Bank of Nova Scotia BNS

What this company does

Scotiabank offers a diverse range of products and services, including personal, commercial, corporate and investment banking. It had 86,431 full-time equivalent employees and a network of 2,128 branches and offices at the financial year end of October 31, 2025. Its operating segments are Canadian Banking, International Banking, Global Wealth Management, Global Banking and Markets, and Other. Canadian Banking provides financial advice and banking solutions to over 11 million customers through a network of 892 branches and 3,542 automated banking machines, alongside online, mobile and telephone banking, specialized sales teams and the self-directed service used by Tangerine customers. International Banking provides financial advice and solutions to over 8 million Retail, Commercial and GBM clients, across a presence that spans more than 12 countries, among them Mexico, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay and markets in the Caribbean. Global Wealth Management serves over 2 million investment fund and advisory clients and administers over $750 billion in assets. Global Banking and Markets provides corporate clients with lending and transaction services, investment banking advice and access to capital markets, serving clients in Canada, the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Written from the business description in THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 2 December 2025. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.