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Nathaniel Stankard

Nathaniel Stankard is Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Legal Officer, working closely with the Chief Legal Officer to oversee the full range of the office’s responsibilities.

Mr. Stankard previously served as FINRA’s Chief of Staff, where he helped the CEO execute enterprise strategy, develop regulatory policy, and strengthen the organization’s regulatory programs, including in the integration of the functions that now comprise FINRA’s unified Regulatory Operations.

Regulatory Notice 26-21

Summary 

FINRA has adopted amendments to its rules and updated its interpretations to address binary options. The amendments to Rules 2220 (Options Communications), 2360 (Options), and 4210 (Margin Requirements) clarify the application of the rules to binary options, including options whose payout is based on the value of an issuer’s reported financial or operating metrics and options cleared by a registered clearing agency other than The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC).