February 2026

SEC Approves FINRA Rule 3220 Amendments: What Firms Need to Do Now

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially approved proposed amendments to FINRA Rule 3220 (Influencing or Rewarding Employees of Others), modernizing the long-standing Gifts Rule and introducing greater clarity, flexibility, and consistency across the industry. The amendments increase the annual gift limit, codify long-standing interpretive guidance, and formalize FINRA’s authority to grant exemptive relief. FINRA will announce the effective date in a Regulatory Notice. Why This Matters for Compliance Technology As the annual gift limit increases and supervisory expectations expand, firms will need stronger systems for tracking, aggregating, and documenting gift activity. Manual processes become more prone to risk under the new $300 […]

RegEd to Exhibit at the 2026 ARM Annual Conference in Sarasota

RegEd, the leading provider of licensing, registration, and compliance technology solutions for the financial services industry, today announced its participation in the 2026 Association of Registration Management (ARM) Annual Conference, taking place March 2–4, 2026, in Sarasota, Florida. The ARM Annual Conference brings together registration management professionals, regulators, and industry leaders to explore evolving regulatory expectations, operational best practices, and technology innovations impacting broker-dealers, insurance carriers, and financial services firms. The conference offers valuable education and networking opportunities, with insights from regulators and subject matter experts across the securities and insurance landscape. At the event, RegEd will showcase its industry-leading Enterprise Xchange Licensing and Registration solution and Managed Services, designed […]

RegEd’s Xchange Alerts Solution Surpasses 300 Million Data Updates, Reinforcing Industry Leadership in Automated Producer Data Reconciliation

The industry’s most trusted solution for rules-based producer data reconciliation continues to scale, helping insurers and distributors reduce NIGOs and maintain accurate, real-time producer data through sustained innovation and adoption. RegEd, the leading provider of producer management solutions for the financial services industry, today announced a new milestone for its market-leading Xchange Alerts solution, which has now processed more than 300 million data updates. This achievement reflects continued growth in adoption and usage of the solution and underscores RegEd’s long-standing leadership in delivering automated, rules-based producer data reconciliation at enterprise scale. Xchange Alerts leverages deep integration with the NIPR Producer Database (“PDB”) to deliver automated […]