# Telegram Compliance Archiving for SEC & FINRA

Comma captures Telegram 1:1 and group chats and attachments through an authenticated connection — into one tamper-proof, exam-ready archive. No MDM.

Source: https://commacompliance.com/channels/telegram-compliance
Last updated: 2026-06-08

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[SEC Rule 17a-4](/regulations/sec-17a-4), [FINRA Rule 4511](/regulations/finra-rule-4511), and the Investment Advisers Act recordkeeping requirements are channel-agnostic. The content of the conversation determines the obligation, not the app. If your team conducts business on Telegram, those messages are business records — and the firm has to be able to produce them.

This is the same logic regulators applied during the 2021–2024 off-channel sweep. The activity was happening in WhatsApp, Signal, and iMessage, yet firms had not captured it, and the penalties followed. Telegram is the same gap until it is captured.

## Real-time Telegram capture

Comma captures Telegram messages the moment they're sent, with no software running on the employee's device, no MDM, no battery drain, and no third-party tools in the loop.

Telegram capture is part of Comma's flat $33/user/month. No add-on, no per-channel surcharge, no metered usage. [See pricing](/pricing).

Getting started is a single step: your employee scans a QR code from the Comma dashboard to link their Telegram account, and from there every business message flows into the archive automatically.

**Capture that stays out of the way:**

- No data pulled off the employee's device
- Captured through an authenticated Telegram connection, never a modified client
- Zero change to how your team uses Telegram

### Business Messages on Telegram

### Message Context, Fully Preserved

### What We Don't Retain