Yes, the debate about the semantics of the bank name is kind of moot now with their expansion, they are now national in all senses.
All very valid points.
Yes, in the sense that the crown is still a major shareholder and has at least one board seat.
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Yes, the names are more symbolic than anything else. Interestingly, they now seem to prefer to go by the generic RBC, which could be a tire repair company in Ohio, so perhaps that board seat doesn't have much influence.
Edmonton banks have greatly downsized their workforces. TD had hundreds of dt jobs in 3 plus towers/locations. Most of them have been gone for 10+ years now.
Yes, for whatever reasons most of the banks seem to have centralized more of their work forces in a few larger, expensive cities over the last decade.
It's more a question of how marketing works in this day and age. BMO does the same thing, Scotiabank dropped the "bank" and is going by just Scotia on most marketing material... Many companies have done similar things, in other industries.
Actually TD moved a lot of operations to places like New Brunswick, where they got big tax breaks for creating jobs.
Call Centers……NB is the capital of cheap, unskilled call Center labour. NO operations positions exist in NB…..I can assure you that.
Is that on the second level? Might that use been better sited on the third floor, subject to availability?