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FAQ
CRD - FAQ Form Filing for Individuals

Compliance Tools

The Web CRD Late Filing Fee Report is a monthly analysis of FINRA firms' ability to meet certain filing obligations. In accordance with FINRA rules, firms are required to submit information related to registered representatives. This report displays a firm's performance in submitting certain U4 and U5 filings in the required time frame.


Compliance Tools

Term

Description

Exceptions Periods

Date of all listed options position, as reported.

Total Number of Exceptions

Total number of issues reported during the period.

Large Options Positions Reported (LOPR) - Listed Detail Data

Term

Description


Guidance
Below are links to the central web sites that provide copies of each of the three NMS Plans in which FINRA participates.

About FINRA

Background

Input from our stakeholders indicated that they would welcome greater transparency regarding FINRA's budget, especially its financial projections and potential use of fines. FINRA for many years has published an Annual Financial Report that is prepared and audited in accordance with GAAP6 that describes the prior year's finances and operations.


FAQ
Reporting of Corporate and Agencies Debt Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

FAQ
1. What are some tips for printing PDF Reports? To print reports in Portrait format...

Compliance Tools

The Reporting Firm 10 Second Compliance Report Card are monthly status reports for market participant that contain counts of properly modified late trades, late trades that were not modified, and improperly modified trades.

Reporting Firm is defined as the firm that reported the Executing Party of the trade.


Compliance Tools

Overview – FINRA’s Funding Portal Rules (FP Rules) apply to firms that register with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as funding portals pursuant to the SEC’s Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and that become FINRA FP members.


Compliance Tools
An alternative trading system (ATS) is an SEC-regulated trading venue in which a computerized system matches buy and sell orders of securities. An ATS is not a national securities exchange, an ATS may apply to the SEC to become a national securities exchange. An ATS that registers as a broker-dealer must also comply with the obligations associated with being a registered broker-dealer, including FINRA membership and compliance with FINRA rules.

FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about RSL designations, including, among others, reporting and compliance, conditions and recordkeeping.

Compliance Tools
The New Account Application Template is a voluntary model brokerage account form that is provided as a resource to firms when they design or update their new account forms.

Compliance Tools
These report cards will help firms track their compliance with key equity trading rules related to CAT, Best Execution Outside-of-the-Inside, Market Order Timeliness, Trade Reporting and Reg NMS trade throughs.

About FINRA

Background

Another issue we are studying through the lens of FINRA360 is branch office inspections. The responsibility of firms to supervise their associated persons is a critical component of federal broker-dealer regulation. Over the last few years, and in comments we have recently received, firms have raised questions about the manner in which they must conduct internal inspections, particularly for those offices or locations with a limited number of associated persons or where only operational or limited supervisory functions take place.


FAQ
Frequently asked questions and answers

FAQ
The following FAQ address general Entitlement questions. For detailed information, refer to the website specific to each user group...

Compliance Tools

The Contra Reporting Firm 20 Minute Compliance Report Card is a monthly status report on compliance for market participants with the requirement that Contra Firms accept / decline / compare trades within 20 minutes of trade execution. It provides information about the number of trades that were accepted / declined / compared within 20 minutes of execution, along with the number of trades that were accepted / declined / compared greater than 20 minutes after execution time, as well as the percentage of those trades to total trades executed.


Guidance
The Red Flags Rule requires that each "financial institution" or "creditor" --which include most member firms--implement a written program to detect, prevent and mitigate identity theft in connection with the opening or maintenance of "covered accounts."

Compliance Tools
Report cards created for firms to monitor timeliness of Corporate Financing filings.These report cards display statistics about late filings submitted to Corporate Financing.

About FINRA

Updated as of March 25, 2024


FAQ

Question 1

Does FINRA Rule 3210 impose any requirement as to what specific information or data an employer member must review or monitor upon receiving duplicate copies of confirmations and statements, or the transactional data contained therein, with respect to an account subject to the rule?

Answer


FAQ
Preliminary Note: FINRA recently adopted enhanced confirmation disclosure requirements for corporate and agency bonds.

Compliance Tools

The Reg NMS Trade Through Report Card is a monthly statistical report detailing the transactions in NMS Securities that appear to have been reported by your firm to a Trade Reporting Facility ("TRF") or to FINRA's Alternative Display Facility at a price that traded through at least one protected best bid or offer at the respective time of execution. If non-compliance with the Order Protection Rule of Regulation NMS is found to exist, your firm may be found to be in violation of SEC Rule 611 of Regulation NMS.