Toronto Dominion Bank

(Newser) - Canada's second-largest bank "created an environment that allowed financial crime to flourish," Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday. "By making its services convenient for criminals, it became one." TD Bank has been fined more than $3 billion after becoming the first bank in the US...

(Newser) - Though past merger talks were never consummated, online stockbrokers E*Trade and TD Ameritrade are again in "serious discussions" over a union, the Wall Street Journal reports. A consolidation would create a dominant player in online trading, reducing competition and perhaps ratcheting up costs for consumers. One source estimates the...