Selecting a Transfer Agent

What is a Transfer Agent?
Find answers to the most common questions asked about Transfer Agents... <Read more..>

Industry Regulations
Often referred to as the "truth in securities" law, the Securities Act of 1933 has two basic objectives: 1) require that investors receive financial and other significant information concerning securities being offered for public sale; and 2) prohibit deceit, misrepresentations, and other fraud in the sale of securities... <Read more..>

Industry History
In the late 1800's, publicly held corporations performed the majority of transfer agent functions in-house. This trend continued until the 1930's when cost, lack of qualified personnel and new SEC regulations changed all that. By the 1960's there were thousands of commercial transfer agents servicing public companies and municipalities. The functions of transfer agents and registrars, however went unregulated until 1975... <Read more..>

Future Trends
The Securities & Exchange Commission, (the regulatory authority in the United States), has endorsed the possibility of entrepreneurs who seek to raise capital, to do so online. The Internet has fully embraced online stock transactions, banking, and other financial services and current and projected trends suggest incredible growth for the future... <Read more..> .