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Ameritrade fined $10m for extending trade credit

The National Association of Securities (NASD), the US private sector securities regulator, has fined Ameritrade, the online brokerage, $10m for allowing customers to trade securities on credit rather than with cash.

Also in the frame are Ameritrade's businesses, Datek Online Financial Services and iClearing, Datek Online's clearing arm, which Ameritrade bought in August 2002.

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