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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)14 years in industry

SAMANTHA STRINGER

Advisor at WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

DENVER, CO | GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 7:37 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 7
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 13, 2013 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

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Current firm: WELLS FARGO ADVISORS
Current firm class: wirehousederived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Sep 1, 2012earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 14derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Mar 12, 2013
First registration: Mar 13, 2013
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: SAMANTHA LELAND STRINGER|Samantha L Stringer
IAPD individual key: 5927934

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Sep 9, 2024	n/a	yes	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO\|DENVER, CO	Current employment
I.M. FINANCIAL, LLC	n/a	Jun 22, 2023	Sep 23, 2024	no	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO	Previous registration
MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 10, 2020	Sep 9, 2024	no	Greenwood Village, CO\|ALPHARETTA, GA	Previous registration
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Former SEC adviser	May 13, 2019	Jun 10, 2020	no	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO	Previous registration
WADDELL & REED	Former SEC adviser	Aug 16, 2017	Dec 10, 2018	no	LAS VEGAS, NV	Previous registration
WADDELL & REED	Former SEC adviser	Jan 2, 2014	Sep 13, 2016	no	OVERLAND PARK, KS	Previous registration
WADDELL & REED	Former SEC adviser	Mar 13, 2013	Nov 5, 2013	no	INDEPENDENCE, MO	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
I.M. FINANCIAL, LLC	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Sep 23, 2024	Sep 9, 2024	-14	Firm change	Other
MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS	I.M. FINANCIAL, LLC	Sep 9, 2024	Jun 22, 2023	-445	Firm change after gap	Other
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Jun 10, 2020	Aug 10, 2020	61	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
WADDELL & REED	FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Dec 10, 2018	May 13, 2019	154	Firm change	Ibd to ibd

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 9, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ I.M. FINANCIAL, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 22, 2023 to Sep 23, 2024factForm ADV
→ MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 10, 2020 to Sep 9, 2024factForm ADV
→ FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 13, 2019 to Jun 10, 2020factForm ADV
→ WADDELL & REEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 16, 2017 to Dec 10, 2018factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Sep 23, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Samantha Stringer left I.M. Financial, Llc for Wells Fargo Advisors (registered 2024-09-09)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Sep 9, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Samantha Stringer left Merit Financial Advisors for I.M. Financial, Llc (registered 2023-06-22)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago