The new concept retail branch has been designed to support the customer’s ‘life events’ such as buying a home or saving for retirement, offering services to assist clients make sound financial decisions.

Launch of the Upper Tantallon store marks the sixth of its kind in Halifax, while the lender currently manages 18 stores in the Halifax Regional Municipality and 114 across Atlantic Canada.

Equipped with interactive technology to assists customers to get answers to the financial queries, the new store allows clients to ask questions or gather information on their own and get personal bespoke advice.

The branch also provides a team of small business bankers, commercial bankers, financial, investment and retirement planners, and mortgage specialists to help customers with their banking requirements.

In Canada, the bank manages more than 1,200 branches and 4,227 ATMs and caters personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, investor services and wholesale banking on a global basis.