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Signal & WhatsApp Connectors

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Explore topics like messaging app compliance for WhatsApp, iMessage, Signal, LinkedIn, Bloomberg Chat, Google Suite, Microsoft, and more. We’re constantly sharing new ideas and strategies to help you protect your communications, manage digital risk, and keep pace with a rapidly changing regulatory landscape.

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Open‑Sourcing WhatsApp & Signal Capture Code for True Compliance

Discover how Comma Compliance lifted the veil on message capture—publishing our WhatsApp & Signal connectors on GitHub for full auditability, security, and control.
Jeremiah
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3 Ways we Reduce Compliance Costs for Financial Firms

From cost-effective solutions like virtualized Apple accounts on macOS 15 and scalable S3 storage, Comma Compliance cuts messaging compliance costs by over 3x.
Sasha
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min read
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Productivity

Business Messaging Compliance: Retaining what matters

Learn how to meet FINRA’s communication archiving rules without capturing personal conversations. Compliance does not require overcollection. It requires smarter filtering.
Jeremiah
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Business

Compliance insights for FINRA’s 6th National Financial study | CC Insights

A high‑level overview of FINRA’s 6th National Financial Capability Study (2025) and practical compliance insights for building transparency, trust, and better financial services.
Jeremiah
3
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Business

FINRA 25-07: Rethinking Communication Oversight

DMs, apps, remote work... are your compliance tools keeping up? FINRA's 25-07 says it's time to modernize.
Sasha
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min read
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Business

FINRA Messaging Crackdown Costs Firm $400K – May 2025

In May 2025, FINRA fined Network 1 Financial for surveillance failures tied to off-channel messaging. Learn what went wrong and how firms can strengthen compliance to avoid similar penalties.
Sasha
2
min read
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Productivity

FINRA Rule 2210 Guide for Startups

Practical guide for startup broker-dealers on FINRA Rule 2210: learn pre-filing requirements, build a lightweight compliance workflow, avoid costly marketing mistakes.
Sasha
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Business

FINRA Rule 3110 (Supervision): Requirements and Updates

Learn FINRA Rule 3110 requirements and 2025 updates, including WSPs, inspections, and the Remote Inspections Pilot. Stay compliant today.
Jeremiah
5
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Flat-Fee Compliance Software Pricing: Why It Wins for Budget & Sanity

Discover why flat-fee compliance software pricing beats per-message and per-connector models. Predictable budgets, all-channel coverage, no hidden fees.
Alonso
2
min read
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Business

Fund Managers: Pay attention to Messaging Compliance | CC Insights

Messaging compliance is a growing risk for fund managers—especially in the alt space. Regulators are cracking down, but there are practical steps firms can take now.
Jeremiah
4
min read
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HIPAA Meets iMessage (Beyond Finance Series, #1)

Explore how healthcare is adapting HIPAA’s 1996 rules to today’s off-channel messaging—from iMessage to WhatsApp—and what compliance teams need to know.
Jeremiah
5
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Business

House WhatsApp Ban: FOIA Risk & Compliance Fixes

The U.S. House bans WhatsApp, citing FOIA record-keeping gaps. Learn why end-to-end encryption alone fails compliance and how to archive WhatsApp securely.
Jeremiah
2
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SEC Rule 17a-4

Understand SEC Rule 17a-4 in plain English: retention periods, WORM storage, compliance pitfalls, and AI-era challenges.
Jeremiah
11
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Business

SEC Withdraws 14 Regulatory Proposals

The SEC has withdrawn 14 proposed rules aimed at AI oversight, ESG disclosures, cybersecurity, and more, marking a major policy shift under new leadership. Here's what it means for compliance teams and the future of regulation.
Jeremiah
2
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The Compliance Risk of Ignoring Internal Collaboration Tools

Learn how unarchived Slack, Teams, Google Docs, Zoom and other internal collaboration tools create hidden compliance gaps—and discover how to capture, archive and supervise every conversation.
Jeremiah
4
min read
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The Future of AI in Compliance: Opportunities and Risks

AI offers financial firms unparalleled compliance efficiency and scalability while requiring careful management of data security, biases, and human oversight.
Jeremiah
5
min read
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Business

The Growing Compliance Struggle: Why Off-Channel Communications Are a Ticking Time Bomb

Off-channel messaging apps like iMessage and WhatsApp are a growing compliance risk, with regulators ramping up enforcement. With $2B+ in fines since 2021, firms need better tools to avoid rising SEC and FINRA penalties while ensuring compliance without banning the apps employees rely on.
Jeremiah
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min read
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Business

The TeleMessage/Signal Clone Scandal Timeline

A timeline of the TM SGNL breach, showing how a Signal clone used by U.S. officials was hacked in minutes, with new details from CISA's catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities.
Sasha
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Why Messaging Compliance is Critical for Financial Firms

Financial firms must prioritize messaging compliance to avoid fines, build trust, and future-proof their business in the face of increasing regulatory scrutiny.
Sasha
3
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