Scotia Bank
Introduction
The Bank of Nova Scotia also known as Scotia Bank is the third largest bank in Canada in terms of deposits and market capitalization. The bank is under the leadership of president and CEO Brain J Poter.
The bank was founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1832, in the year 1900, Scotia Bank then moved its executive offices to Toronto, Ontario.
Scotia bank institution number or bank number is 002, it shares trades in Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange.
It has eighty-nine thousand two hundred and fourteen employees as of 2015. It has branches in 55 different countries of the world and is serving around 23 million customers.
Services offered by the bank is as follows:
• Personal and commercial banking
• Wealth
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The multi-sport complex will be renamed as Scotia Arena on July 1, 2018.
• Scotia bank has been the title sponsor of Calgary’s Scotia bank’s saddle dome from October 8 2010.
• From the year 2008, Scotia bank is the official team sponsor of the Canadian Cricket Team and the title sponsor of national T20 championship in Canada. Corporate and Social responsibility
• The Scotia bank bright future program is the banks global philanthropic vision. The banks multinational reach has provided a unique possibility to help people throughout the world through corporate giving and employee volunteer programmers; it covers education, health, social services and environment arts and culture.
• In the year 2013, Scotia bank contributed $62 million in donations and sponsorship for the community causes around the world.
• Scotia bank employees spent 424,000 hours in 2013 in volunteering and fundraising through formal community programmers.
Membership
BNS is a member of the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) and is a registered member with the Canada deposit insurance Corporation (CDIC). It is a federal agency insuring deposits at all Canada’s chartered
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