TD Bank's US shares drop on report it faces $3 bln in penalties
** U.S.-listed shares of Canada's TD Bank TD.TO, TD.N fall ~3% to $60.79 premarket
** TD is expected to pay about $3 bln in penalties as part of a settlement with U.S. regulators and prosecutors over charges it failed to properly monitor money laundering, the Wall Street Journal reported late on Wednesday
** TD did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment
** As part of the agreement, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is also expected to impose an asset limit barring the Canadian lender from growing above a certain level in the country, the report says
** "We believe that the market was becoming increasingly comfortable with the thought that there would not be any growth restrictions placed on TD," Jefferies analyst John Aiken says
** TD will need to find a new avenue for growth from its traditional reliance on U.S. retail banking - brokerage
** TD reported its first loss in decades in August as it set aside an extra $2.6 bln to cover expected fines from U.S. regulators
** U.S. shares of TD down ~3% YTD
Reporting by Manya Saini in Bengaluru
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