To apply for an LEI number for the first time, please complete the application on our website. We request the required data from companies registry and will start the preliminary validation of your data immediately.
The LEI number must be renewed at least once a year to remain valid in the GLEIF database. If you use American LEI as your agent to renew your LEI, the number will be transferred to our administration.
The purpose of LEI numbers is to make it easier to identify a counterparty in financial transactions. The issuance of numbers is regulated by the global umbrella organisation GLEIF (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation)
American LEI s customers only pay for applying for or renewal of the LEI number. Updating data, transferring the LEI number or other activities related to the number are all free of charge for our customers.
American LEI makes requesting an LEI number easy! Complete the LEI application on our website and make the payment. After that you will automatically receive an e-mail from us together with the invoice and LEI authorization document that we kindly ask you to sign and send back to our e-mail. After you send us the signed document, LEI number will be sent to your e-mail within 24 hours.