Jennifer Piorko Mitchell is Vice President of Corporate Governance and Deputy Corporate Secretary. In this position, she assists in coordinating all activities of FINRA’s Board of Governors and manages the activities of the Office of the Corporate Secretary (OCS), including overseeing FINRA’s corporate elections. Ms. Mitchell also serves as the Secretary of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation
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(a)(1) Each member shall be assessed a registration fee of $75.00 and a branch office system processing fee of $20.00 upon the registration of each branch office, as defined in the By-Laws.
(2) FINRA shall waive, for the first branch office registered by a member, payment of the $75.00 registration fee and the $20.00 branch office system processing fee (where such fees have been assessed
(a) Any member firm, or applicant for membership under NASD Rule 1013 that is subject to a disqualification as set forth in Article III, Section 4 of the By-Laws of the Corporation (1) seeking to enter, or be continued in, membership; or (2) seeking to employ or continuing to employ as an associated person any individual who is subject to a disqualification from association with a member as
FINRA may, upon notice, terminate access to the trade reporting service of the System as to a Participant in the event that a Participant fails to abide by any of the rules or operating procedures of the trade reporting service of the System or FINRA, or fails to honor contractual agreements entered into with FINRA or FINRA Regulation or the Participant Application Agreement, or fails to pay
