FINRA adopted amendments to provide margin relief for specified index option positions, referred to as "protected options."
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FINRA reorganized its Market Regulation and Transparency Services into distinct functional areas "rather than around specific rules or products."
A firm settled FINRA charges for (i) allowing paid influencers to make posts on social media that involved unfair, exaggerated or false claims and (ii) failing to review such posts prior to their posting.
A firm settled FINRA charges for failing to supervise the transmittal of customer funds by representatives with power of attorney and for failing to respond to red flags involving unsuitable trading recommendations.
Two affiliated broker-dealers settled FINRA charges for lacking reasonable cybersecurity controls at branch offices. The failures resulted in multiple incidents that exposed thousands of customers' personal information.