Irvine, CA, March 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BrightQuery at this time introduced that it has joined the Fintech Open Supply Basis (FINOS) as a Gold Member. FINOS, the monetary providers vertical of the Linux Basis, brings collectively monetary establishments, expertise suppliers, and fintech innovators to construct open-source infrastructure, initiatives and requirements that energy the worldwide monetary system. As a Gold Member, BrightQuery will contribute to and assist form initiatives that strengthen information interoperability throughout the monetary providers {industry}.
Jose Plehn, Founder and CEO of BrightQuery, will be part of the FINOS Governing Board as an elected Gold Member consultant, and can work alongside the Governing Board to information the inspiration’s strategic route and signify the pursuits of different FINOS Gold members together with: Accenture, American Specific, Ant Group, AXA, Financial institution of America Securities, BlackRock, Capital One, Deutsche Financial institution, Depository Belief & Clearing Company, Fannie Mae, Google Cloud, Hedera, interop.io, Japan Securities Clearing Company, Lloyds Banking Group, London Inventory Trade Group, Moody’s, NatWest, Oracle, Purple Hat, S&P International, Sonatype, Symphony, Thoughtworks, Tradeweb, Wellington Administration
Advancing Open Information Infrastructure
BrightQuery plans to contribute its experience in world enterprise information and entity intelligence to FINOS initiatives and requirements improvement.
Specifically, BrightQuery will help initiatives reminiscent of:
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Strengthening information interoperability by means of high-quality reference information and structured entity relationships. Contributing to the Frequent Information Mannequin (CDM), particularly specializing in improved counterparty and entity information. Supporting open requirements for AI-ready information by means of collaboration with the broader FINOS neighborhood and collaboration on information administration platforms like Legend. Increasing participation within the FINOS ecosystem by participating contributors from information, AI, and expertise communities.
BrightQuery’s information platform is constructed round a large-scale world entity graph of firms, individuals, and locations, enabling functions throughout monetary evaluation, compliance, and AI methods.
“FINOS is pleased to welcome BrightQuery to the FINOS community as a Gold Member,” stated Gabriele Columbro, Govt Director of FINOS. “Trusted, validated data is a fundamental building block of the financial ecosystem, and its importance will only grow as AI usage across the industry accelerates. BrightQuery’s expertise in global entity intelligence will play an important role in advancing the FINOS mission. Their contributions will help us break down silos and accelerate data connectivity required for a truly connected and transparent global financial ecosystem.”
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Management within the Open Information Ecosystem
Beneath the management of CEO Jose Plehn, BrightQuery has actively supported open collaboration initiatives throughout information, expertise, and AI communities.
Plehn additionally serves in management roles throughout a number of collaborative organizations together with the AI Alliance, the Overture Maps Basis, the Agentic AI Basis, the Computing Analysis Affiliation, the EDM Council, and the Information Basis.
“Open data and open-source collaboration are critical to building trustworthy financial systems and AI-driven innovation,” stated Jose Plehn, CEO of BrightQuery. “By joining the Linux Foundation and supporting FINOS initiatives, BrightQuery is excited to contribute our expertise in global entity data to help strengthen the data foundations of the financial ecosystem.”
About BrightQuery
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BrightQuery delivers essentially the most complete, government-sourced view of world companies, with protection spanning 324 million organizations, 512 million areas, and 1.2 billion contacts throughout 222 nations. Specializing in non-public firm information, BrightQuery sources info from over 100,000 federal, state, and native authorities businesses by means of official public filings. BrightQuery serves because the lead authorities information companion for the US Nationwide Safe Information Service (NSDS) and is a major authorities information provider for main AI firms. BrightQuery can also be a member of many AI and Open Supply communities together with: AI Alliance, Linux Basis, Overture Maps Basis, Agentic AI Basis, Computing Analysis Affiliation, EDM Council, Information Basis
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About FINOS
FINOS (The Fintech Open Supply Basis) unites the monetary providers {industry} to construct open applied sciences and requirements that improve profitability, enhance resilience, and speed up innovation. FINOS is the trusted neighborhood designed by regulated {industry} individuals to resolve industry-wide challenges and drive operational excellence and monetary expertise innovation. As a part of the Linux Basis, FINOS offers a impartial, well-governed residence for open supply collaboration throughout the {industry}. With a world neighborhood of greater than 100 member organizations together with main monetary establishments, fintechs, and expertise companies, FINOS advances open requirements and production-grade open supply for finance. This work embeds these applied sciences and requirements into the core workflows, platforms, and insurance policies of economic establishments, making them important to how the {industry} builds, operates, and evolves. FINOS advocates for a transparent deal with measurable ROI from open supply adoption. Platinum members embody: Citi, Constancy, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, NVIDIA, Royal Financial institution of Canada, UBS
Study extra at finos.org.
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