TD Bank Names John Socarraz Business Development Officer in Asset Based Lending in Coral Gables, Fla.

TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, provides customers with a full range of financial products and services at 1,300 convenient locations from Maine to Florida

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (January 18, 2012) – TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, has promoted John A. Socarraz to Business Development Officer, Vice President in Asset Based Lending. Based in Coral Gables, Fla., he is responsible for developing new loans to middle-market companies throughout Florida.

Socarraz has 22 years of banking and lending experience. He joined TD Bank in 2009 as an ABL Senior Underwriter. Prior to joining TD Bank, Socarraz served as an Underwriter at Wachovia Bank in Fort Lauderdale.

A Coral Gables resident, Socarraz is a graduate of the University of Houston in Texas, and Christopher Columbus High School in Miami.

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