Robinhood Under Investigation for FINRA Registration Violation

Robinhood Financial is facing an investigation over CEO Vlad Tenevโ€™s failure to register with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, one of Wall Streetโ€™s top regulators, the online broker disclosed Tuesday in regulatory filings. The firm said it received an โ€œinvestigative requestโ€ from FINRA on Monday. In question is Robinhoodโ€™s compliance with โ€œFINRA registration requirements,โ€ particularly the status of Tenev and his co-founder, Baiju Bhatt. FINRA wants documents and information, Robinhood said. โ€œRobinhood is evaluating this matter and intends to cooperate with the investigation,โ€ the firm said in the documents. jwplayer(“jw-video-gcaWlUHv”).setup({playlist:”https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/gcaWlUHv”})…