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The Motley Fool October 4, 2007 Emil Lee	What's in Store for Commerce Bancorp? Toronto-Dominion Bank buys Commerce Bancorp, scooping up their 444 branches with an average of $100 million in deposits per branch, as well as a company adept at growing and gathering deposits. Investors, take note.
U.S. Banker January 2003 John Engen	The Caffeine In Commerce Commerce Bancorp CEO Vernon Hill is laughing his head off these days. why not? His bank is an investor's dream and a rival's nightmare. Welcome to the big apple.
BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Amy Barrett	Is This Banker Too Brazen? Commerce Bancorp's Vernon Hill has led a rapid expansion, but his style is raising a few eyebrows
U.S. Banker November 2010 Michael Sisk	Not Over the Hill Not many bankers can recover from the kind of regulatory scrapes that Vernon Hill has been in.
U.S. Banker October 2001 Jack Milligan	He'll Take Manhattan Disdainful of his rivals, Vern Hill, CEO of New Jersey's Commerce Bancorp, is plunging into the New York City retail banking market. He is determined to beat the world's biggest banks in their own backyard, and then to move north to Boston...
Bank Systems & Technology March 29, 2006 Ivan Schneider	Commerce Enhances the 'Convenience Experience' Commerce Bancorp's free offerings now run the gamut from coin counting to online wealth management.
U.S. Banker January 2009 Anthony Malakian	America's Most Convenient Ad Campaign To ease its acquisition of Commerce Bancorp and not alienate Commerce customers, Toronto Dominion has adopted the slogan, "America's Most Convenient Bank," which was Commerce's slogan since 1996.
Fast Company May 2002 Chuck Salter	Customer Service: Commerce Bank Commerce Bank is one of America's best-performing financial institutions, with a stock that grew more than 2,000% in 10 years. It is also America's most convenient bank, with a fanatical commitment to "wowing" its customers...
BusinessWeek November 18, 2010 Sean B. Pasternak	Toronto Dominion's American Conquest Ed Clark's Canadian bank is making inroads south of the border by stressing customer service.
U.S. Banker April 2004 Holly Sraeel	Service, Scale and Vernon: Talk of Many Bank Towns Eventually, it all came back to Vernon. So why all the "Hillabaloo?" Commerce Bank's 39 percent, five-year annual deposit growth rate, for starters. Hill also claims 100 percent new store success.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Commerce Bancorp: Growth at What Price? Commerce Bancorp delivers the goods in terms of growth, but the expense structure could be a problem in the future. Investors, take note.
U.S. Banker September 2004 John Engen	Quid Pro Quo? Commerce Reeling From Charges in Bond Probe Vernon Hill and his Commerce Bancorp have taken the Northeast-and Wall Street-by storm, with a formula that emphasizes convenience, service and de novo branches. Now, it's his rivals' turn to gloat.
U.S. Banker May 2008 Anthony Malakian	Extended Hours: Longer Hours Correlate To Higher Deposit Growth The term "bankers' hours" has a negative connotation and is an outdated insult at an industry where many institutions have 70-hour work weeks.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2011 Zeeshan Siddique	How Toronto-Dominion Is Capitalizing on U.S. Banks' Woes Acquisition of MBNA Canada's credit card business will boost TD Bank's growth.
Bank Systems & Technology September 16, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	TD Canada Trust to Implement APT's Test & Learn Solution The bank will use the APT platform to better leverage the wealth of data in the call center with the intention of improving customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.
BusinessWeek December 9, 2010	Hard Choices: Vernon W. Hill Jr. The Commerce Bank founder on taking his business model to London to create a new retail bank as the Great Recession hit.
Bank Systems & Technology November 13, 2009 Katherine Burger	Going Public With Core Systems Conversion Problems When TD Bank issued a public apology for systems and service glitches that occurred when the institution undertook conversion to a single core system following its merger with Commerce Bank, it underscored why core systems upgrades and replacements don't happen very often.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2004 Nathan Parmelee	Commerce: Bargain or Trap? Despite the fall in price due to the bond sales scandal, Commerce Bancorp is not yet a bargain.
Bank Systems & Technology May 21, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	J.D. Power Report Says Banks Must Address Steady Decline in Customer Satisfaction J.D. Power & Associates' Retail Banking Study found a significant percentage of consumers are dissatisfied with their banks, marking a continued decay over the past three years.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2007 Lawrence Rothman	Premature Celebration for Commerce Bancorp? The changes at the top are good, but the bank may not be a takeover candidate. While a buyout might provide a nice, immediate boost to the stock price, a large buyer would destroy the bank by destroying its culture.
Bank Systems & Technology August 5, 2004 Vicki Gerson	Online Bill Pay Adds to the Bottom Line Commerce Bancorp looked to Corillian to develop an online bill payment system into a profitable endeavor that improves customer satisfaction.
U.S. Banker June 2008 Anthony Malakian	Banks Should Seek Fans, Not Just Customers The banking industry is finally getting the point that good customer service can increase revenue.
Bank Technology News March 2008 Michael Dumiak	Commerce Is Finding Middle Ground Commerce Bank is turning its attention to technology with impressive results: its robust, off-the-shelf, Corillian-CheckFree-Fiserv free on-line banking channel for small business is signing up customers at a rapid clip.
U.S. Banker March 2009 Anthony Malakian	Word of Mouth Takes Hold in Bank Marketing There's one marketing strategy that is almost guaranteed to get a 100-percent response rate: free food. At least that's what TD Bank, was hoping when it recently delivered 20,000 pizzas, in TD-branded boxes, to customers of pizzerias up and down the East Coast.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Commerce Banking on Snowbirds South Florida will be the next beachhead in its assault on traditional banking. The company has an innovative approach to banking that's generating high growth and solid stock performance. For now.
U.S. Banker April 2003 Holly Sraeel	Branches, Service and Vernon, Vernon, Vernon Simply put, Vernon Hill might well end up the Starbucks of banking. Not bad for a guy who not so long ago ran a small bank that few knew about.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Commerce and Its Bank "Stores" If growth is important in your portfolio and you're also looking for some banking exposure, Commerce could be a good bet if it continues to grow at its historically impressive rates.
U.S. Banker October 2003 Lee Conrad	Roessler's Out, Stock Surges At National Commerce But does the future hold renewed focus or a sale?
Bank Systems & Technology March 30, 2007 Nancy Feig	TD Bank Financial Group Rolls Out ATMs With IFX Through an outsourcing deal with HP, TD Bank becomes the first to use IFX standards in all its ATMs.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2004 Tom Taulli	Waterhouse Jilted So far, no one wants to meet the terms for a TD Waterhouse deal.
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Kristen French	The Referral Challenge TD Waterhouse is betting that a referral program modeled on Schwab's highly successful system will help it hold on to high-net-worth clients.
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan	The Big Retail Showdown Despite countless warnings that the industry has hit a wall on brick-and-mortar viability, lots of financial institutions are holding their ground, determined not to let this era become branching's last stand. Can branches remain profitable once the dust settles on the current economy?
The Motley Fool May 10, 2004 Alyce Lomax	SunTrust's Southern Focus Investors shrug off SunTrust's first acquisition since the Wachovia jilting.
Bank Systems & Technology November 21, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	Illiquid Banks Forcing Liquid Ones to Overpay for Deposits The sooner "liquidity challenged" banks fail the better for other banks, which find themselves paying more for consumer deposits than they otherwise would, says an executive from TD Bank.
U.S. Banker April 2010 Maria Aspan	Get Cash for Not Using Cash In pushing debit cards, banks are more willing to take short-term losses to encourage long-term behavior change. The goal is lasting interchange income.
Registered Rep. June 23, 2005 Kristen French	Ameritrade Deal Creates a Stronger Competitor in the Advisory Business Ameritrade will acquire TD Waterhouse rather than accept a takeover offer from E*Trade.
Financial Planning August 1, 2005 Bob Hirschfeld	TD Ameritrade's Good Deal The merger of the two online broker-dealers will transform the new firm into a top contender.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Discount Brokers on Parade TD AMERITRADE hits even when it misses.
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Bank Systems & Technology August 30, 2010 Matt Gunn	TD Bank Mobile App Hits iPhone, Android Toronto-based TD Bank announces the availability of its mobile app in both the iTunes App Store and Android Market.
The Motley Fool September 12, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Commerce Still Yields to the Rules Even if investors think Commerce Bancorp is changing the game, it's still affected by the same banking realities. For those who can look at higher-risk/higher-reward situations, this could be the sort of momentary stumble that lets you get in at a better (and safer) price.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2005 Selena Maranjian	When Brokerages Merge Is a combined Ameritrade and TD Waterhouse good or bad for investors? With the two brokerages together sporting nearly 6 million accounts, the new company will be a major player.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Don't Get Blindsided by Your Broker We put 10 discount brokers to the test. Find your match made in cyberspace.
Registered Rep. October 25, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Bigger 4Q Assets, Profits at TD Ameritrade TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. continued to grab client assets in its fourth quarter ending Sept. 30, the company said today, and quarterly trading revenue rose sharply.
U.S. Banker March 2007 Karen Krebsbach	Corporate Governance: In Commerce Dustup, Was Board Doing Its Job? Even a whisper of "conflict" may be too loud. One of the problems is clearly the long-term tenure of Commerce's directors. Boards should be actively seeking to ensure that not only do they appear to be in line, but are actually practicing it.
Financial Planning July 1, 2007 Joel Bruckenstein	Custodian as Consultant TD Ameritrade's Solutions Consulting Group helps advisors make use of TD's technology -- while running their practices more effectively.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	One Step Closer to EAmeriSchwab ETrade and TD AMERITRADE may be mulling over a combination.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2011 Sean Williams	TD AMERITRADE: Bargain Buy or Value Trap? TD AMERITRADE has already had a very impressive run off its September lows, so the question now becomes: Does it have what it takes to continue to grow while its competitors languish?
The Motley Fool August 30, 2011 Dan Radovsky	This Overweight Bank Is on a Crash Diet Bank of America is selling off as many non-core assets as it can.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Commerce Bancorp: Still Controversial Investors, it's not often that you see this much growth and controversy in a banking name, so it's likely to be a volatile name for some time to come.