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Canada has passed landmark legislation to create a national public beneficial ownership register. It amends the Canada Business Corporations Act to require companies to make details about the real people who own or control corporations public
Written by Open Ownership
Published: 06 November 2023
Following months of debate and amendment, the UK’s company registrar has been granted new powers to fight economic crime, monitor the activities of suspicious companies and improve the quality of its data after the passage of a new law
Published: 26 October 2023
At our recent strategic review Open Ownership's Management Team discussed how best we can leverage our successes to deliver a sustainable impact on the outcomes in our strategy by the end of 2025. In line with our agile approach to strategy and delivery we agreed to sharpen our focus over the next two years, and double down on the areas where we can make the most difference
Written by Thom Townsend
Published: 23 October 2023
On the International Day for Universal Access to Information, Open Ownership is delighted to announce the best submissions from the Nigeria Data Challenge
Written by Kathryn Davies , Agustina De Luca
Published: 28 September 2023
Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) and Open Ownership are collaborating, meaning that Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) are now being integrated into datasets produced in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS) for the first time
Written by Nicolas Williams, Stephen Abbott Pugh
Published: 27 September 2023
Open Ownership's fifth technology showcase took place on 21 September 2023 featuring speakers from Transparency International France, Black Ice AI, Senzing and Integral Code Ltd
Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh
Published: 21 September 2023
Open Ownership is looking for people to create visualisations and infographics of real findings from beneficial ownership data investigations. Could it be you?
Written by Agustina De Luca
Published: 29 August 2023
The technology behind the Open Ownership Register has been updated to be faster, leaner and more efficient, as well as publishing more detailed and up-to-date beneficial ownership data on millions of companies
Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh , Josh Williams
Published: 22 August 2023
Today the EITI launched the 2023 EITI Standard, at its global conference in Dakar, Senegal. Open Ownership welcomes the strengthening of EITI requirements on beneficial ownership transparency. Here are the key updates
Written by Louise Russell-Prywata
Published: 13 June 2023
Nigeria has become the first African country to collect beneficial ownership data in line with Open Ownership’s data standard and has committed to making this information public
Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh , Favour Ime
Published: 26 May 2023
