May 5, 2020
VIA EDGAR
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3628
| Attention: | Lori Empie | |
| Cara Lubit | ||
| Tonya K. Aldave | ||
| John Dana Brown |
| Re: | The Charles Schwab Corporation | |
| Registration Statement on FormS-4 | ||
| FileNo. 333-237064 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, The Charles Schwab Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), hereby requests acceleration of effectiveness of its registration statement onForm S-4 (FileNo. 333-237064), as amended, to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 6, 2020, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
The Registrant hereby authorizes Lee Hochbaum of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.
Please contact Lee Hochbaum of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP at(212) 450-4736 or lee.hochbaum@davispolk.com with any questions you may have concerning this request, and please notify him when this request for acceleration has been granted.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Peter J. Morgan III |
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, The Charles Schwab Corporation |
| cc: | Lee Hochbaum, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | |
| William L. Taylor, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | ||
| Randall D. Guynn, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP |