# Get your FINRA Gateway requests and reports by API

> Read your open FINRA requests, the Recent Hires report and each person's annual CE obligations from FINRA Gateway with one API call each. Or have a workflow check the Requests section every weekday morning and email you the requests that are new.

Page: https://fous.com/automate/finra-gateway
Updated: 2026-11-12

Works with your own FINRA Gateway account. Fous is an independent product.

## What you can build on FINRA Gateway

### Get open FINRA requests

Reads the outstanding items in the Requests section, such as Exam Requests, FOCUS Filings and Disclosure Reviews, for the firm you sign in with.

- Takes: List (optional), such as Exam Requests
- Returns: Request name, type, list, firm, date received, due date, status

### Run the Recent Hires report

Runs the Recent Hires template in Gateway Reports and reads the registered individuals who joined the firm in the period you choose.

- Takes: Hired since
- Returns: Individual name, CRD number, hire date, branch, registrations

### Check annual CE obligations

Runs the Annual CE Obligations template in Gateway Reports and reads each individual's continuing education Regulatory Element status.

- Takes: Status (optional)
- Returns: Individual name, CRD number, CE requirement, due date, status

### Respond to a FINRA request

Opens one request from the Requests section, attaches the documents you give and submits the response.

- Takes: Request name, response text, documents
- Returns: Request name, status, submitted at

## Automate FINRA Gateway with a workflow

A [workflow](/product/workflows) runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

### New FINRA requests, every weekday morning

Starts: Every weekday at 7:30 Eastern time

1. Get the outstanding requests from the Requests section.
2. Keep the requests that were not there on the last run.
3. Email you each one with its list, date received and due date.

### Weekly check of open CE obligations

Starts: Every Monday at 8:00 Eastern time

1. Run the Annual CE Obligations template in Gateway Reports.
2. Keep the individuals whose Regulatory Element is not completed.
3. Email you each one with name, CRD number, CE requirement and due date.

### Recent hires, posted to your HR system

Starts: Every Friday at 16:00 Eastern time

1. Run the Recent Hires report for the last 7 days.
2. Stop when there are none.
3. Post name, CRD number, hire date, branch and registrations to your webhook.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

## Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a [method](/product/methods), it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get open FINRA requests” would look like.

Example request:

```
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "gateway.finra.org/get_open_requests",
    "input": {
      "list": "Exam Requests"
    }
  }'
```

Example response:

```
{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "firm": "Acme Securities",
    "requests": [
      {
        "name": "Cycle examination: supplemental request 2",
        "type": "Exam Request",
        "list": "Exam Requests",
        "date_received": "2026-11-10",
        "due_date": "2026-11-24",
        "status": "Open"
      }
    ],
    "count": 1
  }
}
```

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

## FINRA Gateway’s own options

FINRA runs an API Platform beside Gateway. A Firm credential, for FINRA-regulated firms only and listed at $1,650 a month, reads the firm's registration records through the Query API, and the Submission API takes U4, U5, BR and NRF filings. Its catalog has no dataset for requests or CE obligations, which you see in Gateway.

| Option | What it covers | What it takes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Query API, Firm credential | The firm's registration records: Firm Registrations, Branch List, Individual Delta, Composite Individual, 4530 Customer Complaints and more. | A FINRA-regulated firm, access through its Super Account Administrator, and $1,650 a month. |
| Submission and Notification APIs | Sends U4, U5, BR and NRF filings and Create Individual to FINRA. The Notification API reports changes to draft registration filings by polling. | API Console access requested through your firm's SAA or AA. |
| FINRA Gateway by hand | The Requests section, Gateway Reports templates such as Recent Hires and Annual CE Obligations, filings and Classic FINRA applications through Quick Links. | A Gateway account with entitlements added by your firm's SAA or AA. |

Read on November 12, 2026: [FINRA API fees](https://developer.finra.org/fees), [FINRA API catalog of datasets](https://developer.finra.org/catalog), [FINRA Gateway Reports](https://www.finra.org/filing-reporting/dxt/dynamic-reporting).

## Signing in to FINRA Gateway

FINRA Gateway asks for your User ID, password and security answers, then a multi-factor step through Duo: a Duo Verified Push to your phone, a Duo Mobile passcode or a security key. There is also a Single Sign-On tab. With Fous you sign in once through Gateway's own sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, a push approval on your phone is handled, and an expired session is signed back in.

## Worth knowing

- **Three MFA options since July 25, 2025**: FINRA accepts Duo Verified Push, a Duo Mobile passcode or a USB security key. Phone calls, text messages and Windows Hello were retired, and enrollments that used them were disenrolled.
- **MFA once a day per browser**: When the same computer and browser reach FINRA systems within 24 hours, the multi-factor step is not asked again until 24 hours have passed.
- **Entitlements decide what you see**: You need entitlements to view Gateway Reports templates. Your firm's Super Account Administrator or Account Administrator adds users and entitlements, so a method sees only what that account is entitled to.
- **Classic apps open from Quick Links**: Gateway reaches Classic FINRA applications through the Quick Links icon at the bottom left of the screen, and most requests and forms open in a pop-up box.

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## Frequently asked questions

### Does FINRA Gateway have an API?

FINRA has an API Platform beside Gateway. A Firm credential, for FINRA-regulated firms at $1,650 a month, reads your registration records through the Query API, and the Submission API takes U4, U5, BR and NRF filings. Requests and CE obligations are not in its catalog of datasets.

### Can I get my FINRA requests by API?

Not from FINRA's API catalog, which lists registration datasets, 4530 Customer Complaints and registration filings but no requests. The Requests section in Gateway sorts outstanding items into lists such as Exam Requests, FOCUS Filings and Disclosure Reviews. With Fous you can build a method that reads them with your account.

### Which multi-factor options does FINRA Gateway accept?

Since July 25, 2025, three: Duo Verified Push, a Duo Mobile passcode and a USB security key. Phone calls, text messages and Windows Hello are no longer accepted. Each device can hold up to 100 accounts.

### Which reports can I run in Gateway Reports?

Gateway Reports, formerly Dynamic Reporting, has templates for recent hires, state registrations, individuals' deficiencies, individuals by exam type, annual CE obligations, CE Regulatory Element statuses, current residential and branch locations and active user accounts. You need entitlements to see them.

### Is Fous affiliated with FINRA?

No. Fous is an independent product. You use it with your own FINRA Gateway account, and a method reads and does only what that account can.

Fous is an independent product: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the operator of FINRA Gateway (FINRA). The name is used only to say which system this page is about. Something here wrong or out of date? Write to legal@fous.com.