Saturday, January 3, 2009

Today's Fly Or Die Commerce Report: E-Trade Hit With Fines

E-Trade was hit with a $1 million fine by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), for not implementing protections that can identify suspicious securities transactions.

According to The Wall Street Journal, E-Trade was accused of failing to have "adequate antimoney-laundering programs in place between January 2003 and May 2007." FINRA states that the brokerage firm relied on manual monitoring instead of the more efficient automated tools.

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