The SSI Orbit Podcast – Self-Sovereign Identity, Decentralization and Digital Trust

#36 - GLEIF - Standardizing Legal Entity Verification (with Karla McKenna)

Jul 7, 2022

01:00:09

Karla McKenna is an international standards specialist in the area of financial services. Ms. McKenna is the Head of Standards for the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) for which she is responsible for facilitating the development and implementation of GLEIF standards and leveraging international standards from organizations such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to maximize data quality and the operational integrity of the Global LEI System. Ms. McKenna also is Managing Director, GLEIF Americas.

About Episode
Some of the key topics covered during this episode with Karla are:

What is the State of Legal Entity Verification today?
What is a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)?
What is a Verifiable LEI (vLEI)?
Should Governments be involved in the issuance of LEIs?
Who can issue LEIs? Can Issuers monetize the issuance of LEIs?
How are Relationships established between Legal Entities and Natural Persons?
How GLEIF is establishing itself as a Root of Trust for Digital Trust Ecosystems.
How to Chain Credentials and enable dependencies to be set between credentials within a value chain.
Can vLEIs work with the Aries/Indy stack?
What are some current Use Cases for vLEIs?
GLEIF’s Roadmap.