FINRA arbitration

FINRA arbitration

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is an independent regulatory body overseeing the US securities industry. As part of its role, FINRA operates the largest dispute resolution body in the securities industry. It works to resolve monetary and business disputes between investors, brokerage firms and individual brokers, as well as disputes between and among brokerage firms and individual brokers.

The disputes are dealt with using FINRA’s own arbitration procedure. FINRA has two Codes of Arbitration Procedure:

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