(a) Each carrying or clearing member shall submit to FINRA, or its designated agent, at such times as may be designated, or on an ongoing basis, in such form and within such time period as may be prescribed, such financial and operational information regarding the member or any of its correspondents as FINRA deems essential for the protection of investors and the public interest.
(b) Every member approved by the SEC pursuant to SEA Rule 15c3-1 to use the alternative method of computing net capital contained in Appendix E to that Rule shall file such supplemental and alternative reports as may be prescribed by FINRA.
(c) Each carrying or clearing member shall notify FINRA in writing, no more than 48 hours after its tentative net capital as computed pursuant to SEA Rule 15c3-1 has declined 20 percent or more from the amount reported in its most recent FOCUS Report or, if later, the most recent such notification filed with FINRA. For purposes of this paragraph, "tentative net capital as computed pursuant to SEA Rule 15c3-1" shall exclude withdrawals of capital previously approved by FINRA.
(d)(1) Unless otherwise permitted by FINRA in writing, members carrying margin accounts for customers are required to submit, on a settlement date basis, the information specified in paragraphs (d)(2)(A) and (d)(2)(B) of this Rule as of the last business day of the month. If a member has no information to submit, a report should be filed with a notation thereon to that effect. Reports are due as promptly as possible after the last business day of the month, but in no event later than the sixth business day of the following month. Members shall use such form as FINRA may prescribe for these reporting purposes.
(2) Each member carrying margin accounts for customers shall submit reports containing the following customer information:
(A) Total of all debit balances in securities margin accounts; and
(B) Total of all free credit balances in all cash accounts and all securities margin accounts.
(3) For purposes of this paragraph (d):
(A) Only free credit balances in cash and securities margin accounts shall be included in the member's report. Balances in short accounts and in special memorandum accounts (see Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) shall not be considered as free credit balances.
(B) Reported debit or credit balance information shall not include the accounts of other FINRA members, or of the associated persons of the member submitting the report where such associated person's account is excluded from the definition of customer pursuant to SEA Rule 15c3-3.
(e) Unless a specific temporary extension of time has been granted, there shall be imposed upon each member required to file any report, notification or information pursuant to this Rule, a late fee as set forth in Schedule A [Section 4](g)(1) to the FINRA By-Laws.
(f) For purposes of this Rule, any report filed pursuant to this Rule containing material inaccuracies shall be deemed not to have been filed until a corrected copy of the report has been resubmitted.
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.01 Members Operating Pursuant to the Exemptive Provisions of SEA Rule 15c3-3(k)(2)(i). For purposes of this Rule, all requirements that apply to a member that clears or carries customer accounts shall also apply to any member that, operating pursuant to the exemptive provisions of SEA Rule 15c3-3(k)(2)(i), either clears customer transactions pursuant to such exemptive provisions or holds customer funds in a bank account established thereunder.
