2090. Know Your Customer
Every member shall use reasonable diligence, in regard to the opening and maintenance of every account, to know (and retain) the essential facts concerning every customer and concerning the authority of each person acting on behalf of such customer.
• • • Supplementary Material: --------------
2081. Prohibited Conditions Relating to Expungement of Customer Dispute
No member or associated person shall condition or seek to condition settlement of a dispute with a customer on, or to otherwise compensate the customer for, the customer's agreement to consent to, or not to oppose, the member's or associated person's request to expunge such customer dispute information from the CRD system.
| Adopted by SR-FINRA-2014-020 eff. July 30, 2014. |
2080. Obtaining an Order of Expungement of Customer Dispute Information from the Central Registration Depository (CRD) System
(a) Members or associated persons seeking to expunge information from the CRD system arising from disputes with customers must obtain an order from a court of competent jurisdiction directing such expungement or confirming an arbitration award containing expungement relief.
(b) Members or associated persons petitioning a court for expungement relief or seeking judicial confirmation of an arbitration award containing expungement relief must name FINRA as an additional party and serve FINR
2070. Transactions Involving FINRA Employees
(a) When a member has actual notice that a FINRA employee has a financial interest in, or controls trading in, an account, the member shall promptly obtain and implement an instruction from the employee directing the member to provide duplicate account statements to FINRA.
(b) Members shall not directly or indirectly make any loan of money or securities to any FINRA employee.
2060. Use of Information Obtained in Fiduciary Capacity
A member who in the capacity of paying agent, transfer agent, trustee, or in any other similar capacity, has received information as to the ownership of securities, shall under no circumstances make use of such information for the purpose of soliciting purchases, sales or exchanges except at the request and on behalf of the issuer.
Cross Reference–
2040. Payments to Unregistered Persons
(a) General
No member or associated person shall, directly or indirectly, pay any compensation, fees, concessions, discounts, commissions or other allowances to:
(1) any person that is not registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act but, by reason of receipt of any such payments and the activities related thereto, is required to be so registered under applicable federal secur
2030. Engaging in Distribution and Solicitation Activities with Government Entities
(a) Limitation on Distribution and Solicitation Activities
No covered member shall engage in distribution or solicitation activities for compensation with a government entity on behalf of an investment adviser that provides or is seeking to provide investment advisory services to such government entity within two years after a contribution to an official of the government entity is made by the covered member or a covered associate (including a person who becomes a