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Bank of America Faces More Than $1.21 Billion in Penalties Over Money Laundering and Sanctions Failures

November 4th, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Federal regulators have imposed more than $1.21 billion in penalties against Bank of America for anti-money laundering and compliance failures.
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Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch Agree to $4.4 Million Settlement Over Excessive Trading Commissions

November 4th, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch will pay a combined $4.4 million to resolve allegations that they overcharged customers on small-dollar securities transactions.
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FINRA Finds Florida Broker Violated Regulation Best Interest in Variable Annuity Exchanges

November 2nd, 2026 at 1:58 PM
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has found that a Florida-based registered representative violated Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) by recommending that eight retired clients exchange their variable annuities.
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Former LPL Broker Faces Federal Charges in Alleged $11 Million Ponzi Scheme

October 30th, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Federal prosecutors accuse former LPL Financial broker William B.
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FINRA Bars Former LPL Financial Broker for Refusing to Cooperate With Investigation

October 29th, 2026 at 1:28 PM
?The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA?) barred Buddy Dean Mason, a former LPL Financial broker in Lakeland, Florida, after he refused to provide documents and information during an investigation into a customer complaint involving an alleged outside investment.
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FINRA Panel Orders Kingswood Capital Partners and Executives to Pay Former Advisor $11.3 Million

October 28th, 2026 at 1:43 PM
A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has ordered Kingswood Capital Partners LLC, CEO Michael Nessim, and Chief Compliance Officer Mohamed Alsoraimi to pay former advisor Rikin Patel $11,341,369.25.
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CFTC Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Crypto Asset Regulatory Framework

October 27th, 2026 at 1:43 PM
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking public comment on a potential regulatory framework for retail commodity transactions involving crypto assets, which the agency calls "CTXs." According to the CFTC's press release, the initiative focuses on Section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and aims to establish rules tailored to these transactions.
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FINRA Bars Former Wedbush Broker Over $3.5 Million in Complex ETP Losses

October 26th, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) barred former Wedbush Securities broker William H.
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FINRA Fines and Suspends Former LPL Broker Over Undisclosed Customer Settlement

October 21st, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) fined former LPL Financial broker Gregory W.
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FINRA Orders American Portfolios to Pay $1.6 Million Over Unit Investment Trust Supervision Failures

October 20th, 2026 at 3:06 PM
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has ordered American Portfolios, the broker-dealer later absorbed into Osaic, to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution and fines over failures to supervise financial advisors who repeatedly recommended that customers sell unit investment trusts (UITs) before maturity.
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