TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
The Department of the Treasury is amending Form 4789, the Currency Transaction Report, which is used by broker-dealers to report cash transactions of more than $10,000, as required by SEC Rule 17a-8 and the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970.
The new form becomes effective on July 1, 1986.
BACKGROUND
The Currency and Foreign
SummaryFINRA has amended FINRA Rule 4210 (Margin Requirements) to establish a specified exception under the margin rules with respect to certain short option or warrant positions on indexes that are written against products that track the same underlying index. Referred to as “protected” option or warrant positions, the new exception conforms with similar provisions Cboe recently adopted. The
SummaryEffective May 14, 2025, the Section 31 fee rate applicable to specified securities transactions on the exchanges and in the over-the-counter markets will decrease from its current rate of $27.80 per million dollars in transactions to a new rate of $0.00 per million dollars in transactions.Finance-related questions should be directed to Amanda Rath, Associate Director, Revenue Management,
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
It is a pleasure to announce the commencement of an NASD sponsored program to provide members with the surety bonds required by many States under their securities laws.
The program will provide a quick and easy way for members to acquire surety bonds at reasonable premium rates. Bonds will be issued automatically with no underwriting on receipt
ONNX Store, a Phishing-as-a-service platform (PhaaS), is targeting Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts at FINRA member firms with an advanced social engineering attack known as quishing: a business email compromise (BEC) attack that uses QR codes in embedded PDF documents to redirect victims to phishing URLs.
FINRA Amends Capital Acquisition Broker Rule 331 to Conform to FinCEN’s Final Rule on Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions
SUGGESTED ROUTING*Senior ManagementLegal & ComplianceOperationsRegistrationTradingTraining*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.EXECUTIVE SUMMARYOn October 13, 1988, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved amendments to Article III, Section 27 of the Rules of Fair Practice and conforming amendments to Article I of the By-Laws and Schedule C
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
LAST DATE FOR COMMENT: SEPTEMBER 11, 1987.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On October 28, 1986, President Reagan signed the Government Securities Act of 1986, providing for the regulation of government securities activities by brokers and dealers. This legislation created a new section 15C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which requires
Summary
FINRA is committed to supporting efforts by broker-dealer industry participants to foster diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity.1 FINRA seeks comment on any aspects of our rules, operations and administrative processes that may create unintended barriers to greater diversity and inclusion in the broker-dealer industry or that might have unintended disparate impacts on those within
The Manipulative Trading topic of the 2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
