OTCQX – PAL Advisory Service
INTL Trading, Inc. has been selected to be a Principal American Liaison (PAL) by OTC Markets Group, operator of the world’s largest electronic quotation system for over-the-counter (OTC) securities.

As a Principal American Liaison, INTL Trading Inc. can help non-U.S. based issuers have their shares quoted on the highest tier of the OTC market; the OTCQX.  The OTCQX is the premier tier of the OTC market and offers international companies a visible cross-quoting venue in the U.S., without the duplicative regulatory burdens of a traditional U.S. exchange listing.

As part of our sponsorship, INTL Trading Inc. could provide a suite of advisory services designed to build awareness of the foreign issuer’s company among U.S. investors.

DTC Advisory Services
As a FINRA-registered firm, INTL Trading, Inc. is able to assist issuers by coordinating the application of their shares to become DTC eligible. DTC eligibility facilitates the clearing and settlement of shares through electronic book-entry deliveries, as opposed to physical delivery of share certificates. Physical delivery can be burdensome to investors and carries higher clearing costs for market makers, thus creating inefficiencies on the execution side of the trade life cycle.

The Depository Trust Company (DTC), established in 1973, was created to reduce costs and provide clearing and settlement efficiencies by mobilizing securities and making "book-entry" changes to ownership of the securities. DTC provides securities movements for National Securities Clearing Corporation's net settlements, and settlement for institutional trades (which typically involve money and securities transfers between custodian banks and broker/dealers). Only FINRA -registered DTC participants can submit an application for DTC eligibility on behalf of a foreign private issuer (as defined under the Exchange Act.)