FINRA Announces Nomination Process to Fill Upcoming Vacancies on the National Adjudicatory Council
Washington, D.C. - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Penson Financial Services, a Dallas-based securities clearing firm, $450,000 for failing to establish and implement an adequate anti-money laundering (AML) program to detect and trigger reporting of suspicious transactions, as required by the Bank Secrecy Act and FINRA rules and other violations.
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On October 26, 2001, President Bush signed into law the USA PATRIOT Act (PATRIOT Act). Title III of the PATRIOT Act,
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