FINRA Foundation Announces New Appointments to Board of Directors
Foundation Unveils New Website for Mobile Optimization and Enhanced User ExperienceWASHINGTON — The FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation) today announced the appointment of three new...
View ArticleFINRA Warns Investors of 'Regulator' Imposter Scams
Con Artists Posing as FINRA CEO ‘Guarantee’ Fraudulent InvestmentsWASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued an Investor Alert warning investors to beware of...
View ArticleFINRA Foundation Seeks Applicants for Military Spouse Fellowship
Fellows Provide Military Service Members and Their Families with Financial Counseling and Education Services While Earning Professional AFC® CredentialWASHINGTON — Starting today, the FINRA Investor...
View ArticleReport from FINRA Board of Governors Meeting – March 2018
WASHINGTON — FINRA’s Board of Governors held its first meeting of 2018 on March 7-8 in New York, where it approved two new rule proposals and FINRA’s 2018 corporate goals, as well as reviewed the...
View ArticleAcross Generations, Women Trail Men in Financial Knowledge – but the Gap May...
WASHINGTON — Women consistently lag behind men on financial and investor literacy scores across generations of boomers, gen Xers and millennials, according to a multi-year study by the FINRA Investor...
View ArticleFINRA Fines Aegis Capital Corp. $550,000 for Anti-Money Laundering and...
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Aegis Capital Corp. $550,000 for failing to have adequate supervisory and anti-money laundering (AML)...
View ArticleFINRA Helps Consumers Assess Risks of Using Data Aggregators to Organize...
Sharing Sensitive Information Can Pose Potential Privacy and Security RisksWASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued an Investor Alert to help consumers consider the...
View ArticleBari Havlik Joins FINRA as Executive Vice President, Member Supervision
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has named Bari Havlik as Executive Vice President for Member Supervision. In that capacity, Havlik will be...
View ArticleFINRA, BOX, Cboe, IEX, NASDAQ and NYSE Fine Instinet, LLC for Market Access...
WASHINGTON – Instinet, LLC has been censured and fined a total of $1.575 million for violations of various provisions of Rule 15c3-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (known as the Market Access...
View ArticleFINRA Names Timothy C. Scheve to Board of Governors
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has named Timothy C. Scheve, President and Chief Executive Officer of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, as a new Large Firm Governor on its...
View ArticleFINRA Progress Report on FINRA360 Highlights Significant Changes
One-year Report Lays out Changes through the Organizational ReviewWASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today released a comprehensive progress report summarizing the...
View ArticleFINRA Sanctions Fifth Third Securities, Inc., $6 Million for Cost and Fee...
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today it has fined Fifth Third Securities, Inc., $4 million and required the firm to pay approximately $2 million in...
View ArticleFINRA Fines ICBCFS $5.3 Million for Anti-Money Laundering Compliance...
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC (ICBCFS) $5.3 million for systemic...
View ArticleReport from FINRA Board of Governors Meeting – May 2018
Board Approves Rule Proposals and Previews Annual Financial ReportWASHINGTON – FINRA’s Board of Governors held its second meeting of 2018 on May 9-10 in New York, where it approved two new rule...
View ArticleFINRA Foundation Honors Outstanding Research on Financial Capability in the...
Awards Recognize Research by Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Economics, Psychology, Consumer Sciences and Social WorkWASHINGTON – The FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation) today...
View ArticleFINRA Foundation Expands Efforts to Increase Financial Capability in...
WASHINGTON – The FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation) Board of Directors approved initiatives at its June meeting to expand personal finance programs and services for adults and...
View ArticleFINRA Announces Initiative to Transform CRD, Other Registration Systems
New Technology Will Lead to Enhanced Efficiencies and Reduced Compliance Costs for Firms
View ArticleFINRA Hearing Panel Bars Broker for Violating Terms of His Suspension; Firm...
WASHINGTON — FINRA announced today that a FINRA hearing panel permanently barred broker Bruce Martin Zipper of Miami, FL, for continuing to conduct firm business while serving a three-month suspension....
View ArticleFirms Elect Securities America Financial Corporation’s Jim Nagengast to FINRA...
Nagengast Elected to Fill One of Three Large-Firm Seats on FINRA BoardWASHINGTON – FINRA announced the results of voting by its large firm members that took place at its Special Meeting on June 28 to...
View ArticleFINRA Launches Enhanced Public Records Review
New FINRA360 Initiative Improves Data Quality for Regulators and Investors, and Lowers Firm Compliance Risks and Costs
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