FINRA Forms New Office of Financial Innovation

FINRA formed a new Office of Financial Innovation to serve as a "central point of coordination" for matters related to emerging uses for FinTech. FINRA stated that the new Office will oversee "outreach to FINRA stakeholders, training of FINRA staff, research and publications, internal coordination across FINRA, and collaboration with other regulators."

Haimera Workie will head the new office. He is currently Senior Director at FINRA and was previously the Deputy Associate Director in the SEC Division of Trading and Markets.

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