Microsoft and OpenCorporates partner to enable global business transparency

We’re excited to announce a partnership with Microsoft ACTS (Advanced Cloud Transparency Services) Microsoft’s ACTS initiative helps governments mobilize data to accelerate and enhance transparency. Since launching in 2020, they’ve been working through partners to show governments how new innovations in digital technology—like real-time analytics, AI, and machine learning—can help promote democracy and increase citizen … Continue reading Microsoft and OpenCorporates partner to enable global business transparency →

Press Release: GLEIF and OpenCorporates expand Partnership to increase legal-entity transparency in global markets

LEI-mapping capability enhanced as LEI Data links to corresponding records in OpenCorporates databaset The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has announced that LEIs have been linked with corresponding records in OpenCorporates’ global database of legal-entity data, thanks to an expansion of a long-standing partnership between the two organizations. OpenCorporates is the largest open database … Continue reading Press Release: GLEIF and OpenCorporates expand Partnership to increase legal-entity transparency in global markets →

UNSD & OECD use OpenCorporates’ data to help the world understand multinational enterprises

A new joint initiative by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is helping to improve the information available on the world’s 500 largest multinational enterprises (MNEs). These major companies shape economies and societies, but the information they disclose varies according to where they are head-quartered. The … Continue reading UNSD & OECD use OpenCorporates’ data to help the world understand multinational enterprises →

[Infographic] Company Universe Uncovered: 2022

Between a global pandemic, war in Europe and sustained economic instability – the last three years have felt like a perma-crisis.  Being OpenCorporates however, we asked ourselves: how has the global company universe changed in this time? That’s why, near the end of last year, we analysed the company incorporation data we hold  since the … Continue reading [Infographic] Company Universe Uncovered: 2022 →

[Webinar] Uncovering risk hidden in plain sight: The power of knowledge graphs applied to corporate structures

Thursday 23 February 2023 3pm UK | 10am New York Watch the webinar now > Analysing the typologies of interconnected companies can reveal greater insights about your third parties than traditional risk management approaches. But how do you get the full picture? And how do you pick shell companies or high-risk agents and Trust and … Continue reading [Webinar] Uncovering risk hidden in plain sight: The power of knowledge graphs applied to corporate structures →

Professional services firms: 5 ways to add value for clients with company data

Management consultants: your competitors are already adopting data-driven solutions to add greater value for clients. Are you lagging behind? Having worked with all Big 4 firms and a plethora of smaller challengers, in this blog post, we outline 5 ways company data can help professional services firms bolster and differentiate their service offerings – as … Continue reading Professional services firms: 5 ways to add value for clients with company data →

Case study: Sigma automates risk detection & monitoring with OpenCorporates’ data

Summary Customer OverviewSigma Ratings (Sigma) is an AI-driven risk management platform which helps financial institutions and other firms to detect, score and monitor risks across the client lifecycle. ChallengeMatching companies mentioned in various risk-related datasets to their corresponding legal entity, so Sigma can automate their customers’ risk detection and monitoring processes. SolutionIntegrating OpenCorporates’ data into … Continue reading Case study: Sigma automates risk detection & monitoring with OpenCorporates’ data →

Press release: OpenCorporates unifies official company data from all 50 US States

Transparent company data from all 50 US States now available to all in one place OpenCorporates, the world’s definitive source for company data, has made transparent company data from all 50 US States plus the District of Columbia available to all. Information on nearly 100 million companies registered in the US, and over 190 million … Continue reading Press release: OpenCorporates unifies official company data from all 50 US States →

[Podcast] Partners in Crime: Behind the investigation into the abuse of LLPs by Transparency International UK

With countries like the UK and the US having anti-bribery laws and generally strong governance standards – some think that corruption is a problem for ‘somewhere else’. That’s also because corruption is hidden behind a veil of corporate opacity, often through legal entities acting as getaway vehicles instead of legitimate businesses.  But just how widespread … Continue reading [Podcast] Partners in Crime: Behind the investigation into the abuse of LLPs by Transparency International UK →

Economic Crime Bill: 9 Recommendations from OpenCorporates

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill holds the promise to reduce the abuse of UK companies for illicit purposes such as financial crime. The bill is currently making its way through the UK Parliament, and we were pleased to contribute to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee which scrutinises the legislation, with our … Continue reading Economic Crime Bill: 9 Recommendations from OpenCorporates →