# lei
## LEI Addressing Workstream
This workstream is focused on supporting domestic and cross-border merchant transactions through the adoption of the international LEI identifier. This workstream is a collaboration between the Mojaloop Foundation and GLEIF, and is intended to culminate in a pilot, in cooperation with a Mojaloop adopter.
## Business Justification
Collaboration with GLEIF has strategic advantages for the Mojaloop Foundation, since GLEIF has the backing of the financial sector's "establishment" - the FSB and the G20.
It also helps our credibility in cross-border merchant payments, and complements our work in ISO 20022 by helping introduce LEIs into the Mojaloop ecosystem.
### Contributors
| Workstream Lead | Contributors |
| :--------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
| Clare Rowley
Ololade Osunsanya
| Michael Richards
Paul Makin
Shuchita Prakash
Sam Kummary
James Bush
Xiaodi Wang
|
### Latest Update (Summary)
Documentation is currently the primary focus. The workstream is integrating LEI-related process flows into the Introduction to Mojaloop document, and preparing to collaborate with the ISO 20022 workstream on additional message examples, especially a P2B use case featuring LEI as a beneficiary identifier. Broader questions around applying LEIs to DFSP identities have been deferred due to complexity and regulatory implications.
### Applicability
This version of this document relates to Mojaloop [Version 17.1.0](https://github.com/mojaloop/helm/releases/tag/v17.1.0)
### Document History
| Version | Date | Author | Detail |
| :-----: | :----------------: | :--------: | :-----------------: |
| 1.1 | 4th December 2025 | Paul Makin | Added latest update |
| 1.0 | 25th November 2025 | Paul Makin | Initial version |