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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Brigeman Benjamin L   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SCHWAB CHARLES CORP [SCHW] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP - Schwab Investor Services (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION, 120 KEARNY STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/01/2007 (Street) SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 11/01/2007   A   13,184 (2) A $ 0 42,553 (1) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Nonqualified Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 23.3295 (3)

11/01/2007

A

125,349

11/01/2008(4)

11/01/2014

Common Stock

125,349

$ 0

125,349

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Brigeman Benjamin L C/O THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION 120 KEARNY STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108			EVP - Schwab Investor Services

Signatures

Jane E. Fry, Attorney-in-fact		11/05/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	As of the date of this report, the reporting person also had an indirect beneficial ownership interest in 23,776 shares held in trust and 1,615 shares held in a 401(k).
(2)	The award vests in increments of 25% on November 1, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 based on the company achieving performance targets related to pre-tax adjusted income divided by revenue and revenue growth for the applicable one-year performance period beginning on October 1 and ending on the September 30 prior to each vesting date.
(3)	Shares under the option have an exercise price of $23.3295, which is 103% of the closing price of the company's common stock on the date of grant ($22.65).
(4)	The option vests 25% on each of the first, second, third, and fourth anniversary of the grant date and has a term of seven years.

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