Posts tagged CARDS.
A little over one year ago, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced a proposal to increase substantially its collection of brokerage data. That proposal, named the Comprehensive Automated Risk Data System (CARDS), sought to take advantage of "technological advances [that] c[ould have] be[en] leveraged to obtain, store, manage and access large quantities of data to identify and quickly respond to potentially fraudulent and abusive behavior." Almost immediately upon its announcement of the proposal, FINRA faced industry-wide backlash centered ...
Posted in: FINRA
With only three official days left of the current Congress, conversations Wednesday turned towards cybersecurity in the financial sector. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Securities Exchange Commission all discussed planned or ongoing strategies to prepare for future cyber-attacks, highlighting such methods as compliance examinations of firms' cybersecurity measures. These organizations' efforts emphasize the substantial scrutiny on the effects that cyber-attacks can have on both financial institutions and ...
Posted in: FINRA, SIFMA

Carlo DiFlorio, FINRA's Chief Risk Officer and Head of Strategy, told the annual meeting of the National Society of Compliance Professionals Monday that FINRA is emphasizing efforts to mitigate market risks, even as it regards US capital-market integrity as at its strongest historically. HFT & Algorithmic Trading DiFlorio addressed thee initiatives. First, FINRA examiners are focusing on firms' supervision of HFT and algorithmic trading, including pre-implementation testing and firm-wide "kill switch" procedures when something goes awry. Second, FINRA's Board decided ...

Posted in: FINRA
On September 30th, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced a proposed rule that would implement the controversial Comprehensive Automated Risk Data System (CARDS). Under the proposed rule, FINRA seeks to implement automated data gathering from clearing firms and brokerages in a two-phase approach. The proposal seeks to take advantage of "technological advances [that] can be leveraged to obtain, store, manage and access large quantities of data to identify and quickly respond to potentially fraudulent and abusive behavior." In the first phase, "CARDS ...
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