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50 years of financial order, accuracy, and trust.

The financial services industry relies on CGS’ unrivaled experience in uniquely identifying instruments and entities to support efficient global capital markets.

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About CUSIP Global Services

Fifty years ago, CUSIP first brought order to trading floors, institutions and global markets. Today, it continues to develop new standards and a common language shared by financial entities both large and small. CUSIP Global Services operates the CUSIP system on behalf of the American Bankers Association and the Market Intelligence division of S&P Global.

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Common Language. Uncommon Value.

  • What's behind a CUSIP number?

    An extensive focus on standardization over the past 50 years has helped CGS earn its reputation as a trusted originator of quality identifiers and descriptive data, ensuring that essential front- and back-office functions run smoothly. CGS is also a founding member and co-operates the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) Service Bureau, a global security and entity identifier database for over 34 million public and privately traded instruments, contributed by 92 national numbering agencies and 27 partner agencies representing 255 different countries.

  • Experience and Process.

    More than 50 years of information on corporate capital changes in the US and Canada. Detailed data on more than 26 million financial instruments and their issues. 1000-2000 new identifiers created each day. A rigorous, time-tested process originates and maintains reliable data users can trust. Up to 60 different data elements are analyzed to uniquely classify each instrument. The result? An identifier that’s meaningful, informative, accurate, and efficient.

  • Technology and Innovation.

    Unrivaled data management and access options. Direct web and FTP links with pipe-delimited or XML data feeds. APIs with intra-day, daily, and weekly updates. State-of-the-art Disaster Recovery Infrastructure. Coverage of corporate, government, municipal, and international securities; IPOs; preferred stock; funds; CDs; derivatives; US and Canadian listed options; syndicated loans – new financial instruments and geographic regions continually added. CGS is managed on behalf of the American Bankers Association (ABA) by S&P Global Market Intelligence, with a Board of Trustees that represents the voices of leading financial institutions.

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  • While regulators turn to reliable standards to help manage risk and promote efficient capital markets, investors seek clarity and context on new data sets entering the market. Register for the Virtual CUSIP Summit, our two-part webinar series on October 28, to discuss these topics with thought leaders in both spaces. The panelists boast a wide range of expertise, ranging from standards and regulation to ESG, fintech and real estate.

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For more information, visit www.cusip.com

The extensive focus on standardization over the past 50 years has helped CGS earn its reputation as a trusted originator of quality identifiers and descriptive data, ensuring that essential front- and back-office functions run smoothly. Relied upon worldwide as the industry standard provider of reliable, timely reference data, CGS is also a founding member and co-operates the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) Service Bureau, a global security and entity identifier database for over 34 million public and privately traded instruments, contributed by 92 national numbering agencies and 27 partner agencies representing 255 different countries. CGS is managed on behalf of the American Bankers Association (ABA) by S&P Global Market Intelligence, with a Board of Trustees that represents the voices of leading financial institutions.

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