U.S. AML/BSA and Customer Identification (CIP/KYC)
TD's personal application checklist requires an SSN, identification, source-of-funds/existing bank information, and a phone number; business account opening also requires information about signers and controllers. FinCEN states that covered banks must maintain risk-based identity verification procedures and obtain customer TIN information before account opening; starting in 2025, banks may elect, in accordance with the rules, to obtain a TIN through a third party. This is an optional exemption mechanism, not evidence that TD uses it, and it does not change identity verification obligations. Sources: s1, s2, s5.
Source:TD Bank — Open a Checking Account Today ↗;TD Bank — What Do You Need To Open a Small Business Account or Loan? ↗;FinCEN — FinCEN Permits Banks to Use Alternative Collection Method for Obtaining TIN Information ↗
Corporate beneficial owners, controllers and source of funds
TD's public business requirements generally identify individuals who directly or indirectly own 25% or more of the business and one individual with significant managerial responsibility; in some cases, owners of 10% may be asked about. Business and personal account information must also be sufficient to explain the source of funds for opening the account. These are the processes listed on TD's public pages and do not mean that the same documentation necessarily applies to foreign ownership structures or complex tiers; the bank may require additional verification. Sources: s1, s2.
Source:TD Bank — Open a Checking Account Today ↗;TD Bank — What Do You Need To Open a Small Business Account or Loan? ↗
U.S. Tax Status, FATCA, and CRS
TD has not published its CRS/FATCA self-certification process for personal or entity account opening. The IRS explains that Form W-9 is used to provide a TIN to a payer that needs to file information returns with the IRS; Forms W-8BEN/W-8BEN-E are U.S. withholding-tax status documents for specific foreign beneficial owners/entities and should not be treated as TD-required account-opening forms. The OECD 2025 automatic exchange assessment describes U.S. automatic information exchange as based on FATCA since 2015, and does not list the U.S. in its CRS AEOI exchange jurisdiction table. Therefore, it cannot be claimed that the U.S. has joined the CRS, nor can it be inferred that U.S. financial institutions have no tax reporting obligations. Applicants must still provide accurate information based on their own tax residency and the bank's requirements. Sources: s6, s7, s8, s9, s10.
Source:IRS — About Form W-9 ↗;IRS — About Form W-8 BEN ↗;IRS — About Form W-8 BEN-E ↗;OECD — Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information 2025 Update, monitoring process and results ↗;U.S. Department of the Treasury — Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ↗
U.S. Sanctions Screening
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s OFAC administers comprehensive or targeted sanctions programs. The public TD account-opening pages reviewed do not disclose how TD screens, which nationalities/regions or transactions it may reject, or whether it imposes additional internal bank restrictions. Applicants must provide accurate information and comply with applicable laws; nondisclosure should not be interpreted as an exemption. Source: s11.
Source:U.S. Treasury OFAC — Sanctions Programs and Country Information ↗
FDIC Deposit Protection
The FDIC record shows that the institution is an insured depository bank. The FDIC explains that eligible deposits, including checking, savings, money market deposit accounts, and time deposits, are generally automatically insured, while investment products and the contents of safe-deposit boxes are not deposits covered by deposit insurance. The account’s ownership category and the individual coverage amount must be calculated separately under FDIC rules; this entry does not assume any unverified coverage limit. Sources: s3, s12.
Source:FDIC BankFind Suite — TD Bank, National Association institution details ↗;FDIC — Deposit Insurance ↗