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Scotiabank
Scotiabank HQ in Toronto

Scotiabank

Bank of Nova Scotia (commonly Scotiabank) was established in 1832 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. It serves more than 19.5 million customers worldwide and is Canada's most international bank with over 3,000 branches and 6,000 ATMs in 55 countries. The Bank employs over 77,000 people around the world including Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Scotiabank is a member of the Global ATM Alliance, a joint venture of several major international banks that allows customers to use their ATM card or debit card at another bank within the Global ATM Alliance with no International ATM access fees. Other participating banks are Barclays, Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, and Westpac. As of January 31, 2012, Bank of Nova Scotia had total assets of $637 billion.

Scotiabank has four business units:

Canadian Banking provides a wide range of banking and investing services to more than 7.5 million individual, small business and commercial customers across the country, through a network of about 1,000 branches and over 2,600 ATMs.
Scotia Capital is the wholesale banking arm of the Scotiabank Group. It offers a broad range of products to corporate, government and institutional investor clients.
International Banking includes Scotiabank's retail and commercial banking operations in more than 40 countries - an international presence unmatched by domestic competitors. It provides wide range of financial services to over 5 million clients through a network of about 2000 branches. It operates in the Caribbean and Central America, Mexico, Latin America and Asia.
Global Wealth Management, the new business line, provides a full range of products and services to affluent and high net-worth clients.

  Key Statistics:

Total assets US$574.22 billion (2011)
Revenue US$16.187 billion (2011)
Net income US$5.166 billion (2011)
Total Equity US$33.34 billion (2011)
Company Size 77,000 employees (2011)

Scotiabank International locations

Headquarters address:
44 King St. West
Toronto, Ontario M5H 1H1, Canada
Phone: +1-416-866-6161
Fax: +1-416-866-3750
Website: www.scotiabank.com