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Checking pre-IPO boxes, Robinhood makes quick work of FINRA with $70-million settlement but minefield of less sympathetic investigators and litigants lies ahead

The SRO huffed that its action sounds a loud warning to future scofflaws but Brian Hamburger asks what $70 million means to a firm set to sell shares at a $40 billion valuation

Author Oisin Breen July 10, 2021 at 3:03 AM
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Jessica Hopper: All FINRA member firms, regardless of their size or business model, must comply with the rules. [It] is not optional and cannot be sacrificed for the sake of innovation or a willingness .to ‘break things’ and fix them later

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