Series 26: Customer Protection Rule

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Customer Protection Rule

The SEC adopted Rule 15c3-3, known as the customer protection rule, in 1972 as a reaction to several broker-dealer firms liquidating and leaving their customers high and dry. Prior to that time, broker-dealers had been in the habit of pledging customer securities as collateral for bank loans, and customer credit balances had often been used to finance broker-dealer business. Between 1968

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