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In December 1997, NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD RegulationSM) sent a compliance survey (Special Notice to Members 97-96) to find out the status of member firms' Year 2000 efforts. Member firms have the responsibility to determine the readiness of
FINRA is highlighting recently reported vulnerabilities that impact Citrix NetScaler services including NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. Threat actors can exploit these vulnerabilities to exfiltrate sensitive information and to infect data and systems with ransomware. These Citrix services are typically used in support of internet-based application systems, to balance and manage incoming requests, and to enhance security and resiliency.
FINRA’s Research and Development (R&D) program is an innovation engine for FINRA - a sandbox for staff to take risks, explore new and disruptive technologies, assess potential usefulness to FINRA use cases, as well as investigate and test solutions to known problems.
SEC Approves Amendments to Establish Two Optional TRACE Data Delivery Services and Related Fees
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National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
July 1989
Nebraska Begins Participation in CRD Phase II Program
Effective July 1, 1989, the State of Nebraska began participation in CRD Phase II, receipt and review of broker-dealer filings. Nebraska will continue to collect the initial Form BD as well as the fee associated with a request for BD registration in the state.
As announced in the April 28, 2020 notice, “Introduction to Transparency Services Initiatives and Webpage”, FINRA will be retiring the current FINRA New Issue Form and will be replacing it with an updated submission platform. The new platform will be available with the same log in credentials used to access the FINRA New Form today and is expected to go live on Monday, September 28, 2020
The prevalence of cybersecurity incidents continues to increase at FINRA member firms. As a result of the continued proliferation of cybercrime, the Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) within FINRA’s Member Supervision program is issuing this advisory to highlight effective practices and considerations for member firms when responding to cyber incidents, including the benefits of voluntarily reporting information related to the incident to various entities.
April 1999
How Broker/Dealers Can Address Customer Concerns About The Year 2000
Investors are aware of the potential problems caused by the coming century change. As a result, they may consider changing their investing habits and strategies leading to more frequent questioning of their brokerage firms about the Year 2000 issue.
Leading up to the new year, it is important that broker/dealers
The Market Access Rule section of the 2022 Report on FINRA’s Risk Monitoring and Examination Activities (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) relevant regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) exam findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
Effective Monday, August 29, 2022, the FINRA TRACE, ADF and ORF Web API reference data downloads will no longer be accessible using the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.1 protocol. FINRA will disable TLS 1.1, and firms using that protocol will not be able to establish connectivity to FINRA’s secure web servers to download the files. To gain access to the FINRA API reference data downloads, firms