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About Us
About Us
The SIPC logo means your assets are protected under the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA).
We are a non-profit corporation that has been protecting investors for 50 years. We work to restore investors’ cash and securities when their brokerage firm fails. SIPC has recovered billions of dollars for investors. -
Cases & Claims
Cases & Claims
Steps SIPC takes to recover customer assets when a brokerage firm fails financially.
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Investors
Investors
SIPC steps in when a brokerage firm fails financially, and assets are missing from customer accounts.
SIPC protects customer assets when a SIPC-member brokerage firm fails financially.
Understand how SIPC protection works if you have multiple accounts.SIPC has recovered billions of dollars for investors. Our job is to recover missing cash or securities if your brokerage firm has gone out of business. SIPC does not protect digital asset securities that are investment contracts that are not registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, even if held by a SIPC member brokerage firm.
SIPC has issued Investor Bulletins explaining SIPC’s protection and claims process. Click here for Part I ("SIPC Basics"). Click here for Part II ("Filing a SIPC Claim").
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Member Firms
Member Firms
Member Filing Requirements
Questions about filing requirements? Call the membership department at (202) 371-8300 or contact us.
Portal Information
Information about the SIPC broker-dealer portal.
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News & Media
News & Media
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Resources
Resources
- Contact Us
Your privacy is very important to us. When you visit SIPC.org, we automatically collect and store a log file, which contains the following information about your visit:
- the date and time;
- the originating Internet Protocol (IP) address;
- the type of browser and operating system used (if provided by the browser);
- the URL of the referring page (if provided by the browser);
- the object requested;
- the number of bytes transferred to and from your computer;
- completion status of the request; and
- pages visited.
SIPC uses these log files to evaluate aggregate visitor usage so that we can optimize the content of this website and server performance to better meet your needs.
In the event of a security incident, such data may be further refined manually to allow security specialists to identify Internet service providers and, in extreme cases, individuals causing a security breach.
SIPC reserves the right to disclose any information gathered from the log reports or from a form on its website to its agents or contractors, or when the disclosure is required by law or regulation. SIPC otherwise does not sell, lend, rent or otherwise provide this information to any third parties. This site has instituted security measures to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.
SIPC.org contains links to other third-party websites. SIPC does not endorse, and is not responsible for, the privacy practices or the content of these websites.
SIPC reserves the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy or other terms and conditions of use of this site at any time. Any modifications or updates are effective upon posting to SIPC.org.
If you have questions concerning our privacy policy, please Contact Us.