The Connector Podcast - From LEI To vLEI: How Companies Prove Who They Are Across Borders

What if your systems could instantly verify not just a company’s identity, but that a specific person or agent is truly authorized to act for it? We sit down with Alexandre Kech, CEO at GLEIF, to unpack how the Legal Entity Identifier became the world’s backbone for business identity and how the new Verifiable LEI brings authority, delegation, and digital trust into the open—across web, apps, and cross‑border workflows.We trace the journey from post‑2008 regulatory gaps to a global, regulator‑overseen public good that maps who is who and who owns whom. Alex explains how vLEI upgrades identity by binding official organizational roles—directors, UBOs, CFOs, even AI agents—to a company through cryptographic, verifiable credentials. That means cleaner onboarding, true single sign‑on for enterprises, role‑based digital signatures that stand up to audit, and safer integrations with suppliers, banks, and platforms. We explore the trust architecture end‑to‑end: the root of trust, accreditation of Qualified vLEI Issuers, and how companies can extend credentials internally to staff and systems.Asia-Pacific’s momentum takes center stage, with rapid growth in LEI issuance, a critical mass of QVIs, and forward‑leaning pilots. Hear how fragmented jurisdictions and busy trade corridors turn vLEI into an interoperability layer for payments, trade, and compliance. If this conversation helps you see identity and authority in a new light, follow and share the show with a colleague who cares about payments, compliance, or digital trust. Subscribe for more deep dives, and leave a review to tell us where you want vLEI adopted next.Thank you for tuning into our podcast about global trends in the FinTech industry.Check out our podcast channel.Learn more about The Connector. Follow us on LinkedIn.CheersKoen [email protected]#FinTech #RegTech #Scaleup #WealthTech