With whom will you do business?
At 01 Mar 2008 15:23:33 in A-Team Delivery Terms, A-Team Free, A-Team Insight Quarterly, ATIQ-Issue 3 - Q1 2008, ATIQ-Review & Outlook, RDR-Entity Identifiers, Reference Data Review
By James Hartley, Vice President, Research, A-Team Group
Client and counterparty identification is a vital activity undertaken independently by every financial institution on the planet, yet despite the challenges created by the lack of a universal standard to smooth external communication about these entities, the IBEI initiative has stalled. So what will it take for the compelling need for the International Business Entity Identifier to be realised?
Face it – you need to know the financial trustworthiness and legal standing of your business associates. To ignore this simple axiom of trade and commerce could be tantamount to felonious collaboration or capital accessory. Probably not good.
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