TD wins in two award categories for TD Invent
and the TD Accessibility Adapter
TORONTO, Jan. 11,
2024 /CNW/ - TD Bank Group (TD) has been recognized
by the Business Intelligence Group (BIG) for the third consecutive
year through the 2024 BIG Innovation Awards, for providing
accessible digital experiences and driving forward-focused
enterprise innovation. The annual awards program recognizes the
people, organizations and ideas changing how we experience the
world.
TD was recognized in both the Organization and Product
categories at this year's 2024 Innovation Awards. TD Invent, the
Bank's enterprise approach to innovation, won in the Organization
category and the TD Accessibility Adapter, a colleague-developed
accessibility browser plug-in to help drive inclusion in digital
spaces, was recognized in the Product category.
Guiding the Bank's culture of innovation, TD Invent focuses
on addressing tomorrow's banking expectations by exploring, testing
and scaling innovative solutions and emerging technologies,
including generative AI and extended reality. Through a robust
innovation ecosystem, an inclusive mindset and a human-centered
design approach, cross disciplinary teams develop and improve
products and services to help meet the evolving needs of customers,
colleagues and communities. TD Invent supports incubation and
acceleration across the Bank, resulting in over 15,000
colleague-developed ideas each year, over 8,000 of which have been
implemented to date, and over 600 granted patents worldwide.
One of TD Invent's innovations, the TD Accessibility
Adapter, is a browser plug-in that enables users to personalize
their online experiences to help address their individual
accessibility preferences. Initially created for TD colleagues, the
tool launched in September 2023 to
the Canadian and American public at no cost. Features of the tool
include reading guides, adjustable font size, dark mode, a
dyslexia-friendly font and monochrome mode – all of which are
explicitly designed without using overlays and to co-exist with
assistive technologies and standalone screen magnification
software.
"Through TD Invent, we're continuously embedding innovation
across the Bank to help provide better, faster and more meaningful
experiences for our customers, colleagues and communities," said
Imran Khan, Head of TD Invent. "Our
innovations are designed with purpose to help meet the needs of the
diverse communities we serve. We're proud to be recognized by the
Business Intelligence Group for our work in helping to shape the
future of banking at TD."
About TD Invent
TD Invent drives innovation at the Bank. Through our three areas
of focus— Colleague Ideation, Human-Centered Design and Innovation
Acceleration —we work across our innovation ecosystem to help meet
the evolving needs of our customers, colleagues and communities,
accelerating future growth opportunities. To learn more about how
we're helping to shape the future of banking at TD, visit
tdinvent.td.com.
About TD Bank Group
The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively
known as TD Bank Group ("TD" or the "Bank"). TD is the sixth
largest bank in North America by
assets and serves over 27.5 million customers in four key
businesses operating in a number of locations in financial centres
around the globe: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking,
including TD Canada Trust and TD Auto Finance Canada; U.S. Retail,
including TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, TD Auto Finance
U.S., TD Wealth (U.S.), and an investment in The Charles Schwab
Corporation; Wealth Management and Insurance, including TD Wealth
(Canada), TD Direct Investing, and
TD Insurance; and Wholesale Banking, including TD Securities and TD
Cowen. TD also ranks among the world's leading online financial
services firms, with more than 16 million active online and mobile
customers. TD had $1.96 trillion in
assets on October 31, 2023. The
Toronto-Dominion Bank trades under the symbol "TD" on the
Toronto and New York Stock
Exchanges.
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rewards those companies whose achievements stand above those of
their peers.
SOURCE TD Bank Group