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FINRA Fingerprinting Services 

Achieve a scalable, professional fingerprinting program that makes it easier to satisfy your FINRA fingerprint requirements.

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Simplify Your FINRA Fingerprinting Services

Experience easy access to a professional fingerprinting process that provides a straightforward experience for both your candidates and your team. Our FINRA fingerprinting services, offered through First Advantage Biometrics, are tailored to help you to satisfy your industry requirements.

As the sole provider for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), we can manage your entire FINRA fingerprint submission process via First Advantage Biometrics.

Make it easy for your candidates to provide fingerprints. With FBI electronic fingerprint submission (EFS), capturing two sets of prints to satisfy pre- and post-employment fingerprinting is simple. We can help with traditional hard card fingerprinting, too!

Safeguard your candidate’s submitted data from unauthorized access with our safe and secure data transmissions, designed to strictly comply with FBI requirements.

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Streamline your FINRA fingerprint requirements and protect your business using a fingerprint partner with proven financial industry expertise for these types of services.

  • Gain access to products and services designed to satisfy your unique requirements.
  • Get additional assistance from our FINRA fingerprint submission support experts via our dedicated FINRA email and contact number.
  • Equipment leasing options available.
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Why First Advantage?

Our commitment to advanced technology not only streamlines your candidate experience but also accelerates the delivery of fingerprinting results.

Through First Advantage Biometrics, we are the sole provider for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and two of only a handful of FBI-approved channelers. We simplify the fingerprinting process with fast, state-of-the-art electronic FINRA fingerprint submission (EFS) backed by proven industry expertise.

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FINRA Fingerprinting FAQs  

Fingerprints are submitted directly to the FBI by First Advantage Biometrics as an approved channeler for the FBI. The FBI performs a criminal history record check using the fingerprints and returns information from the FBI’s database, which is made available in the Central Registration Depository (CRD) or the Funding Portal Registration Depository (FPRD).

FINRA fingerprint submission status information is reported in the Central Registration Depository (CRD) or the Funding Portal Registration Depository (FPRD).

First Advantage’s Live Scan electronic FINRA fingerprint submission (EFS) technology helps streamline fingerprint capture by providing real-time image quality analysis prior to submission to minimize FBI rejections. The quality check can result in fingerprints being rejected for reasons such as: Poor image quality, improper fingerprint collection technique and missing information.

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) provider processes and submits fingerprints to the FBI on FINRA’s behalf to conduct required criminal history record information checks. Through First Advantage Biometrics, we are FINRA’s exclusive provider for fingerprint-based criminal history checks.

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Whether you are looking for a simplified candidate experience or want to consolidate your FINRA fingerprinting services with your background screening partner, we can help.

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Sources:   1: First Advantage as of 12/31/2025  2: Through First Advantage Biometrics  3: Federal Bureau of Investigation, December 2024

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