Preferred Package

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Foreign currency exchange rates apply. For Ultimate Package customers and customers onboarded as a part of the Scotiabank StartRight® Program, we do not charge a service fee for the transfer, however, foreign currency exchange rates apply.

The Ultimate Package monthly account fee is waived if a minimum daily closing balance of $5,000 is maintained for the entire month in the Ultimate Package. If the monthly balance of the Ultimate Package account is less than the daily minimum of $5,000 but has a combined minimum daily closing balance of $30,000 across the Ultimate Package account and MomentumPLUS Savings Account(s) for the entire month, the monthly account fee of the Ultimate Package account will be charged then rebated within the first 10 business days of the following month. The account must have sufficient funds to cover any fees, including the monthly fee. The account balance of one (1) Ultimate Package Account plus more than one (1) MomentumPLUS Savings Account(s) qualifies to pay no monthly fees on one (1) Ultimate Package account. Account holders of the Ultimate Package who are also account holders of the MomentumPLUS Savings Account(s) qualify.

$300 Cash Offer Conditions: To qualify for the $300 cash offers (each an “Offer”, collectively the “Offers), you must:

• Open a new Ultimate Package or new Preferred Package (each an “Eligible Account”) by January 28, 2021; and
• Complete two (2) of the following three (3) activities in your Eligible Account within 60 days of Eligible Account opening:
• Make at least one (1) eligible online bill payment of at least $50 through the Scotiabank Mobile App or through Scotia OnLine, or
• Set up a minimum of two (2) separate eligible recurring pre-authorized transactions† with a minimum value of at least $50 per transaction which will each recur monthly for a minimum of three (3) consecutive months and the transactions clear, or
• Set up an eligible recurring direct deposit† which will recur monthly for a minimum of three (3) consecutive months and the transactions clear.

^†Click here for a list of direct deposits, pre-authorized transactions and online bill payments eligible for the Offers.

Notwithstanding a transaction may be included in these lists, certain exclusions may still apply and Scotiabank reserves the right to modify these lists and to determine whether a specific direct deposit, pre-authorized transaction or bill payment is eligible for the Offers.

Fund transfers initiated to other Scotiabank accounts (one time or recurring, e.g. credit card or savings account), to chequing or savings accounts held at other financial institutions, or to payment processing firms, are not eligible for the Offers.

Eligibility and Exclusions: Individuals who are currently holders of a Scotiabank Chequing Account are not eligible for the Offers.

Individuals who were previously holders of a Scotiabank Chequing Account within the last two (2) years are not eligible for the Offers.

“Scotiabank Chequing Account” means any of the following accounts: Ultimate Package, Preferred Package, Scotia One Account, Basic Plus Bank Account, Basic Banking Plan, Basic Bank Account, Momentum Chequing, Power Chequing, Scotia One Service, Scotia Value, Student Banking Advantage Plan.

Employees of Scotiabank are also not eligible for the Offers.

General Terms: The $300 cash bonus will be deposited to the primary account holder’s Eligible Account, within two (2) months following the satisfaction of the Offer conditions outlined above. The Eligible Account must be open and in good standing until the time of payout of the cash bonus. The Eligible Account is not in "good standing" if:

• It has a negative balance exceeding the authorized overdraft limit, or
• If it has been in continuous overdraft for a period of three (3) consecutive months.

These Offers are non-transferable and may not be duplicated. Limit of one (1) Offer per customer, regardless of the number of Eligible Accounts opened. If more than one (1) Eligible Account is opened, the Offer awarded will be based on the first Eligible Account opened. For joint accounts, only one (1) cash bonus Offer will be applied to the primary account holder’s Eligible Account. All rates, fees, features and benefits are subject to change. Offers may be changed, cancelled or extended at any time without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers.

Additional fees apply for shared ABM services, cross-border debit transactions and other banking services not included in the chequing account package.

Accountholders who add Overdraft Protection to their account will have the $5.00 Overdraft Protection fee automatically waived when the account is overdrawn. Interest will remain to be payable on overdrawn balances, calculated daily at 21% (per annum) and charged monthly. The account must have a positive balance at least once every 30 days. A $5.00 handling fee will be charged for each item that is paid while the account is overdrawn more than the authorized limit. Subject to approval.

If you open an Ultimate Package account (the “Account”), on or after the date you open the Account (“Account Open Date”) you will receive an annual fee waiver (“Annual Fee Waiver”), each year for as long as you have one eligible Scotiabank Credit Card account (an “Eligible Card”) and the Account. You will receive the Annual Fee Waiver, even if you opened an Eligible Card prior to the Account Open Date. Eligible Cards are the Scotiabank Gold American Express, Scotiabank Passport^™ Visa Infinite^*, Scotia Momentum^® Visa Infinite and Scotiabank Value^® Visa^* credit cards. Eligible Cards are subject to change. Each Account will only receive one Annual Fee Waiver regardless of the number of accountholders on the Account or Eligible Cards opened. The Annual Fee Waiver will be applied to the first annual fee for a primary Card charged on an Eligible Card after the Account Open Date. If there is more than one Eligible Card after the Account Open Date, the Annual Fee Waiver will be applied only to the first annual fee for a primary card that is charged on an Eligible Card after the Account Open Date. All other fees and charges applicable to the Eligible Card continue to apply. Annual Fee Waiver will not be applied if your Account or Eligible Card is not open or is not in good standing and cannot be combined with any other annual fee waiver offer. Current annual fees, rates and other features for Eligible Cards are subject to change.

The Ultimate Package account includes non-Scotiabank Interac^⁺ ABM cash withdrawals in Canada and cash withdrawals at non-Scotiabank Visa^* or PLUS^* ABMs within and outside of Canada. Account holders may still be charged a convenience fee by the other bank and ABM operator, not by Scotiabank.

Ultimate Package account holders receive an additional 0.10% annually added to the annual Regular Interest Rate of any Momentum^PLUS Savings Account (the “0.10% Interest Rate Boost”) held by the Ultimate Package account holders. It will take 10 business days after opening an Ultimate Package account for the 0.10% Interest Rate Boost to apply to Momentum^PLUS Savings Account(s). The 0.10% Interest Rate Boost will cease to apply effective the Ultimate Package closing date. The Regular Interest Rate plus the 0.10% Interest Rate Boost is calculated daily on the Momentum^PLUS Savings Account(s) closing balance and paid monthly. Refer to the Current Rates Page on Scotiabank.com for current interest rates, which are subject to change at any time without advance notice.

Ultimate Package holders will receive Ultimate Package GIC interest rates (“Ultimate Package GIC Rates”) on Long Term Non-Redeemable GICs with terms between 1 and 10 years, excluding Special Rate GICs, Market Linked GICs and Guaranteed Income Optimizer GICs. The Ultimate Package GIC Rates are subject to change without notice. For the latest Ultimate Package GIC Rates, contact your branch or call 1-800-4-SCOTIA.

Interest is accrued daily on your GIC from the issue date up to, but not including, the maturity date. For Scotiabank GICs that pay interest during their term (monthly, semi-annually or annually) the last interest payment is paid at maturity.

Account holders who have a Scotia iTRADE account (except for corporate and non-personal Scotia iTRADE accounts) qualify to be credited with the commissions associated with their first 10 online commissionable trades of equities, options, debentures ($24.99 per debenture trade) or ETFs (“Eligible Securities”) placed across all account holder(s)’ Scotia iTRADE accounts within the calendar year when they open the Ultimate Package account. In the second calendar year and thereafter, account holders qualify to be credited with the commissions associated with their first 5 online commissionable trades of Eligible Securities placed across all their Scotia iTRADE accounts during each year. Both the Ultimate Package account and Scotia iTRADE accounts must be in good standing on the last day of every month. Credits will be applied to the account holder’s non-registered Scotia iTRADE account, and, in its absence, to the account holder’s registered Scotia iTRADE account in CAD currency (converted from USD to CAD for trades executed in USD, using the applicable foreign exchange rate) within the first 10 business days of the month following the trades. To be eligible, the primary or joint account holder of the Ultimate Package account can be either the primary or joint account holder of the Scotia iTRADE account. Credits will appear as $4.99 or $9.99 per trade depending on the account trading activity: standard commissions are $9.99, if more than 150 trades are placed per quarter commissions are valued at $4.99 per trade, debenture commissions are valued at $24.99 per trade. Trades executed by a Trading Authority in the Scotia iTRADE account are also eligible. To qualify for you must not be in a disallowed debit position in your Scotia iTRADE accounts and not have any outstanding margin calls due in your Scotia iTRADE accounts. No cash redemption value. Free trades are limited to one per client. Only one account holder per each joint Ultimate Package account will be entitled to receive the credits for 10 or 5 free trades, as applicable, into their Scotia iTRADE account.

Scene^®* ScotiaCard^® debit card: Earn 1 SCENE point for every $5 you spend on debit purchase transactions including Interac Flash and Visa Debit transactions from an eligible account using your Scene ScotiaCard debit card. Other conditions and limitations apply. Visit www.scotiabank.com/scene for complete details. General information: A card must be connected to a SCENE membership in order to earn and redeem SCENE points. SCENE points accumulated using a card will be updated within 2-3 days. SCENE points can only be redeemed at participating Cineplex Entertainment theatres, or online at www.scene.ca for other points offers (or rewards). Passport ScotiaCard debit card: Earn 1 Scotia Reward Point for every $5 you spend on debit purchase transactions including Interac Flash and Visa Debit transactions from an eligible account using your Passport ScotiaCard Debit Card. Other conditions and limitation apply. Visit scotiarewards.com for complete details.

The Ultimate Package qualifies for unlimited Canadian and U.S. dollar drafts. Account must be in good standing.

If you open a Preferred Package account (the “Account”), on or after the date you open the Account (the “Account Open Date”), you will receive an annual fee waiver for the first year only (the “First Year Annual Fee Waiver”) on one eligible Scotiabank Credit Card account (an “Eligible Card”) opened on or after the Account Open Date. Eligible Cards are the Scotiabank Gold American Express, Scotiabank Passport^™ Visa Infinite^*, Scotia Momentum^® Visa Infinite and Scotiabank Value^® Visa^* credit cards. Eligible Cards are subject to change. Each Account can only receive one First Year Annual Fee Waiver regardless of the number of accountholders on the Account or Eligible Cards opened. The First Year Annual Fee Waiver will be applied to the first annual fee for a primary card charged on an Eligible Card after the Account Open Date. If there is more than one Eligible Card opened after the Account Open Date, the First Year Annual Fee Waiver will be applied only to the first annual fee for a primary card that is charged on an Eligible Card after the Account Open Date. This First Year Annual Fee Waiver is only available for new Eligible Cards opened on or after the Account Open Date. Current or previous cardholders of an Eligible Card or cardholders that transfer to an Eligible Card on or after the Account Open Date will not receive the First Year Annual Fee Waiver. All other fees and charges applicable to the Eligible Card continue to apply. First Year Annual Fee Waiver will not be applied if the Account or Eligible Card is not open or is not in good standing and cannot be combined with any other annual fee waiver offer. Current annual fees, rates and other features for Eligible Cards are subject to change.

The Preferred Package account includes 1 free non-Scotiabank Interac^⁺ ABM cash withdrawal within Canada per month. Access fee for each subsequent cash withdrawal at non-Scotiabank Interac^⁺ ABMs will be charged $1.50 per withdrawal. Each cash withdrawal from non-Scotiabank Visa^* or PLUS^* ABMs will be charged $3.00 in Canada and the U.S. and $5.00 outside of Canada and the U.S. Account holders may still be charged a convenience fee by the other bank and ABM operator, not by Scotiabank.

Preferred Package account holders receive an additional 0.05% annually added to the annual Regular Interest Rate of any Momentum^PLUS Savings Account (the “0.05% Interest Rate Boost”) held by the Preferred Package account holders. It will take 10 business days after opening a Preferred Package account for the 0.05% Interest Rate Boost to apply. The 0.05% Interest Rate Boost will cease to apply effective the Preferred Package closing date. The Regular Interest Rate plus the 0.05% Interest Rate Boost is calculated daily on the Momentum^PLUS Savings Account(s) closing balance and paid monthly. Refer to the Current Rates Page on Scotiabank.com for current interest rates, which are subject to change at any time without advance notice.

Preferred Package account holders will receive Preferred Package GIC interest rates (“Preferred Package GIC Rates”) on Long Term Non-Redeemable GICs with terms between 1 and 10 years, excluding Special Rate GICs, Market Linked GICs and Guaranteed Income Optimizer GICs. The Preferred Package GIC Rates are subject to change without notice. For the latest Preferred Package GIC Rates, contact your branch or call 1-800-4-SCOTIA. Interest is accrued daily on your GIC from the issue date up to, but not including, the maturity date. For Scotiabank GICs that pay interest during their term (monthly, semi-annually or annually) the last interest payment is paid at maturity.

The primary account holder of the Ultimate Package qualifies for a monthly account fee waiver on a Basic Plus Bank Account. The primary account holder on the Ultimate Package account can be either the primary or joint account holder on the Basic Plus Bank Account. If the primary account holder of the Ultimate Package had a Basic Plus Bank Account prior to opening a new Ultimate Package the fee waiver will apply to the bill cycle following the activation of the Ultimate Package. Limit of one (1) Basic Plus Bank Account per Ultimate Package account. Both accounts must be in good standing.

Subject to availability. Upon activation, the primary account holder of the Ultimate Package account who gets a safety deposit box will receive a $55.00 fee waiver (value of a small safety deposit box) applied annually as long as the account is in good standing. Limit of one (1) annual waiver per Ultimate Package account.

Package recommendations are provided for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as financial, investment or other advice. All recommendations are based on the information you provide and Scotiabank’s current product and service offerings. Terms and conditions apply to all packages and benefits displayed and should be reviewed carefully. All rates, fees, features, reward programs, bonus offers and benefits and related terms and conditions are subject to change. Please visit your nearest branch or call [1-800-472-6842] to speak with a Scotiabank representative.

The primary account holder of the Ultimate Package qualifies for a monthly account fee waiver on a Scotia^® U.S. Dollar Daily Interest Account. The primary account holder on the Ultimate Package account can be either the primary or joint account holder on the Scotia^® U.S. Dollar Daily Interest Account. If the primary account holder of the Ultimate Package had a Scotia^® U.S. Dollar Daily Interest Account prior to activating an Ultimate Package the fee waiver will apply to the bill cycle following the activation of the Ultimate Package. Both accounts must be in good standing. Limit of one (1) Scotia^® U.S. Dollar Daily Interest Account per Ultimate Package account.

The account qualifies for one (1) book of 100 personalized cheques per year per account. Account must be in good standing.

Scotiabank StartRight® Program created for Canadian Permanent Residents from 0-3 years in Canada, Investor Immigrants and Foreign Workers.

Offer eligibility: To qualify for the 1-Year No Monthly Account Fee Offer (the “Offer”), open a new Preferred Package account under the StartRight® Program (the “Account”). [Employees of The Bank of Nova Scotia (“Scotiabank”) and individuals who are currently or were previously holders/ joint holders of a Scotiabank chequing account within the last 2 years are not eligible for this Offer]

How this Offer Works:  During  the first 12months, your monthly Account fee will be waived and will not appear as a charge on your Account. The Account must be open and in good standing at the time of the waiver. All applicable service charges on the Account will continue to be applied monthly. After the first 12 months, you will begin to see the monthly Account fee charged to your Account unless you maintain a minimum daily closing balance of $4,000, in which case the monthly Account fee will be waived per the Account terms and conditions.

This Offer is non-transferable and cannot be combined with any other offers. Maximum one Offer per customer. All rates, fees, features and benefits are subject to change.  Offer may be changed, cancelled, or extended at any time without notice.

The primary account holder of the Preferred Package qualifies for a monthly account fee waiver on a Scotia^® U.S. Dollar Daily Interest Account. The primary account holder on the Preferred Package account can be either the primary or joint account holder on the Scotia^® U.S. Dollar Daily Interest Account to qualify. If the primary account holder of the Preferred Package had a Scotia^® U.S. Dollar Daily Interest Account prior to activating a Preferred Package the fee waiver will apply to the bill cycle following the activation of the Preferred Package. Limit of one (1) Scotia^® U.S. Dollar Daily Interest Account per Preferred Package account. Both accounts must be in good standing.