TD Bank announcing jobs in SC

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — TD Bank is bringing jobs to South Carolina.

Company spokeswoman Rebecca Acevedo confirms an announcement that Greenville County economic development officials are calling very significant.

She declined to release details ahead of Wednesday’s 9:30 a.m. announcement.

TD’s parent company, Canada’s Toronto-Dominion Bank, acquired South Carolina-based South Financial Group last year, adding 176 locations in the southeastern United States.

TD didn’t have a U.S. presence six years ago, but now has 1,300 branches from Maine to Florida, compared to 1,100 in Canada. TD is North America’s sixth largest bank by branches.

South Financial operated under Carolina First and Mercantile Bank in the Carolinas and Florida. Acevedo says the signs were changed in June.

TD Bank’s U.S. executive officers are in Portland, Maine, and Cherry Hill, N.J.