All Enforcement new hires participate in a training and mentoring program, which empowers them to quickly gain expertise by working alongside high-performing lawyers and investigators in a collaborative and innovative environment. We encourage hands-on learning to ensure our new colleagues are well-positioned to excel in their new role.
Training
New hires take part in a comprehensive, role-
On Friday, February 19, 2021, FINRA introduced a new Historical Data API via the FINRA API Developer Center (developer.finra.org). The OTC Transparency Weekly Summary will be the first dataset available via the Historical Data API and will be named WeeklySummaryHistoric. This change is designed to facilitate those API users who are downloading large amounts of historical data
On Thursday, March 11, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm (ET), FINRA and SEC staff are hosting a free webinar via Zoom for funding portal members and for broker-dealer members that engage in Regulation Crowdfunding offerings. In the webinar, staff from FINRA and the SEC expect to address several topics, including:
a brief overview of recent amendments to Regulation Crowdfunding;
recent findings by FINRA
Summary
FINRA has updated the form that members must use to file offering documents and information pursuant to FINRA Rules 5122 (Private Placements of Securities Issued by Members) and 5123 (Private Placements of Securities) (Filer Form). The updated Filer Form will be accessible in the FINRA Gateway beginning May 22, 2021, and includes new and updated questions that will facilitate
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FINRA seeks comment on proposed amendments to Rule 4210 (Margin Requirements) that would clarify and incorporate into the rule current interpretations regarding when issued and other extended settlement transactions, and provide relief to facilitate the application of the rule to these transactions.
The proposed rule text marked to show changes from the current rule text is
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FINRA warns member firms of an ongoing phishing campaign that involves fraudulent emails (see sample in Appendix) purporting to be from “FINRA Membership” and using the email address “[email protected]”. The email asks the recipient to respond to an issue of “regulatory non-compliance for which your immediate response is required” and then asks the recipient to click on a link or
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Many investment companies provide sales charge discounts and waivers on their products for customers in certain circumstances described in their product offering documents (e.g., prospectuses or statements of additional information). These include volume-based discounts, such as breakpoints and waivers, on mutual fund exchanges. Failure to apply these discounts or waivers correctly may
As previously announced FINRA plans to replace digital certificates with Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) for access to the TRAQS website in April of 2021.
A FINRA production User Acceptance Test (UAT) will occur on Saturday, March 6, 2021. Firms must register with FINRA Market Operations of their intent to participate in the UAT via an email to
FINRA will be performing scheduled maintenance to the OTCE.FINRA.org and OTCTransparency.FINRA.org websites on Saturday, February 27, 2021, from approximately 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. During this time, these websites will be unavailable to users.
Please contact FINRA Support with any questions regarding this notice.
