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Conditions apply. Read more on Scotiabank's website. For first time account holders only.
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1. The Scotiabank $500 Cash Bonus Bundle Offer (the “Offer”) is available between March 4, 2025 and April 30, 2025 (the “Offer Period”) to individuals who open new eligible accounts. Subject to the Offer conditions, eligible clients can:
i) Earn $400 when they open a new Preferred Package or Ultimate Package chequing account and complete certain qualifying transactions.
ii) Earn an additional $100 when they meet the conditions for the $400 bonus and open a new Eligible Registered Account (as defined below) with either The Bank of Nova Scotia or Scotia Securities Inc. (together, “Scotiabank”) and complete certain qualifying transactions.
For the purposes of this Offer, the following Scotia Registered Accounts are defined as “Eligible Registered Accounts”: Scotia Registered Retirement Savings Plans (excluding Spousal RRSPs and locked-in plans such as LIRAs and LRSPs) (each an “RRSP”), Scotia Tax-Free Savings Accounts (each a “TFSA”) and Scotia First Home Savings Accounts (each a “FHSA”). Scotia RRIFs (including locked-in income plans), RESPs, RDSPs, and non-registered Scotia Investment Accounts are not included in the definition and are not eligible for the Offer.
$400 Cash Bonus for Preferred or Ultimate Package Conditions: To qualify for the $400 cash bonus (the “Package Bonus”), you must:
† Click here for a list of eligible direct deposits, pre-authorized transactions and online bill payments. 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 Package Bonus. 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 Package Bonus.
$100 Registered Account Bundle Conditions: To qualify for the $100 cash bonus (the “Registered Bundle Bonus”), you must meet the conditions for the $400 Package Bonus, and:
Eligibility and Exclusions: Individuals who are currently holders of, or who were previously holders within the last two (2) years of, a Scotiabank Chequing Account are not eligible for the Package Bonus. “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. In order to qualify for the Registered Bundle Bonus, the individual cannot have held the same type of Eligible Registered Account (as that opened during the Offer Period) with Scotiabank in the six (6) months preceding the Offer Period. Employees of Scotiabank are also not eligible for these Offers.
General Terms: Provided all Package Bonus conditions outlined above have been met, the Package Bonus will be deposited to the Eligible Chequing Account within approximately nine (9) months from Account open date. Provided all of the Registered Bundle Bonus conditions outlined have been met, the Registered Bundle Bonus will be deposited to your Eligible Registered Account within approximately ten (10) months from the Eligible Registered Account open date. You have 24 months from the date you believe you have fulfilled the applicable Offer conditions to notify us if you have not received the applicable cash bonus so that we may confirm your eligibility. For clients investing in non-Canadian dollar currencies, the investment will be calculated based on Canadian dollar equivalent at the Scotiabank rate on the transaction date to determine eligibility for the offer. The Package Bonus and Registered Bundle Bonus will be paid in Canadian dollars.
For either cash bonus to be fulfilled, the Eligible Chequing Account and the Eligible Registered Account, as applicable, must be open and in good standing until the time of payout of the cash bonus. The Eligible Chequing Account is not in "good standing" if any of the following conditions are not met: (i) it has a negative balance exceeding the authorized overdraft limit, (ii) it has been in continuous overdraft for a period of three consecutive months, or (iii) the Account holder is in breach of the Account agreement with Scotiabank. For purposes of this Offer, an Eligible Registered Account is not in 'good standing' if the account holder is in breach of the Eligible Registered Account’s client account agreement.
This Offer is non-transferable and may not be duplicated. Limit of one (1) Package Bonus and one (1) Registered Bundle Bonus per client (total bonus of up to $500), regardless of the number of Eligible Chequing Accounts or Eligible Registered Accounts opened. If more than one (1) Eligible Chequing Account is opened, only the first Eligible Chequing Account opened will be eligible for the Package Bonus.
If more than one (1) Eligible Registered Account is opened, only the first Eligible Registered Account that fulfilled the Registered Bundle Bonus Offer conditions will be eligible for the Registered Bundle Bonus. If two (2) Eligible Registered Accounts fulfill on the same day, the Registered Bundle Bonus will be paid into only one of the Eligible Registered Account(s) in the following order: (1) Eligible TFSA, then (2) Eligible FHSA, then (3) Eligible RRSP. For joint Eligible Chequing Accounts, only one (1) Package Bonus will be applied to the primary account holder’s Eligible Chequing Account and only the primary holder of the Eligible Chequing Account is eligible to receive the Registered Bundle Bonus.
All rates, fees, features and benefits are subject to change. This Offer may be changed, cancelled or extended at any time without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers, except the Scotiabank Registered Account Welcome Offer. All other terms and conditions of the Eligible Chequing Accounts and Eligible Registered Accounts continue to apply – please refer to the Day-to-Day Banking Companion Booklet or Investment Companion Booklet, as applicable. All rates, fees, features and benefits are subject to change.
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