Financial Accounting Resources & News

Our expert team keeps up on the latest filings from the SEC, FINRA, and the IRS to ensure our clients can efficiently minimize costs and risks while simultaneously maximizing reporting accuracy.

Paycheck Protection Program Update

April 20, 2020

The SBA-backed Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is on hold right now after more than 1.6 million loans were approved since initial launch on April 3, 2020.

ACI strongly supports an extension of the program and believes it will be vital in helping the country recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

Paycheck Protection Program: What Small Broker-Dealers Need to Know Now

April 6, 2020

The window is now open for businesses to apply for SBA-backed Paycheck Protection Program loans under the $2.2 trillion CARES Act. ACI is sharing relevant sections of FINRA’s guidance regarding the net capital treatment of covered loans.

Relief Is in Sight

March 30, 2020

The $2.2 trillion CARES Act contains key provisions, which may directly assist small broker-dealer firms in weathering the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

While the provisions of the CARES Act are still being reviewed, we want to share with you some points that may assist you with retaining your employees and keeping your operations running as smoothly as possible.

Financial services a critical infrastructure

Financial Services Sector Designated an Essential Critical Infrastructure Sector in this Coronavirus Pandemic

March 25, 2020

ACI’s broker dealer and investment advisory clients, as well as ACI itself, qualify as part of the DHS-designated Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce for the financial industry.

ACI’s Jay Gettenberg, Elizabeth Attanasio, to Attend FINRA Annual Conference in Washington, DC

May 10, 2022/in News/by Shannon Sanderson

ACI is returning to FINRA’s annual conference after the pandemic paused live events for two years.

New FAQ Clarifies FINOP Site Visit Requirements

September 24, 2020/in Regulatory Updates/by Shannon Sanderson

FINRA just clarified a question that has been a thorn in the side for many outsourced FINOPs and their broker-dealer clients for many years: Are FINOPs required to make on-site inspections of their clients’ records to fulfill their regulatory duties?

The short answer: No.

SEC Footnote 74 Provides Alternative for Broker-Dealers Who Don’t Hold Customer Funds

August 24, 2020/in Regulatory Updates/by Shannon Sanderson

The SEC recently provided non-carrying broker dealers with an alternative option as to how they can maintain their exemptive status under SEC Rule 15c-3-3.

ACI Managing Partner, Jay Gettenberg, has worked closely with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and FINRA in recent years to address the practical reality that there are FINRA member firms who do not hold customer funds, yet do not technically qualify under any of the four exemptions listed on the X-17A-5 Focus Report.

Paycheck Protection Program Reopens; ACI Clients Receive Loan Approvals

May 4, 2020/in News/by Shannon Sanderson

The SBA-backed Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) reopened on April 27, 2020 with $320 billion in additional funding.

More than 75% of ACI’s clients who have applied under PPP have obtained official SBA loan numbers this past week.