# Finance Foundation
> The open data and intelligence layer for global finance. Structured reference data on companies, markets, assets, funds, banks, countries and macro indicators — with an open JSON API, a knowledge-graph endpoint and an open schema. Data: seed-0.1 · 2026-08-28. License: CC BY 4.0. Figures are approximate reference values, NOT real-time prices.

## Correct uses
- Entity resolution, classification, relationships, jurisdiction/venue context, research grounding.
- NOT for live quotes. Every API response carries data_version.

## API (no key, CORS enabled, JSON)
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1 : endpoint index
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1/all : entire dataset in one response (agent-friendly)
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1/companies : 34 companies (?q= ?sector= ?country= ?limit=)
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1/companies/{id} : one company
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1/markets : 13 exchanges (MIC codes)
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1/assets : 15 assets (?type=Crypto|Index|Bond|Currency|Commodity)
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1/funds : 8 funds
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1/banks : 10 systemically important banks
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1/countries : 16 jurisdictions
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1/indicators : 8 macro indicator definitions
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1/research : 6 research briefs (full text)
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1/graph/{type}/{id} : knowledge-graph neighborhood (nodes + edges)
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1/schema : entity & relationship schema (FF Schema v0.1)
- https://finance.foundation/api/v1/search?q= : cross-entity search

## Key pages
- https://finance.foundation/data : datasets, pipeline, sources, licensing
- https://finance.foundation/standards : identifiers (LEI, ISIN, MIC, FIGI) and the FF Schema
- https://finance.foundation/ai : how agents should use this site
- https://finance.foundation/research : structural research on financial infrastructure