Effective Monday, December 5, 2022, ORF will begin supporting timestamps up to nanosecond granularity (HH:MM:SS.sssssssss) in accordance with amendments to FINRA’s equity trade reporting rules. Please refer to FINRA Regulatory Notice 20-41 for additional information on firms’ reporting obligations under these amendments. ORF will support timestamps of up to nanosecond granularity on all inbound
In this third and final episode in our series covering FINRA's ongoing crypto asset regulatory work, we hear from FINRA's Blockchain Lab, which serves as a central point within FINRA for the development of blockchain-related regulatory initiatives to learn about how the Lab is supporting and advancing FINRA's regulatory work involving crypto assets.
Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are two of the most common ways for Americans to invest. These investment products have some important similarities, but they also have key differences.
First, there is no rule that can be put in place where the repurcussions are fines. Fines are a cost of doing business. Period. The street always makes far more money illegally then they pay in fines. 150% minimum fines. Now, that said, self reporting is a joke. We have the systems and technology available to ensure trades are marked correctly, that they are delivered adequately, not
Notice of SFAB Election and Ballots
Updated SEC No-Action Guidance and Instructions on Electronic Filing of Broker-Dealer Annual Reports
As part of Transparency Services improvement initiatives, beginning on December 5, 2022, FINRA will re- platform the OTC Reporting Facility (ORF) to a new Linux-based operating system.
FINRA will offer ORF Clearing function testing in the test system (NTF) beginning Monday, October 31, 2022. This testing will allow ORF clients to view clearing transactions in TRAQS as well as
CRD is typically available:Monday through Friday from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. ETSaturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ETSunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ETScheduled exceptions to the system availability are provided below.Looking for information about unscheduled system outages and disruptions? Please visit the Systems Status page. September 2025DateStatusCommentNo outages
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2024The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA") develops and licenses financial services industry-related materials and courses (“CE Licensed Product(s)”) that are made available through FINRA’s online platform (“FinPro”). The use of the CE Licensed Product(s) is conditioned upon the acceptance by you (“End User”), without modification, of these
Under Section 17(f)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (15 USC 78q(f)(2)), and Exchange Rule 17 f-2 thereunder, as amended, firms may be required to submit additional fingerprints if fingerprints are determined to be that the prior submission(s) are illegible or classified as rejected. The process for submitting additional fingerprints differs for broker-dealers and funding
