As reported in Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest edition of July 15, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted interim final temporary Rule 15b12-1T to allow a registered broker-dealer to engage in a retail forex business until July 16, 2012. 

In 2012, the SEC extended the Rule to July 16, 2013. The SEC has now extended the Rule to July 16, 2016. 

Click here for the Rule.