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☑ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 ☐ or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number : 1-9700 THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION Delaware ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) 94-3025021 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) 3000 Schwab Way , Westlake , TX 76262 ( Address of principal executive offices and zip code ) Registrant's telephone number , including area code : ( 817 ) 859-5000 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Title of each class Common Stock - $ .01 par value per share Depositary Shares , each representing a 1 / 40th ownership interest in a share of 6.00 % Non - Cumulative Preferred Stock , Series C Depositary Shares , each representing a 1 / 40th ownership interest in a share of 5.95 % Non - Cumulative Preferred Stock , Series D Trading Symbol ( s ) SCHW SCHW PrC SCHW PrD Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes ☑ No ☐ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Exchange Act . Yes ☐ No ☑ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes ☑No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company , " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer ☑ Non - accelerated filer ☐ Emerging growth company ☐ Accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐ If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . Yes ☐ No ☑ As of June 30 , 2020 , the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non - affiliates of the registrant was $ 39.3 billion . For purposes of this information , the outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by directors and executive officers of the registrant were deemed to be shares of the voting stock held by affiliates . As of January 29 , 2021 , 1,803,049,958 shares of $ .01 par value Common Stock and 79,293,695 shares of $ .01 par value Nonvoting Common Stock were outstanding . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Part III of this Form 10 - K incorporates certain information contained in the registrant's definitive proxy statement for its annual meeting of stockholders , to be held May 13 , 2021 , by reference to that document .