In the phrase TD Ameritrade, what does the TD stand for?

Answer by  waskasoo (471)

The parent company of TD Ameritrade is a bank from Canada. The bank is known in Canada as the TD Bank, which is short for the Toronto Dominion Bank. The TD Bank is one of the five big national banks in Canada, but it has operations in various places around the world.

Answer by  patti (29325)

TD Ameritrade is the result of a merger of Ameritrade and TD Waterhouse, a Canadian group in the business of investment and wealth management. The two combined forces in 1975. The "TD" stands for Toronto-Dominion as in Toronto-Dominion Bank in Canada. TD Ameritrade operates in the US while TD Waterhouse still operates in Canada.

Answer by  salsafoodie (3146)

The TD for the TD Ameritrade stands from TransAtlantic which Ameritrade bought them out back in 1998 and change the name from Ameritrade to TD Ameritrade. They also brought several smaller companies around that time as well.

Answer by  canospamo (87)

The TD comes from Toronto-Dominion Bank. Ameritrade purchased a majority share of TD Waterhouse from Toronto-Dominion and adopted the TD Ameritrade name after merging US brokerage operations with TD Waterhouse.

Answer by  McCheese (1248)

TD Ameritrade, or TD Bank, is a Canadian company. The Bank was called Toronto Dominion, but they changed the name to "TD" in order to Americanize it a bit more. They are trying to position themselves as the go-to bank for people that want low fees and a bank that's open every day.

Answer by  fazt (147)

The "T" is Toronto. The "D" is Dominion. It is named after the Toronto-Dominion Bank. Ameritrade acquired TD Waterhouse in 2006. The new name became TD Ameritrade, which is a holding company.

Answer by  chandlersmom (29)

The "T" is Toronto. The "D" is Dominion. It is named after the Toronto-Dominion Bank. Ameritrade acquired TD Waterhouse in 2006. The new name became TD Ameritrade, which is a holding company. I found this answer by looking under . I had never heard of this company before today while on this website.

Answer by  Caenaise (165)

The letters TD in TD Ameritrade stand for Toronto Dominion. TD Ameritrade was formed when Ameritrade bought TD Waterhouse from TD Bank Financial Group, a subsidiary of Toronto Dominion Bank.

Answer by  elden (116)

TD ameritrade formed from TD waterhouse which is/was part of the TD bank financial group. TD bank is the Toronto Dominion Bank.

Answer by  Anonymous

Transatlantic? Why would anyone give that silly answer? There's no D in Transatlantic, for heck's sake. The answer is Toronto Dominion.

Answer by  Anonymous

thanks