As previously announced on March 22, 2024 in a FINRA Trade Reporting Notice, FINRA is planning to implement enhancements to the FINRA equity trade reporting facilities to support the reporting of fractional share quantities. The enhancements require associated updates to FINRA’s trade reporting guidance, as described in greater detail in the Trade Reporting Notice. These enhancements are being
FINRA Requests Comment on Potential Enhancements to Certain Engagement Programs
As a not-for-profit membership organization, we are committed to transparency and engagement with our members regarding our finances. Accordingly, we want to update you on FINRA’s plans over the next several years for funding our mission of protecting investors and promoting market integrity in a manner that facilitates vibrant capital markets.
Beginning Monday, September 30, 2024, FINRA will require Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) for access to all production API reference data files. To access the API via MFA, users will need to be entitled to use the product, have an assigned user name (email address) and password, answer security questions and enroll in one or more additional authentication methods. To gain access, users are
The hackathon is designed to provide technology staff with foundational security knowledge as well as the opportunity to practice mitigating security risks like broken access control, cross-site scripting, security misconfigurations, injection attacks and more. The planning team works with a vendor to create three cyber ranges to practice security hacking at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.
FINRA’s Financial Professional Gateway (FinPro) provides individuals (current or former representatives) direct access to resources and tools to manage their securities registration information.
FINRA is committed to providing firms with prompt and accurate answers to their regulatory questions. As part of that commitment, FINRA has assigned a dedicated Risk Monitoring Team to every firm which includes a Risk Monitoring Senior Director, Risk Monitoring Director, and Risk Monitoring Analyst.
In observance of Labor Day, FINRA’s Market Transparency Reporting Systems will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024. Affected applications include:Alternative Display Facility (ADF)Over-the-Counter Reporting Facility (ORF)Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)FINRA/Exchange Trade Reporting Facilities (TRFs)As stated in the data feed interface specifications, FINRA may send out
As part of its Transparency Services improvement initiative, FINRA will re-platform the TRACE Corporate and Agency product to a new Linux-based operating system. FINRA will extend the testing period for this project and has modified the implementation date to Monday, October 21, 2024; previously this was scheduled for September 9, 2024. Specific testing protocols and information are listed in the
There are optional FinPro features that are controlled by firms through a FINRA Gateway tool called Firm Settings within the Admin section of the platform. Learn more about enabling and using the features in this guide.
