Understanding how companies connect has become a critical part of modern business intelligence. For assessing risk, managing compliance, or researching markets, you need to know more than just a company’s name and registration number - you need to know who owns what and how those entities relate.
Portfolio owners, lenders, and prop-tech platforms are all grappling with the same fundamental problem: how do you make smart investment and lending decisions when you can't see who really owns what?
Supply chains are more complex than ever. Global systems are susceptible to disruption due to environmental, geopolitical, financial and other events outside of the control of Enterprise Leaders. Tradeverifyd allows those same leaders and managers to see deep into their supply chains - well past their Tier 1 suppliers - to proactively manage their supply networks before disruptions occur.
Every transaction flows through a web of legal entities and regulations. Today, most organizations rely on laborious manual processes to verify legal entity existence. Staff must navigate global government websites and tackle paywalls. They have to create accounts for each new registry, and deal with inconsistent data. This process can take hours or days per entity, creating significant operational drag.
Today, we're excited to announce that OpenCorporates' legal entity data directly integrates with Hummingbird. This collaboration enables Hummingbird users to access reliable company information and verify legal entities without leaving their investigation workflow.
This compendium brings together the stories of eight companies. Each faced a unique challenge, and each built a unique solution to overcome it. The results speak for themselves. All eight highlight the way OpenCorporates' data integrates into platforms and processes. They show how a single source of comprehensive company data can transform industries.
This article breaks down the insights revealed from the recent OpenCorporates webinar on US branch data, with OpenCorporates founder Chris Taggart, VP of Data Nick Wright, and data journalist Anna Muñoz Padrós.