Roundup: No More Merrill Lynch, Toxic Grand Canyon, Hotel Discounts, Southwest Hawaii Flight, No-Fee ETFs, Bonvoy Fail & Scary BA Flight

Bank of America to drop U.S. Trust and Merrill Lynch names, rebrand wealth unit as just ‘Merrill’

Bank of America is expected to announce Monday that it will gradually retire the U.S. Trust brand to become the Bank of America Private Bank, according to people familiar with the change. The company will also no longer use the Merrill Lynch brand for its investment banking, global markets and capital markets group. Read more here.

For nearly 2 decades, Grand Canyon tourists were exposed to radiation beyond the federal limit

Uranium ore stored at the Grand Canyon National Park museum may have exposed visitors and workers to elevated levels of radiation, according to the park’s safety, health and wellness manager. Read more here.

Free and Discounted Memberships for Discount Hotel Booking Site

Club 1 Hotels is a membership site offering discounted hotels and various other travel benefits that escalate with the level of membership. Currently, Gilt City is running a promotion offering those who sign up a free one year basic membership or a Platinum membership for $59, representing a $40 savings. Read more here.

Southwest’s Hawaii validation flights get ‘thumbs up’

Southwest Chairman and CEO Gary Kelly announced Monday at a rally in Dallas that the company’s validation flights to and from Hawaii had concluded with a “thumbs up” from the Federal Aviation Administration. Read more here.

SoFi To Offer Zero-Fee ETFs (Until At Least March 2020)

Online personal finance website and lender SoFi will be the first investment platform to offer zero free ETFs (exchange-traded funds). They recently filed for a series of these funds that will not charge any management fees.  Read more here.

Marriott Bonvoy Still Failing At Basics

Marriott created a single loyalty program in August 2018 (the only thing that changed this month was the branding), and over six months later it’s still not functioning as it should. Read more here.

Scary video of British Airways flight attempting to land amid strong winds

The video shows a British Airways flight that was forced to divert from its planned course after encountering strong gusts off the coast of southern Europe on Monday. Flight BA492 was scheduled to take off from London Heathrow airport at 8:25 a.m. and land in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar at 12:20 p.m. Warning, the embedded video contains offensive language. Link.