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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Participation in the Securities and Exchange Commission-approved Automated Confirmation Transaction (ACT) service will become mandatory for all self-clearing firms during the first quarter of 1990. The
The Observations on Cybersecurity section of the 2019 Report on Exam Findings informs member firms’ compliance programs by describing recent findings and observations from FINRA’s examinations, and, in certain cases, also providing a summary of effective practices.
The Third-Party Risk Landscape 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.
As announced by the Board of the Federal Reserve System in the Federal Register on October 28, 2021, FINRA will collect detailed data on depository institutions' daily transactions of marketable U.S. Treasury securities and of the debt and MBS issued by U.S. federal government agencies including government-sponsored enterprises (agencies) via its Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE
<p>Applicability of NASD rules to a member's use of a translator for group retirement plan enrollment presentations.</p>
For Your Information
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
January 1989
Toll-Free Numbers for New York NASDAQ Operations Center Take Effect Soon
With the opening of business on January 9, 1989, the New York NASDAQ Operations Center may be reached via toll-free 800 service from all locations.
Effective January 9, 1989, the new numbers are:
For SOES operations information (e.g.,
FINRA imposed $59.8 million in fines in 2024[1], and the Board determined that there were $89.3 million in fines-eligible expenditures in 2024 (i.e., capital initiatives, strategic expenditures and other activities eligible to be funded by fine monies based on the criteria set forth above). Because the total of fines-eligible expenditures exceeded the amount of fines issued in 2024, the balance of $29.5 million was funded from FINRA’s reserves and excess operating results.
On September 28, 2005, the SEC approved rule filing SR-NASD-00-23 relating to the OATS rules.
TO: All NASD Members
Recently, Norman T. Wilde, Jr., Chairman of the NASD, received a letter from Vice President George Bush advising of the Administration's formation of a Task Group to review the existing system of federal regulation of financial institutions and services.
The Vice President explained in his letter that the Task Group would very much appreciate obtaining the views of
