TORONTO, Nov. 6, 2018
/CNW/ - Scotiabank is proud to have been named 2018 Bank of the
Year by LatinFinance for excellence in retail, commercial
and investment banking services for Latin
America and the Caribbean.
Scotiabank is the first Canadian bank to ever receive the Bank
of the Year award from LatinFinance. The Bank was recognized
for its, "overall strategy, volume and diversity of transactions;
innovation and foresight; execution quality and success of
transactions; role in particularly complex, innovative or large
deals over the years; and quantity of transactions worked on over
the year, and compared to previous years," according to
LatinFinance.
"We are honoured to have been recognized by LatinFinance
as the 2018 Bank of the Year and would like to thank our customers
for their loyalty and our employees for their hard work and
dedication to providing an excellent customer experience," said
Ignacio (Nacho) Deschamps, Group Head of International Banking and
Digital Transformation at Scotiabank. "This award recognizes
Scotiabank for our long history in Latin
America as well as our new acquisitions that add scale in
the important markets we serve, especially in the Pacific Alliance
countries."
The Bank of the Year is chosen by an editorial panel that
reviews financial data and research, considers quantitative and
qualitative factors, and weighs analyst opinion. Winners will be
honoured at an Awards Ceremony in New
York City on December 4, 2018
to celebrate LatinFinance's 30th anniversary.
LatinFinance is the leading source of intelligence on the
financial markets and economies of Latin America and the
Caribbean, and has covered banking
and capital markets in the region for more than 25 years.
It also provides detailed transaction pipelines, underwriting
and advisory league tables, polls and awards.
About Scotiabank
Scotiabank is Canada's
international bank and a leading financial services provider in the
Americas. We are dedicated to helping our 25 million customers
become better off through a broad range of advice, products and
services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth
management and private banking, corporate and investment banking,
and capital markets. With a team of more than 96,000 employees and
assets of $947 billion (as at
July 31, 2018), Scotiabank trades on
the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: BNS) and New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE: BNS). For more information, please visit www.scotiabank.com
and follow us on Twitter @ScotiabankViews.
SOURCE Scotiabank