Record fines on Wall Street for the use of WhatsApp were brewing for years
Big banks worry about how they can comply with records rules
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JP Morgan Chase's policies prohibited the use of WhatsApp for business. However, the Securities and Exchange Commission (THE SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC), or regulators, identified more than 100 people who did at JP Morgan Securities and tens of thousands of messages that the company launched despite the restrictions, according to the SEC settlement order.
According to SEC and CFTC rules, brokerage firms must preserve and monitor written communications by their employees, to create a paper trail for regulators verifying compliance with investor protection laws. Of course applying blockchain would be unnecessary paper, but government authorities are never imaginative in a creative way or dynamic in the deployment of technology.
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