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blogs Jack Lord · Apr 2017
Beneficial ownership is a complex domain to model, as we’ve seen from the work we’ve already done on the OpenOwnership data standard. At the most fundamental level, the beneficial ownership standard needs to be able to identify legal entities and...
blogs The B Team Leaders · Apr 2017
A year ago the “Panama Papers” leak exposed the use of anonymous companies to avoid sanctions, move proceeds of corruption and crime, and facilitate other illicit financial schemes. The leak put a price on doing business through anonymous companies 400...
blogs Zosia Sztykowski · Mar 2017
On April 3, 2017, the public beta of the OpenOwnership Register launches. Below, we answer some frequently asked questions about the project and the register. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you’re wondering about something that isn’t covered...
blogs Madeleine McCarroll · Mar 2017
OpenOwnership is building the world’s first open Global Beneficial Ownership Register which will serve as an authoritative source of data about who owns and controls companies, for the benefit of all. Why? Transparency around corporate control and ownership is not...
blogs Eryn Schornick · Feb 2017
That was supposed to be going up, wasn’t it? São Paulo Stock Exchange, Rafael Matsunaga
blogs Andi Pawelke · Feb 2017
Andi Pawelke, Director of the Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab Jakarta and a board member of Open Knowledge Foundation Germany, discusses the importance of making Germany’s beneficial ownership register open and free.