The bank continued to grow with the opening of new branches in the early 20th century. The Bank of New Brunswick was acquired by the Bank of Nova Scotia in 1913. The Bank of New Brunswick building in Saint John. In 1900, the bank moved its headquarters to Toronto, Ontario. By the end of the 19th century, the bank was represented in all of the Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba. In 1899, Scotiabank opened a branch in Boston, Massachusetts. This was Scotiabank's first move into the Caribbean and historically the first branch of a Canadian bank to open outside of the United States or the United Kingdom. The bank opened a branch in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1889 to facilitate the trading of sugar, rum, and fish. Following the collapse of the Commercial Bank of Newfoundland and Union Bank of Newfoundland on December 10, 1894, the Bank of Nova Scotia established on December 15, 1894, in Newfoundland.
This included opening a branch in Minneapolis in 1885, which later transferred to Chicago in 1892. The expansion was limited to the Maritimes until 1882, when the bank moved west by opening a branch in Winnipeg, which later closed, but the bank continued to expand into the American Midwest. The bank launched its branch banking system by opening in Windsor, Nova Scotia. Later, in 1883, the Bank of Nova Scotia acquired the Union Bank of Prince Edward Island, although most of the bank's expansion efforts in the century took the form of branch openings. The bank intended to facilitate the trans-Atlantic trade of the time. Scotiabank was founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1832 under the name of The Bank of Nova Scotia. The bank was incorporated by the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia on March 30, 1832, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with William Lawson serving as the first president. William Lawson served as the first president of the Bank of Nova Scotia, from 1832 to 1837. Scotiabank is led by President and CEO Brian J. From 1997 to 2019, this was conducted through its precious metals division ScotiaMocatta. Scotiabank is a member of the London Bullion Market Association and one of fifteen accredited institutions which participate in the London gold fixing. Scotiabank has billed itself as "Canada's most international bank" due to its acquisitions primarily in Latin America and the Caribbean, and also in Europe and parts of Asia. Scotiabank was founded in 1832 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where it was headquartered until relocating to Toronto in 1900.
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The Scotiabank swift code is NOSCCATT and the institution number is 002. With more than 92,001 employees and assets of Can$1,136 billion (according to 2020 annual report), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto ( TSX: BNS) and New York ( NYSE: BNS) exchanges. It serves more than 25 million customers around the world and offers a range of products and services including personal and commercial banking, wealth management, corporate and investment banking. One of Canada's Big Five banks, it is the third largest Canadian bank by deposits and market capitalization. The Bank of Nova Scotia (French: Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse), operating as Scotiabank (French: Banque Scotia), is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.