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The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) is a supra-national, not-for-profit organization that plays a pivotal role in the management of the Global LEI System, a public good designed for the identification and verification of legal entities worldwide. Founded in 2014 by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), GLEIF is tasked with ensuring the operational integrity of this system, which enables market participants to make informed decisions about who to do business with. The organization achieves this by providing trusted services and open, reliable data for unique legal entity identification. GLEIF's flagship service is the Global LEI Index, an online database that offers a comprehensive and standardized repository of Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) data. This index allows interested parties to access and search the complete LEI data pool using a web-based search tool, providing valuable insights into the global LEI population. The organization also offers a range of other services, including the LEI Challenge facility, which enables users to trigger the verification and update of LEI records, and the vLEI, a digital identity management system that facilitates the verification of person-to-entity and entity-to-entity interactions. GLEIF's mission is to ensure that each business worldwide has only one global identity, which includes a digital identity. The organization believes that having an LEI will help achieve this objective, empowering market participants to cut costs, simplify, and accelerate operations, while gaining deeper insight into the global marketplace. As a key player in the development of the LEI initiative, GLEIF works closely with the Group of 20 and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to drive the adoption of this system and promote its benefits in cross-border payments, identity management, and business operations.