Central Registration Depository
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The Central Registration Depository is a centralized online database that stores licensing and registration information for broker-dealers and their associated individuals in the U.S. securities industry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Central Registration Depository canonical | 6 |
| FINRA Central Registration Depository | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T182078 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Registration Depository Context triple: [Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, operates, Central Registration Depository]
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A.
Securities and Exchange Commission
The Securities and Exchange Commission is the U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating securities markets, enforcing securities laws, and protecting investors.
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B.
International Clearing Union
The International Clearing Union was a proposed post–World War II global financial institution designed by John Maynard Keynes to manage international trade imbalances through a supranational currency and automatic adjustment mechanisms.
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C.
Office of Registration Policy and Practice
The Office of Registration Policy and Practice is a division of the U.S. Copyright Office responsible for developing and administering policies, regulations, and guidance related to copyright registration.
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D.
NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
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E.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a U.S. federal agency that charters, regulates, and supervises national banks and federal savings associations to ensure the safety and soundness of the banking system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Registration Depository Target entity description: The Central Registration Depository is a centralized online database that stores licensing and registration information for broker-dealers and their associated individuals in the U.S. securities industry.
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A.
Securities and Exchange Commission
The Securities and Exchange Commission is the U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating securities markets, enforcing securities laws, and protecting investors.
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B.
International Clearing Union
The International Clearing Union was a proposed post–World War II global financial institution designed by John Maynard Keynes to manage international trade imbalances through a supranational currency and automatic adjustment mechanisms.
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C.
Office of Registration Policy and Practice
The Office of Registration Policy and Practice is a division of the U.S. Copyright Office responsible for developing and administering policies, regulations, and guidance related to copyright registration.
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D.
NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
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E.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a U.S. federal agency that charters, regulates, and supervises national banks and federal savings associations to ensure the safety and soundness of the banking system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
online database
ⓘ
regulatory information system ⓘ securities industry registration database ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CRD ⓘ |
| accessMethod | online ⓘ |
| containsInformationOn |
arbitration cases
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associated persons of broker-dealers ⓘ broker-dealer firms ⓘ civil and criminal events related to securities activities ⓘ customer complaints ⓘ disciplinary history of registered persons ⓘ employment history of registered persons ⓘ examination results ⓘ regulatory actions ⓘ securities industry licenses ⓘ securities industry registrations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dataModelIncludes |
Form BD
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Form U4 ⓘ Form U5 ⓘ |
| dataSubmittedBy |
broker-dealer firms
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registered individuals ⓘ regulators ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | FINRA Technology Department ⓘ |
| operator | Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ⓘ |
| operatorAbbreviation | FINRA ⓘ |
| purpose |
to store licensing and registration information for broker-dealers and associated individuals
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to support regulation of the U.S. securities industry ⓘ |
| regulatoryFramework |
FINRA rules
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U.S. federal securities laws ⓘ state securities laws ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Investment Adviser Registration Depository ⓘ |
| relatedToAbbreviation | IARD ⓘ |
| scope | national U.S. system ⓘ |
| sector | securities industry ⓘ |
| supportsProcess |
amendment of registrations
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initial registration of broker-dealers ⓘ regulatory disclosures ⓘ termination of registrations ⓘ |
| supportsSystem | BrokerCheck ⓘ |
| usedBy |
FINRA member firms
ⓘ
U.S. securities regulators ⓘ broker-dealers ⓘ investment adviser representatives ⓘ registered representatives ⓘ self-regulatory organizations ⓘ state securities regulators ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Central Registration Depository Description of subject: The Central Registration Depository is a centralized online database that stores licensing and registration information for broker-dealers and their associated individuals in the U.S. securities industry.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
FINRA Central Registration Depository