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RIA / WealthAdvisorChartered Financial Consultantdual registered (broker-dealer)27 years in industry

PAUL FRANCIS BUCKLEY

Advisor at USA FINANCIAL SECURITIES LLC

Arlington, MA | ADA, MI | Worcester, MA

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 12:59 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 4, 2003 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: USA FINANCIAL SECURITIES LLC
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Apr 28, 1999earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 27derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 9
Designations: Chartered Financial Consultant
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Apr 28, 1999
First registration: Apr 4, 2003
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: PAUL FRANCES BUCKLEY
IAPD individual key: 3214962

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
USA FINANCIAL SECURITIES LLC	Independent wealth	Dec 5, 2022	n/a	yes	Worcester, MA\|Arlington, MA\|ADA, MI	Current employment
AMERITAS ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Nov 10, 2021	Dec 12, 2022	no	LINCOLN, NE\|Arlington, MA	Previous registration
AMERITAS ADVISORY SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Sep 9, 2005	Nov 10, 2021	no	LINCOLN, NE\|LEXINGTON, MA\|LEXINGTON, MA\|Arlington, MA\|Freeport, NY	Previous registration
COMPASS CAPITAL CORPORATION	Independent wealth	Jan 16, 2004	Dec 31, 2004	no	QUINCY, MA	Previous registration
EASTERN POINT ADVISORS INC.	n/a	Apr 4, 2003	Dec 9, 2003	no	LEXINGTON, MA	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
AMERITAS ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	USA FINANCIAL SECURITIES LLC	Dec 12, 2022	Dec 5, 2022	-7	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
AMERITAS ADVISORY SERVICES	AMERITAS ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	Nov 10, 2021	Nov 10, 2021	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
COMPASS CAPITAL CORPORATION	AMERITAS ADVISORY SERVICES	Dec 31, 2004	Sep 9, 2005	252	Firm change	Other
EASTERN POINT ADVISORS INC.	COMPASS CAPITAL CORPORATION	Dec 9, 2003	Jan 16, 2004	38	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ USA FINANCIAL SECURITIES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Dec 5, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ AMERITAS ADVISORY SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 10, 2021 to Dec 12, 2022factForm ADV
→ AMERITAS ADVISORY SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 9, 2005 to Nov 10, 2021factForm ADV
→ COMPASS CAPITAL CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 16, 2004 to Dec 31, 2004factForm ADV
→ EASTERN POINT ADVISORS INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 4, 2003 to Dec 9, 2003factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Dec 12, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Paul Francis Buckley left Ameritas Advisory Services, Llc for Usa Financial Securities Llc (registered 2022-12-05)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago