Create New Legal entity form

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    Summary of Create New Legal Entity Form

    The Create New Legal Entity form allows customers to set up digital resilience information for various financial entities. This form is essential for ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and maintaining accurate records in the information register.

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    Key Features

    • LEI of the Entity: A unique 20-character identifier compliant with ISO 17442.
    • Name of the Entity: The legal name responsible for updating the register.
    • Country of the Entity: Two-letter country code indicating the location of registration.
    • Type of Entity: Options include credit institutions, investment firms, asset management companies, and various financial services providers.
    • Hierarchy of the Entity: Identifies the structure within a group (e.g., ultimate parent, subsidiary).
    • Direct Parent LEI: Required if applicable, showing the LEI of the direct parent organization.
    • Date of Last Update: Records the last update date in the YYYY-MM-DD format.
    • Date of Integration: Indicates when the entity was added to the register.
    • Deletion Status: Indicates if the financial entity has been deleted from the register, with options for 'Yes' or 'No'.
    • Currency: Code for the currency used in financial statements.
    • Total Assets Value: Monetary value of total assets as per the last financial statement.

    Key Outcomes

    By accurately completing the Create New Legal Entity form, customers can ensure compliance with financial regulations, maintain up-to-date records, and facilitate the effective management of their legal entities within the information register. This streamlined process contributes to enhanced digital resilience and operational integrity in financial reporting.

    On the Create New Legal entity form, fill in the fields to set up the digital resilience information.

    Create New Legal entity form

    Table 1. Create New Legal entity form
    Field Description
    Digital resilience information
    LEI of the entity Legal Entity Identifier. A unique global identifier for the entity reported in the register of information. It uses the 20-character, alpha-numeric code based on the ISO 17442 standard.
    Name of the entity Legal name of the entity that maintains and updates the register of information.
    Country of the entity Two-letter country code where the license or the registration of the entity, as listed in the information register, was issued.
    Type of entity Types of the entity. Identify the type of the entity by using one of the following options:
    • Credit institutions
    • Investment firms
    • Central counterparties (CCPs)
    • Asset management companies
    • Account information service providers
    • Electronic money institutions
    • Crypto-asset service providers
    • Central security depository
    • Trading venues
    • Trade repositories
    • Payment institution
    • Other financial entity
    • Securitization repository
    • Crowdfunding service providers
    • Administrator of critical benchmarks
    • Credit rating agency
    • Institutions for occupational retirement provision
    • Insurance intermediaries, reinsurance intermediaries and ancillary insurance intermediaries
    • Insurance and reinsurance undertakings
    • Data reporting service providers
    • Managers of alternative investment funds
    • Non-financial entity: Other than ICT intra-group service provider
    • Non-financial entity: ICT intra-group service provider
    • Issuers of asset-referenced tokens
    Hierarchy of the entity within the group Hierarchy of the entity within the group that is identified by using one of the following options:
    • Ultimate parent
    • Parent other than ultimate parent
    • Subsidiary
    • Entities other than entities of the group
    • Outsourcing
    LEI of the direct parent undertaking of the entity Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) of the direct parent undertaking of the entity reported in the register of information. This field is displayed when the Hierarchy of the entity within the group field has one of the following values:
    • Parent other than ultimate parent
    • Subsidiary
    • Entities other than entities of the group
    • Outsourcing
    Date of last update Date of last update made in the register of information in relation to the entity in the YYYY-MM-DD format.
    Date of integration in the register of information Date on which the entity was included in the register of information in the YYYY-MM-DD format.
    Has the financial entity been deleted in the information register?
    Information of the legal entity such as whether the financial entity been deleted in the information register. Available options are:
    • Yes: Displays the Date of deletion in the register of information field.
    • No: If the financial entity has been deleted in the information register, the date is auto-filled in the following field: Date of deletion in the register of information.
    Currency Code of currency used in preparing the financial entity's financial statements.
    Value of total assets - of the financial entity Monetary value of the total assets of the entity using the ICT services, as per the previous year's financial statement.