@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialNew features on OpenCheck today:
1) Sanctions 50% test
2) Ownership map via MCP
3) Integrated ownership along paths
Learn more: opencheck.world/features
#beneficialownership #opendata #opensource #openstandards #GODIN #corporatestructures #LEI #UBO #AMLR #6AMLD
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialMalawi has committed to making its beneficial ownership information publicly accessible in its new @opengovpartnership.org action plan - although the deadline gives the government till the end of 2029 to achieve this
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialT-Rank - the company which powers ownership analytics for Moody's - has released an MCP server trank.no/news/t-rank-... #beneficialownership #UBO #MCP
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialThe EU is aligning beneficial ownership data formats โ but without a data standard, harmonisation will fall short
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialI've written several pieces about all the reasons the EU needs high-quality beneficial ownership data to support a wide range of initiatives it is developing and why it should look to the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialThe EU is aligning beneficial ownership data formats - but without a data standard, harmonisation will fall short
stephenabbottpugh.medium.com/the-eu-is-al...
#beneficialownership #UBO #AML #AMLR #6AMLD #openstandards #datastandards #interoperability
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialCare to have a guess at which company these are the OpenCheck risk signal results for? ๐ต๏ธ โ ๏ธ
Answer: opencheck.world?lei=253400JT...
#LEI #sanctions #opendata #opensource #openstandards #beneficialownership #UBO #OSINT
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialNigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission has struck off 500,000 inactive or non-compliant companies in the past year for failing to disclose their beneficial owners
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialFrom 5 October 2026, Latviaโs Register of Enterprises (Uzลฤmumu reฤฃistrs) has announced changes to the way that it captures the type and extent of control exercised by beneficial owners over Latvian companies
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialGibraltar's public beneficial ownership register now lives at ubo.fsc.gi as responsibility for running it has moved to the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission.
The register used to be hosted at uboregister.egov.gi
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialMalta has updated its beneficial ownership rules for trusts and introduced legitimate interest access to information on the people behind express trusts
#beneficialownership #legitimateinterest #UBO #AML #AMLR #6AMLD
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialWhy focusing on interoperability, usable data and beneficial ownership verification will be key to the success of the EU Inc proposals, writes Emilia Aguirre for FEBIS
#EUInc #beneficialownership #UBO #AML #openstandards #interoperability
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialBermuda's Registrar of Companies Platform is developed and maintained by @fostermoore.bsky.social and since 2025 has collected information in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialBermuda has strengthened its beneficial ownership rules and introduced legitimate interest access to beneficial ownership information for the first time
@voirleverreamoitieplein.substack.com@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialWhy and how Latvia has kept its beneficial ownership information public while adopting article 15 of the EU's Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialIn late 2024, my former teammates at Open Ownership / Open Data Services supported consultant data analysts working for the Swiss government, comparing the planned data model for this register with the one provided by the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialSwitzerland's national beneficial ownership register - Schweizerisches Transparenzregister or TranspaReg - becomes operational today
www.transpareg.admin.ch/de/newnsb/L0...
It is only accessible to law enforcement, government and financial intermediaries
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.socialToday is the last day of the pilot project of Switzerland's Transparency Register (TranspaReg) where up to 8000 legal entities have tested submitting their beneficial ownership information ahead of the full TranspaReg launch tomorrow www.transpareg.admin.ch/de/pilot
@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ฌ - a new report from the European Union's Global Facility on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
