Singapore, SingaporeFINRA fingerprinting in Singapore: We come to your office, your home or your workplace
- Teams
- We come to your office
- Individuals
- We come to you
- Per person
- About 15 minutes
Globeia provides professional FINRA fingerprinting services in Singapore for individuals and financial firms. Whether you need a single fingerprint card or a team onboarding session, our trained associate comes to your office, workplace, or home to complete your FINRA-approved card. Every appointment includes Face ID and government ID verification, careful fingerprint checks, and a Letter of Identity Verification before the card is returned for your firm’s compliance process.
Globeia takes fingerprints on FINRA-approved cards only. We do not supply FINRA cards and we do not submit to FINRA; your firm's compliance team does. Face ID and government ID check at every appointment.
Three Things to Prepare Before Your Visit
For FINRA fingerprinting in Singapore, the most important item is your FINRA-approved fingerprint card from your firm. Check that your card and documents are ready before your appointment to avoid delays.
Your FINRA Fingerprint Card From Your Firm
Bring the FINRA-approved card provided by your employer or compliance team. The card should include your firm's required details, such as the firm name, CRD number or ORI, company code, and reason for fingerprinting. If you are completing registration for multiple roles, bring every card provided.
Your Identification Documents
Bring two forms of ID for your Singapore appointment, including at least one government-issued photo ID with your signature. A passport or Singapore-issued identification document may be used where applicable. Your identity is verified before fingerprint collection begins.
Your Firm's Submission Instructions
Confirm with your compliance team where your completed fingerprint card should be sent after the appointment. Globeia completes the fingerprinting in Singapore and returns your sealed card according to your firm's instructions for the next step.
Your firm's registration or compliance team orders FINRA fingerprint cards. If they would rather use electronic submission, FINRA's approved vendors capture prints in the United States only, which is why firms send cards to staff abroad. If what you actually need is an FBI background check for a visa or a job, that is a different card and a different process: see fingerprinting in Singapore.
From Your Appointment to Your FINRA Card in Four Simple Steps
We do one step of your FINRA registration, and we do it to FINRA's card standard: rolled impressions of all ten fingers, plain impressions, no smudges, every field completed and the taking officer's details signed. A rejected card costs your registration weeks, so each impression is checked before the card is sealed.
- Step 1Choose Your AppointmentNeed FINRA fingerprinting for yourself or your team? Request a session at your Singapore office, workplace, or preferred location.We reply within one business day
- Step 2Verify Your IdentityWe complete Face ID and government ID checks before collecting any fingerprints.At the appointment
- Step 3Complete Your FINRA CardA trained associate takes your rolled and plain fingerprints on your FINRA-approved card, checks every impression, and fixes any issues during the visit.About 15 minutes
- Step 4Receive Your CardYour completed card is returned sealed with a Letter of Identity Verification, ready for your firm's next step.Same visit
Team sessions at your office can usually be arranged the same week, and everyone is fingerprinted in one visit. Single appointments are typically available within a few days.
For Teams, We Bring FINRA Fingerprinting to Your Office
Financial firms often need several employees fingerprinted for U.S. registration requirements. Instead of arranging separate appointments, Globeia organises a FINRA fingerprinting session at your Singapore office. Your team completes the fingerprinting step together, and your compliance team receives the completed cards in an organised way.
Your Team Completed in One Visit
- ✓Two or more employees can be fingerprinted in one scheduled office session in Singapore
- ✓Each person's identity is verified and fingerprint card quality is checked
- ✓Every completed card is returned sealed with a Letter of Identity Verification
- ✓Simple coordination for compliance teams, onboarding, and new hires
One Person. One Appointment. One Completed Card.
- ✓Choose a convenient appointment location in Singapore
- ✓Complete fingerprinting in around 15 minutes with your FINRA card ready
- ✓Receive the same identity verification and Letter of Identity Verification as team appointments
One price per person. No government fees through us.
FINRA's processing fee is paid by your firm when it submits the card, so what you pay Globeia is the fingerprinting itself. We confirm the full total in writing before your appointment.
Teams and onboarding groups
- ✓Two or more people, one visit to your premises in Singapore
- ✓Travel within the city included; volume rate from 5 people
- ✓One invoice to the firm, cards returned sealed to your compliance contact
One person, at your office or home
- ✓Same appointment, at your workplace, home or hotel in Singapore
- ✓Location fee included within the city; confirmed before your appointment
- ✓Letter of Identity Verification with every card
Prices are for fingerprinting on cards you bring. Globeia does not sell FINRA cards, submit to FINRA or charge FINRA's fee.
Book your FINRA Fingerprinting appointment in Singapore
Tell us whether it is a team session or one person, where and when. We reply within one business day with a confirmed time and the full price, and a checklist of exactly what to bring.
Two minutes to request. Fifteen at the appointment.
- 1Tell us what you need: a team session at your office, or one person
- 2Your premises, home or workplace in Singapore, and the dates that suit you
- 3We confirm the time and the full price in writing, then send your checklist
Not sure your card is right? Ask before you book.
Describe what your firm sent you, and we will confirm whether we can fingerprint on it, usually the same business day.
Compliance teams: write to us from your firm address for group sessions, invoicing and return instructions.
Fingerprints for another regulator or licensing board? Same appointment.
If your regulator, state board or employer sent you its own fingerprint card, we take your prints on it exactly the same way. Bring the card and the instructions that came with it.
NFA, CFTC and other financial regulators
Futures and derivatives registrations and other regulator-issued cards, completed to the card's own instructions.
Professional and state licensing boards
Nursing, teaching, real estate, healthcare, legal and finance boards in the United States and Canada that issue their own card or ask for FD-258 prints.
Employer and background-check cards
Corporate onboarding, banking, defence and government-vendor checks, for one new hire or a whole intake.
Tell us what it says and we confirm the same business day whether we can fingerprint on it and what to bring.
Need fingerprints for a visa, a job abroad or a police clearance instead?
This page covers licensing cards only. For an FBI or RCMP police clearance, fingerprinting for another country, apostille or translation, Globeia runs the whole process from its own offices. Start from the main fingerprinting pages.
Fingerprinting Services in Singapore
FBI, RCMP and international police clearances across Singapore, with apostille and translation handled for you.
Open the Singapore pageFingerprinting in Other Regions of Singapore
Need an appointment outside the city centre? Check availability for your area and arrange a convenient visit.
Choose your locationQuestions about FINRA fingerprinting in Singapore
These are the questions we hear most often from clients in Singapore. If yours is not here, send us a message and we will answer it.
If your new role involves dealing with US markets, institutional trading, or managing client funds subject to US regulations, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, requires a criminal background check. Even if you are physically located in Singapore, US securities laws demand this screening for all associated persons of a US-registered firm to maintain market integrity.
The digital livescan method of fingerprinting is common and only allowed inside the United States. FINRA strictly requires the standard physical hard cards for international submissions. Globeia uses the traditional ink-and-roll method executed by trained associates to ensure your physical cards meet FINRA's quality requirements for international submission.
The SPF (Singapore Police Force) provides fingerprinting services for local Certificate of Clearance applicants or specific statutory requirements. They do not specialize in US regulatory requirements like FINRA or supply the specific FINRA cards required by US broker-dealers.
If you’re using Globeia’s fingerprinting service, no travel is required on your end. Our mobile network covers the entire map of Singapore; our associates will bring the service right to your doorstep in Bukit Timah.
Fingerprint card status is tracked inside the FINRA CRD system, which your firm's compliance or registration team has access to. Individuals usually can't see it directly. So the fastest route is to ask your HR or compliance team for the status.
Globeia captures your prints and hands the completed, compliant physical cards directly to you or your HR/compliance team. From there, the firm submits them to FINRA through the official process, since FINRA submissions are allowed through the registered broker-dealer rather than from a third-party vendor outside the USA.
If your prints were already processed, are on file in CRD, and your registration has been continuous, you won't need to repeat them, unless you've been out of registration for two years or more. In that case, FINRA generally requires a fresh set of fingerprints. If you’re in doubt, ask your compliance team to check what's on file before you book.
No. An FBI Identity History Summary uses the FD-258 or FD-1164 card and is a different process that Globeia can run end to end, including apostille and translation. See our fingerprinting page for Singapore.
Globeia is not affiliated with or endorsed by FINRA. FINRA fingerprint results are processed by FINRA and the FBI; Globeia takes the fingerprints and verifies identity.
From One Card to a Full Team Session, We Come to You
Singapore finance professionals and firms can arrange FINRA fingerprinting appointments without disrupting their schedule. Bring your FINRA card, choose your location, and complete the fingerprinting process with identity verification included.