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Regulatory scrutiny may put firms without adviser text messaging policies at risk

An increasing emphasis on telemarketing activities is putting pressure on financial firms to protect themselves and their advisers.

Last December, State Farm became the most recent company to settle a multimillion-dollar class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This follows a massive settlement by Wells Fargo in the summer of 2016 for vari

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Regulatory scrutiny may put firms without adviser text messaging policies at risk

An increasing emphasis on telemarketing activities is putting pressure on financial firms to protect themselves and their advisers.

Advisers are texting, but are they compliant?

Firms need to have proper supervision over their advisers' text messaging activities as regulators pay closer attention to compliance infractions.

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