FINRA has proposed rules changes to temporarily amend certain timing, services, and other procedural requirements during the pandemic, including suspension to in-person signing and implementing extensions to office inspections. FINRA also created a COVID Fraud Task Force “to establish a coordinated response across the organization to potential COVID-related fraud in the broker-dealer industry and in U.S. markets.” FINRA has since resumed regulatory inquires, including cycle examinations, but will continue to evaluate all circumstances on a case-by-case basis for individual firms. “FINRA remains fully operational through the support of our robust remote work capabilities and continues to carry out all of our regulatory responsibilities, protecting investors and market integrity…We also understand that firms must prioritize resources to respond to and protect their investor clients amidst unprecedented market turmoil.” During this time, FINRA would also like to remind everyone to keep aware of fraud, illicit schemes, and other manipulative activities that arise from the conditions created by COVID-19.