Scotiabank User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience39.6% of reviews
Neutral6.9% of reviews
Negative experience53.5% of reviews

~ Based on 1,864 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Scotiabank Safe?

Scotiabank appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Scotiabank is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 19,060 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

94.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 19,060 App Store ratings for Scotiabank.

Is Scotiabank Legit?

Scotiabank appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Scotiabank is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Called tech

Customer service representative was very patient and helpful

Annoying

It would be great if I could check my bank account on my tablet or computer without my phone attached to me. If I wanted to do it on my phone, I would. There is no alternative presented other than verifying by my phone. The app itself is mostly okay but the security needs to give options. If I lose my phone, I no longer have access to my accounts.
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Absolute trash

Absolute trash

Happy but SAD

I love scotia bank but still i can’t move on the fact that i didn’t get my 350 cash back when i open an account! Im qualified but they rejected it so sad.

Probably the worst banking app I’ve ever used.

The UI design is way too overwhelming and needs to be simplified, in the sense that there are too many options on the home page. It should just show the balances in each account and that’s it. I don’t care about seeing ads, scene points, and offers on every single page – that should just be a separate tab altogether. I also hate that this doesn’t show me all of my transactions, or it’s at least hard to find where? It says I don’t have any pending transactions but I know for a fact that I do.
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Brutal login

Terrible hold times. Couldn’t get into my account

Paiement

Je veux payer mon solde à l’aide d’un versement automatique de mon compte d’une autre banque. Impossible de faire ça en ligne ou au téléphone. Il n’y a pas de succursale Scotia près de chez moi. C’est moins compliqué avec les cartes d’autres banques.

Garbage

Get yourself sorted out!

5 star Experience

It was a delightful experience opening my new account. Ms. Leejoy provided exceptional service throughout the process on Golden Mile Toronto Branch. She was professional, knowledgeable, patient, and made everything smooth and easy to understand. I truly appreciate her assistance and excellent customer service. Thank you, Ms. Leejoy, for making this such a pleasant experience!
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Staff not helpful at all and too client unfriendly

Worse bank for business people to deal with

Worst app imaginable

At least 75% of the time you go To use it, it is “undergoing routine service” or just doesn’t work period. It will give me the circle of death never letting me log in. Or “service currently isn’t available, working on getting it going again”. I have a current iPhone and the app is up to current update. Not a me issue. The most frustrating experience when you need to transfer money on the go, and you aren’t able to. Has halted deals buying and selling, etc. Highly considering switching banks just on the inconsistency of their app. Never have had an app be as unreliable as a major banking app. Pathetic…
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Service Down Times are Terrible!

Scotiabank app is the most difficult application. Not to navigate through, but the service updates or the down time. Why doesn’t this company service their apps during the nightly hours while folks are asleep? Why is it that I cannot access my services and my money during the day time when I am required to make purchases or transfer funds etc. it is not only embarrassing but such a huge inconvenience! I am seriously contemplating switching back to my original bank. Never had any app issues with them and could access my money freely!
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App not working?

Have been using it for years and typically have no problems. Today it’s a mess and I can’t get in at all. Tried updating but same issue. Need to get this worked out, Scotia, not a good look

Lowest quality of all major banks

Scotia Bank app as per the subject matter is the worst compared to all other banks I have dealt with. An example you can't export statements as csv, quick books etc on the app or the Web only as a pdf.

An option to directly connect with client care authorized through the app would be a basic standard to raise to.

Calling Scotia call center is an overall terrible experience, centralized customer service has broken the relationship between the branch and clients.
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Useless, unwanted duplication

I just want to use my own computer to do my banking. Fighting with an unused and unwanted phone app is just stupid!

Worst bank app ever

I’ve not come across a more convoluted banking app in all my life. Every time I sign in I’m forced to accept a whole stream of stuff I don’t want or need. So tired of it.

Wtf is always wrong with your app?

Four times out of five, when I try to sign in, all your app does is the app-equivalent of sit and drool, as it vapidly spins the "I'm trying to connect wheel" until it times out. Happens to my partner too, equally consistently.

Our connection is fine - EVERYONE else's apps work no problem. It's not an ISP problem - it does it with Telus, and it does it with Starlink; it's not a VPN issue - On or Off, same nonsense.

It's you - it's your app.

Why can you not fix this?!
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Absolutely terrible .

Can’t believe you charged 45 dollars for account
So many restrictions

Scotiabank conducted a hard credit check for no reason

Yep…

Amazing

Best app out of all the major banks out there.