Effective Monday, April 19, 2021, FINRA will replace digital certificates with Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) for access to the TRAQS website and will also institute system infrastructure changes for TRAQS and the API reference data software. Beginning April 19, 2021, all TRAQS users will be required to use MFA to gain access to TRAQS and will be denied access to TRAQS if they have not
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OATS Reporting Requirements
Effective Date: May 8, 2006
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OATS
Rules 69506957
Executive Summary
On September 28, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) approved amendments to Rules 6950 through 6957
Summary
FINRA is proposing formal procedures for bringing actions against non-associated persons who cheat or misbehave during a FINRA qualification examination. Although there are few instances of cheating, because persons who are not yet associated with a member firm may take the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) examination or other FINRA qualification examinations, formal procedures are
FINRA is changing the effective date for reporting equity-linked notes from August 4, 2008, to November 3, 2008.
Service members have access to one of the lowest-cost ways to save for retirement.
In-Person Registration Systems Foundation (Fee $300 per person): includes a single day of in-person training for firms on FINRA Gateway and related systems.
SEC Regulation Best Interest sets forth the standard of conduct broker-dealers must provide to their retail customers when they make recommendations of securities or investment strategies involving securities. Form CRS is a relationship summary disclosure that broker-dealers and SEC-registered investment advisers must provide retail investors.
FINRA released a new edition of the OATS Reporting Technical Specifications dated May 3, 2011. The changes described in this version of the OATS Reporting Technical Specifications include all required changes related to FINRA’s rule changes expanding the OATS Rules to all NMS stocks (SR-FINRA-2010-44), along with other technical enhancements.
(a) Service on Each PartyExcept as provided below, a complaint shall be served on each Party by the Department of Enforcement. When counsel for a Party or other person authorized to represent others under Rule 9141 agrees to accept service of the complaint, then the Department of Enforcement may serve the complaint on counsel for a Party or other person authorized to represent others
Register to attend an upcoming webinar to learn about the installation of ProProctor, a Prometric application that FINRA is using to deliver qualification exams online, on company-issued equipment. During these hour-long sessions, FINRA and Prometric technologists will discuss resources available to firm Information Technology staff, and a substantial amount of time will be reserved to answer
