Securities Transfer Association News

STA letter to SEC re: e-Delivery

Holly Braly — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:11:00 GMT

STA comments to the SEC regarding Electronic Delivery of Information Under the Federal Securities Laws. Read here.

DTC Rule Change on OA

Holly Braly — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:17:03 GMT

STA has submitted the following letter to the SEC regarding the DTC Rule Change on OA.

Joint letter to California opposing AB 1447 (unclaimed property)

Holly Braly — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:53:51 GMT

STA joined forces with several organizations to send a letter to California's Senate Judiciary Committee to opposed bill AB 1447 regarding unclaimed property. Read the letter here.

Joint letter to the House Financial Services Committee re: escheatment reform

Holly Braly — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:12:18 GMT

STA has joined a coalition of industry groups and businesses in signing a letter to the House Financial Services Committee, voicing support for the escheatment reform provisions included in the SAFER Act.

Read the letter here.

STA letter to SEC re: tokenization

Holly Braly — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:10:45 GMT

STA submitted a letter on July 1, 2026 to the SEC regarding the SEC Tokenization Framework. As providers of operational infrastructure that supports the U.S. securities markets, transfer agents are directly concerned with how tokenized securities are issued, recorded, transferred, and reconciled with an issuer’s shareholder records. STA urges the Commission to ensure that any innovation exemption or permanent regulatory framework distinguishes actual, issuer-authorized, natively issued tokenized securities from unaffiliated synthetic instruments and removes infrastructure impediments that would otherwise disadvantage genuine tokenized securities. Read the full letter here,

STA letter to SEC on DTC OA

Holly Braly — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:09:42 GMT

STA recently submitted a comment letter to the SEC regarding the DTC proposal to amend its Operations Arrangements. Full letter can be read here.

STA Letter to Sen. Warren re: escheatment

Holly Braly — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:07:05 GMT

STA recently submitted a letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren responding to a letter she wrote to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators. Read here for more information.

DTCC Notice re: Cost Basis Reporting Service Update

Holly Braly — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:47:18 GMT

Reminder: DTCC Cost Basis Reporting Service update goes live on March 27!

Please see details in the DTCC notice here regarding changes to the CBRS Web Portal.

STA Overview and Recommendations Regarding Conflicting Requirements with Rule 17Ad-17

Holly Braly — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:03:49 GMT

STA Unclaimed Property Conflicting Regulation Overview.pdf

STA/SSA letter to Florida regarding Unclaimed Property

Holly Braly — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:04:35 GMT

STA & SSA have submitted the following letter to Florida in regards to House Bill 1221 on amending Florida's disposition of Unclaimed Property Act:

2026.2 STA-SSA Ltr re FL HB 1221 SB 1452.pdf