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Introduction: This guide provides information about customizing SMS authentication for TD Ameritrade.

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December 2020

Provided comprehensive documentation about TD SMS Authentication.

Audience: Broker-dealers, Docupace Admins, and Investment Advisors.

Functionality: SMS authentication allows Broker-dealers to launch TD Ameritrade for sending documentation to the TD's Back-office processing team.

Overview of SMS Authentication for TD Ameritrade

TD Ameritrade is one of the larger clearing firms and custodians in the financial services space and, specifically, one of the larger registered Investment Advisor custodians.

When you create a new Account for TD Ameritrade in Docupace, you can modify the authentication process.

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Tip: TD Ameritrade requires a knowledge-based authentication via SMS.

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Setting SMS Authentication for TD Ameritrade

To set an SMS authentication for TD Ameritrade:
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Select the TD Ameritrade Institutional vendor.

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Creating a new Account for TD Ameritrade Institutional

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Provide an information for:

  1. State

  2. Product Type

  3. Registration Type

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Providing the State, Product Type, and Registration Type information

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Review a new Account summary (1) and then click Create Work Item (2).

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Creating a Work Item

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Provide the validation information (1) and click Save (2).

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Satisfying the validation information

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In Pending Advisor Review, go to

Setting up SMS Authentication

To set up an SMS authentication complete the following steps.

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In Docupace, go to New >(1) Starting Point (2).

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Launching Starting Point

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Select the existing Rep for a new Account.

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Selecting the existing Rep for a new Account

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To create a new Account, click New Account.

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Creating a new Account

Click Existing Client.

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Adding an existing client to a new Account

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On the Navigation pane, search the existing folder via Name, TIN/SSN, Rep, Last Name, or other options (1), and then click Search (2).

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Open your work item. In the upper-left panel, click Actions (1) > eSign (2).

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In the eSign

Transactions, go to eSign Recipient (1) > Primary Signer (2).The Primary Signer Launching Primary Signer

Transaction panel, click Primary Recipient. The Primary Recipient page opens.

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In Primary

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Recipient, provide the following data:

a. From Signer Auth Mode, select SMSOneClick.

b. In Phone for Authentication, enter the Client’s phone number.

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c. To implement the SMS authentication, click Save and Close in the upper-right corner.

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Tip: This configuration establishes the

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Customizing the SMS authentication for a Client

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To confirm the SMS authentication for TD Ameritrade, in the upper-right corner, click Save and Close.

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SMS authentication.

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Using SMS Authentication

As shown in the image below, the first signer in the list is an ‘In–Person’ signer with an SMS authentication set up.

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When you click eSign, the system sends the signer an email with a link to the document(s). If the signer is set to In-Person, the system will also open a new window to begin authentication.

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Click the Send SMS button.

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Enter the confirmation code that is triggered to your phone and click on Confirm Code to complete the SMS authentication process.

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When you complete the process, the document bundle opens up the DocuSign application. The application prompts the user through the various areas to sign.

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Click on each prompt to have the signature applied to the document.

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Click Finish after signing the documents.

Audience: Field Users

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