SWIFT Collaboration Draft
Draft report explaining SWIFT’s integration of LEIs into payment infrastructure to enable transparency and interoperability across ISO 20022 networks.
GLEIF / McKinsey Whitepaper
The Power of LEIs to Transform Client Lifecycle Management in Banking
Demonstrates how global LEI adoption could save banks up to USD 4 billion annually by improving client-onboarding efficiency.
GLEIF / McKinsey Infographic
Infographic – LEIs Transforming Banks’ Client Lifecycle Management
Visual summary showing how LEIs cut onboarding time and costs while enhancing KYC, compliance and risk management.
