A firm offering self-directed trading through a mobile platform settled FINRA charges for failing to adequately supervise social media communications, and for compliance failures related to Form CRS delivery, risk management controls and market data display.

FINRA said it plans to develop standardized heightened supervision plans to address pre-2025 settlements for off-channel communications violations.

At an SEC Town Hall, Chair Paul S. Atkins highlighted immediate priorities and underscored that the agency would return to its core mission.

At a meeting of the SEC's Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, SEC Chair Paul Atkins and Commissioner Hester Peirce emphasized the need to lower costs and to reexamine the utility of the existing small offering exemption as a capital-raising tool.

The Congressional Research Service reviewed key issues raised in recent legislative efforts to establish a federal framework for stablecoin regulation.