In conjunction with other self-regulatory organizations and the Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education, FINRA administers the continuing education (CE) program for the securities industry. CE consists of two mandatory programs: the Regulatory Element and the Firm Element.
The FINRA Test Facility (NTF) for all TRACE reporting and data feeds has been restored for testing.
Please contact FINRA Product Management or call (866) 899-2107 with questions regarding this notice.
FINRA is introducing a new system for FINRA member firms to submit the FINRA Participant agreement and FINRA order form. Beginning January 31, 2022, FINRA Member firms will be required to use the Participant Data Management platform to perform the following functions for the TRACE, ORF or ADF facilities:
Submit, view, and amend the FINRA Participation Agreement;
View and modify access to the
Contact information for questions about licensing TRACE data.
Find Advertising Regulation guidance on what and when to file that is related to new member firms and existing member firms.
The FINRA Test Facility (NTF) is now available for testing all FINRA Multi Product Platform (MPP) products.
Please contact FINRA Operations or call (866) 776-0800 with questions regarding this notice.
The FINRA Test Facility (NTF) for ORF has been restored and is now available for use.
Please contact FINRA Product Management or call (866) 899-2107 with questions regarding this notice.
FINRA currently supports three methods for the reporting of transactions to its TRACE and Over-The -Counter Reporting (ORF) products – FIX, Computer-to-Computer Interface (CTCI) and TRAQS. As announced in August 2018, beginning in early first quarter 2020, FINRA will no longer support the CTCI protocol (CTCI/TCP; CTCI/MQ) for both TRACE and ORF transaction reporting. Any client, including Service
Firms can file communications for review via Advertising Regulation Electronic Files (AREF), an online application. In addition, firms can use AREF to view, print and save the department’s review letters. <a class="btn" href="/">test</a>
