FINRA FINAL Production Reminder
Effective Monday, April 19, 2021, FINRA will replace digital certificates with Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) for access to the TRAQS website and will also institute system infrastructure changes for TRAQS and the API reference data software. Beginning April 19, 2021, all TRAQS users will be required to use MFA to gain access to TRAQS and will be denied access to TRAQS if they have not converted.
MFA access to the FINRA API reference data will not be supported until a later date and firms must continue to use digital certificates until the fourth quarter in 2021 to download API files.
Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)
FINRA has produced a dedicated TRAQS Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) User Guide, and recommends that users review this guide to familiarize themselves with the new processes for TRAQS secure system access using MFA.
To use MFA, users will be required to enroll in MFA in the TRAQS production environment.
To establish a new TRAQS user name, a person with administrator access to the FINRA Order Form must complete the FINRA Order Form. An email will then be sent to the user inviting them to access the NASDAQ MFA service.
Please review the Link and Notes sections carefully
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Setup TRAQS entitlement for MFA |
Allows user to access their user profile and TRAQS in new infrastructure |
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Access TRAQS |
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Access to API reference data in new infrastructure
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https://download.finratraqs.org or https://download2.finratraqs.org
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Allows user to review API files; a digital certificate, login id and password will continue to be necessary for API access |
Please contact FINRA Product Management or call (866) 899-2107 with questions regarding this notice.