An American flag flies outside the headquarters building of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2018.
Mandatory Credit:	Zach Gibson/Bloomberg/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

An American flag flies outside the headquarters building of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2018.
Mandatory Credit: Zach Gibson/Bloomberg/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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SEC fines six major credit rating agencies over failure to keep electronic records

The US Securities and Exchange Commission fined six major credit rating organizations a total of $49 million for their “significant failures” to keep electronic communications.