Payment for Order Flow (PFOF) and Broker-Dealer Regulation

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Payment for Order Flow (PFOF) and Broker-Dealer Regulation

Published Feb 20, 2024Updated Jun 21, 2025

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HR 4617117th Congress
To be added Act of 2021
Jul 29, 2021 · Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 22.
S 3102117th Congress
Investor Freedom Act of 2021
Oct 28, 2021 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Payment for Order Flow (PFOF) and Broker-Dealer Regulation

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