The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is forcing Wall Street banks to search through over 100 mobile phones carried by top traders and dealmakers in the largest-ever probe into messaging on third-party platforms like WhatsApp.
The SEC is informing firms of which key positions are subject to the review and personnel in those roles are being ordered to hand over devices for inspection, according to people with direct knowledge of the requests and what is being expected of firms.
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