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RIA / WealthAdvisorPersonal Financial Specialistdual registered (broker-dealer)27 years in industry

Bernard Kankam Mensah

Advisor at TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

CANTON, MA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Oct 31, 2017 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

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jan 1, 1999earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 27derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Personal Financial Specialist
Exams: S65|S66|S63
First exam: Aug 17, 2022
First registration: Oct 31, 2017
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Ben K Kankam-Mensah|Bernard K Kankam-Mensah|BEN K MENSAH|Bernard K Mensah|Bernard K Mensah|BERNARD KANKAM MENSAH|Bernard Mensah
IAPD individual key: 5747483

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
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 2, 2025	n/a	yes	CANTON, MA	Current employment
CITIZENS SECURITIES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 6, 2023	Feb 12, 2024	no	JOHNSTON, RI\|LITTLETON, MA\|Hudson, MA\|WORCESTER, MA\|GRAFTON, MA\|WORCESTER, MA\|WORCESTER, MA\|MARLBOROUGH, MA	Previous registration
PRUCO SECURITIES, LLC	No RAUM reported	Jan 20, 2023	Aug 29, 2023	no	MARLBOROUGH, MA\|Worcester, MA	Previous registration
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Mar 31, 2022	Jan 24, 2023	no	Worcester, MA	Previous registration
ARCHER INVESTMENT CORPORATION	Independent wealth	Oct 31, 2017	Dec 10, 2018	no	Worcester, MA\|CARMEL, IN	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
CITIZENS SECURITIES, INC.	TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Feb 12, 2024	Sep 2, 2025	568	Firm change after gap	Ibd to ibd
PRUCO SECURITIES, LLC	CITIZENS SECURITIES, INC.	Aug 29, 2023	Sep 6, 2023	8	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	PRUCO SECURITIES, LLC	Jan 24, 2023	Jan 20, 2023	-4	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
ARCHER INVESTMENT CORPORATION	AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Dec 10, 2018	Mar 31, 2022	1,207	Firm change after gap	RIA to ibd

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 2, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CITIZENS SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 6, 2023 to Feb 12, 2024factForm ADV
→ PRUCO SECURITIES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 20, 2023 to Aug 29, 2023factForm ADV
→ AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 31, 2022 to Jan 24, 2023factForm ADV
→ ARCHER INVESTMENT CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 31, 2017 to Dec 10, 2018factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Feb 12, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Bernard Kankam Mensah left Citizens Securities, Inc. for Transamerica Financial Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-09-02)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Aug 29, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Bernard Kankam Mensah left Pruco Securities, Llc for Citizens Securities, Inc. (registered 2023-09-06)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jan 24, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Bernard Kankam Mensah left Avantax Advisory Services for Pruco Securities, Llc (registered 2023-01-20)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago