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Abstract:Robinhood agrees to a $7.5 million fine in a settlement with Massachusetts regulators over allegations of encouraging risky trades among inexperienced investors, addressing concerns of platform outages and aggressive marketing tactics.
Robinhood, the no-fee trading app, has reached an agreement to pay a $7.5 million fine and overhaul its operational practices following a settlement with securities regulators in Massachusetts.
The settlement stems from allegations that Robinhood encouraged inexperienced investors to participate in risky trades, addressing an administrative enforcement action initiated in 2020 by Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin. The action contended that Robinhood's platform design and marketing strategies amounted to the “gamification” of trading, boosting user engagement but risking the promotion of hazardous trading behaviours among inexperienced investors.
The enforcement arm of the Massachusetts Securities Division found that Robinhood failed to prevent frequent outages and disruptions on its trading platform. The platform also employed aggressive marketing tactics to attract inexperienced traders, utilizing “gamification methods to control clients.”
Despite reporting limited or no investing expertise, Robinhood's own calculations revealed that 68% of its Massachusetts-based customers were authorized to trade options.
In December 2020, the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, William Galvin, filed a lawsuit against Robinhood, accusing the platform of aggressively marketing to inexperienced investors and exposing them to unnecessary risks. The lawsuit also claimed that Robinhood failed to adequately screen customers for eligibility to trade options.
Robinhood has encountered multiple legal challenges and regulatory investigations, leading to commitments to collaborate with regulators to address concerns and implement platform changes. In April 2022, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) imposed a $10.2 million penalty on Robinhood for poor communications with customers and trading outages in 2020.
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