TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - April 29, 2016) - Scotiabank customers can now communicate with the Bank via Facebook Messenger, to receive timely responses to their banking questions. This is another example of how Scotiabank is evolving its services to meet the needs and wants of its customers.

Representatives will be responding to messages, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and weekends, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern time.

Learn more about Scotiabank via the Bank's social channels.

Twitter: @ScotiabankViews
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About Scotiabank

Scotiabank is Canada's international bank and a leading financial services provider in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Central America, and Asia-Pacific. We are dedicated to helping our 23 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 89,000 employees and assets of $920 billion (as at January 31, 2016), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (TSX: BNS) and New York Exchanges (NYSE: BNS). Scotiabank distributes the Bank's media releases using Marketwired. For more information, please visit www.scotiabank.com and follow us on Twitter @ScotiabankViews.

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