TORONTO, Oct. 14, 2020 /CNW/ - Scotiabank today is further updating the amounts outstanding under its COVID-19-related customer assistance programs, as at September 30, 2020.

"Our customer assistance programs have provided the necessary time and flexibility to allow our customers to successfully manage their finances," said Daniel Moore, Scotiabank's Chief Risk Officer. "Our deferral balances have declined substantially as expected while our customers continue to make their payments on time after their deferrals have expired. This highlights the strong underlying credit quality of our lending portfolio." Active deferral exposure was approximately 5.3% of total loans as of September 30, 2020.

The updated disclosure is available on the Bank's Investor Relations website.

Key highlights (as at September 30, 2020):

• Canadian Retail: $16.4 billion of active deferral exposure, down from $39.0 billion as of August 31, 2020. Active deferral exposure includes: mortgages of $15.1 billion, auto loans of $1.1 billion, credit cards of $50 million, and other personal loans of $125 million. Of deferrals which have expired, 98.0% of customers remain current on their payments.
• For customers whose mortgage deferrals have expired, 99.0% are current on their payments. For customers with active mortgage deferrals, approximately 40% are insured while the balance of uninsured mortgages has a weighted average FICO score of 762.
• 90.0% of Canadian Personal Loan deferrals were for auto loans, reflecting Scotiabank's leading market share in automotive lending, and 93.5% of customers whose personal loan deferrals have expired remain current on their payments.
• International Retail: $8.5 billion of active deferral exposure, down from $12 billion as of August 31, 2020. 91.2% of international retail customers remain current on their payments on deferrals that have expired.
• Commercial and Small Business:
• Canada: $1.1 billion of active deferral exposure, down from $1.6 billion as of August 31, 2020.
• International: $6.6 billion of active deferral exposure, down from $7.5 billion as of August 31, 2020.

A further update will be provided as part of Scotiabank's Q4 2020 earnings release.

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SOURCE Scotiabank