Identifies the financial institution that maintains the reported financial account or that makes the
reported payment. Examples:
• The reporting FI is the financial institution that has agreed to treat another financial
institution as an owner documented FFI.
• The reporting FI is the financial institution that makes a reported payment to a territory
organized financial institution that is acting as an intermediary and that has not elected to be
treated as a U.S. person
• The reporting FI is the Sponsored FFI and the Sponsoring FFI is identified in the Sponsor
group, see below.
If the reporting FI maintains branches outside of its country of tax residence then the GIIN for
the reporting FI is the GIIN associated with the branch of the reporting FI that maintains the
reported financial account.
Reporting FI or tax administration uses the OrganisationParty_Type to provide identifying
Information