Registering your Legal Entity Identifiers has never been easier

Get your Legal Entity Identifier number hassle free from PBSA. In partnership with RapidLEI, the fastest growing Official LEI Issuer (LOU).

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TRANSFER LEI

Free


Transfer existing Legal Entity Identifier from your current provider and get all the benefits of the RapidLEI platform! Free transfer then renew at renewal prices.


    •  Free Transfer
    •  Keep existing LEI Number
    •  Renew at Renewal Prices
    •  Contact us for bulk import

TRANSFER LEI & RENEW

BUY LEI

REGISTER NOW!

As low as £45 p.a.


Buy a new Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI) for an organization, fund or trust.


  •  Special PBSA customer pricing
  •  Single year price £60
  •  Save up to 25% with multi-year
  •  Issued in just minutes
  •  LEI Management portal
  •  Price includes annual GLEIF fee
  •  Contact us for volume discounts

REGISTER NEW LEI

RENEW LEI

As low as £45 p.a.


Renew Legal Entity Identifier before it expires!


  •  Save up to 25% with multi-year
  •  Price includes annual GLEIF fee
  •  Contact us for volume discounts

RENEW LEI

For volume pricing contact us at +27(0)10-300-4898 or go to pbverify.co.za/contact/

SIMPLIFYING LEIs FOR BANKS & ENTERPRISE

The partnership between PBSA & RapidLEI can help you take advantage of the LEI as a connector of reference data for KYC / AML and counterparty identification, and lets you manage LEIs without friction.

LEI autofill
  • Full LEI support – issue LEIs to organizations, trusts and funds
  • Automated LEI issuance process – no overhead to obtain internal LEIs or client LEIs
  • Streamlined workflow – platform minimises requests for validation data, e-signing, payment processing
  • Bulk registration – no need to register individual LEIs, add in bulk
  • Discovery – our discovery service will identify all LEIs issued within your group and help transfer to your RapidLEI account
  • Consolidation – once discovered and added to your account, you save time, cost, and avoid risk of lapsed LEI
  • Discounts – gain deep discounts over buying individual LEIs
  • Dedicated Account Manager – coordinates and prepares transfers and renewals (including management of Letters of Authorization, level 2 data preparation and more)
  • One agreement – both internal and client LEIs can be managed with multiple accounts under a single agreement
  • Automated renewal – receive alerts for renewals
  • Customizable expiry – assistance with customizing / aligning expiry date
  • API – free LEI API usage, same-session registration and issuance
  • 24/7 customer support
LEI Parent Company Management
McKinsey

LEIs TO SAVE BANKING INDUSTRY $2-4 BILLION ANNUALLY

Research conducted by McKinsey on behalf of the GLEIF has concluded that broader adoption of LEIs could save the global banking sector U.S.$2-4 billion annually in client onboarding costs alone. Additional benefits include:

1. Improved onboarding efficiency
2. Shorter time to revenue
3. Better customer service and retention
4. Improved compliance and credit risk

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Talk to us about how LEI issuance, management and protection can be built into banking onboarding and KYC processes.

WHAT IS A LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER?

A Legal Entity Identifier is a 20-character identifier that identifies distinct legal entities. It is defined by ISO 17442 standard, endorsed by the G20 and acts as “the one identity behind every business”. As of September 2019 over 1.5m legal entities worldwide have registered LEIs.

what is an lei

LEIs provide a publicly available verifiable source of ‘who is who’ (organization identity) and ‘who owns whom’ (organization group structures). The system operated by the Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) and the ability to issue LEIs is awarded to a limited number of organizations (like RapidLEI) passing a stringent accreditation process to become LEI Issuers.

WHY YOU NEED AN LEI

Organizations with LEIs become part of the Global LEI System – the publicly available, live, and verifiable database of legal entities. They show commitment to communicating their verified status – good for corporate image, and even better to meet required regulation.

LEIs are required for a number of identity reporting requirements including MiFID II, MiFIR, EMIR, Frank Dodd and more. These regulations add much needed transparency to financial transactions and trades.

Read full breakdown of current regulation requiring use of LEIs

Driven by the GLEIF and innovative LEI Issuers like RapidLEI, and leading Certification Authorities, exciting new use cases are being developed for LEIs. LEIs are now used to represent the legal entity identity in xBLR reports, digital signature applications and other PKI enabled services.

BANK OF ENGLAND DRIVING LEI USAGE

Bank of England LEI RapidLEI

BoE to “Champion the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) as a globally recognised and unique identifier for all businesses in the UK, including integrating the LEI in the Bank of England’s new Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) service and mandating its use in payment messages.”

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XBRL NOW SUPPORTS LEIs

XBRL LEI RapidLEI

“The process of embedding an entity’s LEI into its digital financial report is a big step forward for digital security and identity. It allows an organizational signatory to be connected to its disclosures, providing greater assurance about the data’s source and veracity.” Starting in January 2020, IFRS Financial Reports must be filed in the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) which requires the xBRL format.

Read more on xBRL | Read more about ESEF

HOW IT WORKS: REGISTER LEIs in 99 SECONDS!

RapidLEI is the only LEI Issuer to be fully automated and makes it easy for you to register your LEI. Less form filling, less clicks means more time to spend on running your business!

Step One

START TYPING ORG NAME

Thanks to our direct integration we search UK Companies House in real time to find your company. Auto-fill means we do the heavy lifting.

Step Two

E-SIGN ONLINE

eSign the mandatory timestamped contract online or electronically delegate to a company official. No printing, no faxing needed – completely online.

Step Three

LEI IS PUBLISHED!

Your newly registered LEI number is then published to the Global LEI Index – the master global directory of all Legal Entity Identifiers.

WATCH 99 SECOND LEI REGISTRATION

Issue and manage your LEIs from PBSA & RapidLEI – you’ll have them in just minutes