Tagged: td ameritrade

November 25, 2019 @ 7:59 am By JD Alois  |  

As predicted last week, online broker Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) has announced the purchase of TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD) in a deal worth $26 billion. According to Schwab, the all-stock transaction represents a 17% premium of TD Ameritrade’s average share price as of November 20, 2019. Shares… Read More

November 21, 2019 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Two titans in the online brokerage space are preparing to merge, according to multiple reports. Schwab and TD Ameritrade are poised to combine operations in a deal that could be finalized as soon as today for an estimated $26 billion purchase. The move to consolidate… Read More

October 3, 2019 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

One by one, the big online brokers have fallen into line to eliminate commission on US stocks, ETFs and options trading. Yesterday, after TD Ameritrade and Charles Schwab announced zero commission, E*Trade (NASDAQ: ETFC) did the same. Today, shares in E*Trade have changed little as… Read More

October 2, 2019 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, Charles Schwab announced it would eliminate trading commissions on US-listed equities, ETFs and options (keeping a small per contract charge). As Crowdfund Insider predicted, other online brokerages are copying Schwab’s actions as TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD) has now done the same. Starting October 3rd, clients… Read More

April 27, 2019 @ 6:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a tweet last week, NYTimes crypto reporter stated that Etrade will soon allow Bitcoin trading. In the wake of TD Ameritrade quietly opening Bitcoin trading for some of its customers, I was just told that eTrade is preparing to begin offering both Bitcoin and… Read More

January 15, 2019 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Brokerage TD Ameritrade has partnered up with Apple (NASDAQ:APPL) to provide a streamlined money transfer. As of today, individual investors may instantly transfer funds to their brokerage account via Apple Pay and Apple Business Chat using iMessages. In a release, TD Ameritrade explained that historically… Read More

December 3, 2014 @ 2:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

After reading Orchard Platform’s Bill Ullman elegantly deliberated “Is Fin-Tech History Rhyming Again?” on the platform’s blog last week and prepared for Thanksgiving, I wondered how the early days of online trading revisit fintech and crowdfunding disruption innovation.  While prepping for last week’s feast, I… Read More