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4513. Records of Written Customer Complaints

(a) Each member shall keep and preserve in each office of supervisory jurisdiction either a separate file of all written customer complaints that relate to that office (including complaints that relate to activities supervised from that office) and action taken by the member, if any, or a separate record of such complaints and a clear reference to the files in that office containing the correspondence connected with such complaints.

4511. General Requirements

(a) Members shall make and preserve books and records as required under the FINRA rules, the Exchange Act and the applicable Exchange Act rules.
(b) Members shall preserve for a period of at least six years those FINRA books and records for which there is no specified period under the FINRA rules or applicable Exchange Act rules.
(c) All books and records required to be made pursuant to the FINRA rules shall be preserved in a f

4380. Mandatory Participation in FINRA BC/DR Testing Under Regulation SCI

(a) In accordance with Rule 1004 of SEC Regulation SCI, FINRA will designate members that will be required to participate in FINRA's periodic, scheduled testing of its business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) plan. FINRA will do so according to established criteria that are designed to ensure participation by those members that FINRA reasonably determines are, taken as a whole, the minimum necessary for the maintenance of fair and orderly markets in the event of the activation of its BC/DR plan.

4370. Business Continuity Plans and Emergency Contact Information

(a) Each member must create and maintain a written business continuity plan identifying procedures relating to an emergency or significant business disruption. Such procedures must be reasonably designed to enable the member to meet its existing obligations to customers. In addition, such procedures must address the member's existing relationships with other broker-dealers and counter-parties.

4360. Fidelity Bonds

(a) General Provision
(1) Each member required to join the Securities Investor Protection Corporation shall maintain blanket fidelity bond coverage which provides against loss and has Insuring Agreements covering at least the following:
(A) Fidelity
(B) On Premises

4340. Callable Securities

(a) Allocation Procedures and Customer Notice
Each member that has in its possession or under its control any security which, by its terms, may be called or redeemed prior to maturity, shall:
(1) establish and make available on the member's website procedures by which it will allocate among its customers, on a fair and impartial basis, the securities to be redeemed or selected as called in the event o

4330. Customer Protection — Permissible Use of Customers' Securities

(a) Authorization to Lend Customers' Margin Securities
No member shall lend securities that are held on margin for a customer and that are eligible to be pledged or loaned, unless such member shall first have obtained a written authorization from such customer permitting the lending of such securities.
(b) Requirements for Borrowing of Customers' Fully Paid or Excess Margin Securities
(1) A member that borrow