linkedFA Completes Beta Phase Opening Up for Full Commercial Global Adoption

September 7, 2011

Tools

Version 1.21.7 released with enhanced compliance tools and content for members to increase business

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- linkedFA, the leading social networking site for financial professionals to connect with clients and peers compliantly, has officially completed its extensive beta mode. The release of version 1.21.7 includes enhanced compliance tools, social networking tools, and content providing linkedFA members with the most cutting edge and dynamic compliance and social media solutions to grow their business.

linkedFA beta was launched in March 2010. Since that time, the company has collaborated with the financial industry evolving the site to deliver innovative and intuitive social media solutions that comply with financial industry rules and regulations regarding the use of social media for business practices. Says linkedFA co-founder and COO, Steve Prosser: “We have continually developed, engineered, and refined our site following feedback from thousands of live members and industry leaders to meet the needs of individual users and the industry at large.”

By using linkedFA, financial professionals gain access to custom tools and features, purpose built for the industry. These features include compliance pre-approval; connection to, and compliant use of, Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin; personal customization; commenting, and sharing of industry news and content with social media networks; trending financial news and content; industry leading compliance communication reporting; public and private social networking options and automatic storage and retrieval of electronic communication. Additionally, new to the site, is the ability to upload company logos and disclaimers to meet institutional demand, as well as enhanced ‘people you may know’ search features.

Adds Prosser: “Releasing linkedFA from beta is an important milestone for us and further affirms our commitment to provide the financial community with a robust start-to-finish social media and compliance solution that can be used to communicate, educate, and grow their business for free.”

About linkedFA – www.linkedFA.com

Founded 2008 – linkedFA is designed as a niche-focused website for the financial industry to enable the use of social media by registered financial professionals. To date, linkedFA is the nation’s leading social media website that addresses the concerns of industry regulations while allowing FAs to communicate with their clients, prospective clients, and peers.