BNS vs BRBS

Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3

The Bank of Nova Scotia provides various banking products and services in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, the Caribbean and Central America, and internationally. It operates through Canadian Banking, International Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Global Wealth Management segments. The company offers financial advice and solutions, and day-to-day banking products, including debit and credit cards, chequing and saving accounts, investments, mortgages, loans, and insurance to individuals; and business banking solutions comprising lending, deposit, cash management, and trade finance solutions to small businesses and commercial customers, including automotive financing solutions to dealers and their customers. It also provides wealth management advice and solutions, including online brokerage, mobile investment, full-service brokerage, trust, private banking, and private investment counsel services; and retail mutual funds, exchange traded funds, liquid alternative funds, and institutional funds. In addition, the company offers international banking services for retail, corporate, and commercial customers; and lending and transaction, investment banking advisory, and capital markets access services to corporate customers. Further, it provides Internet, mobile, and telephone banking services. The company operates a network of 952 branches and approximately 3,540 automated banking machines in Canada; and approximately 1,400 branches, 5,200 ATMs, and 22 contact centers internationally. The Bank of Nova Scotia was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc.

Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for the Blue Ridge Bank, National Association that provides commercial and consumer banking, and financial services. Its deposit products include checking, savings, money market, cash management, investment, and individual retirement accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company's loan portfolio comprises commercial and industrial loans, such as small business and small business administration, asset-based, and other secured and unsecured loans and lines of credit; automobile lending, home improvement loans, and other unsecured personal loans; and mortgage loans on real estate, home equity loans, construction loans, residential and commercial mortgages, home equity loans, consumer installment loans, and insurance products. It also provides commercial banking services, such as wire services, direct deposit, remote deposit, and other commercial lending products. In addition, the company offers online banking, telephone banking, mobile banking, electronic statement, and payroll processing services. It operates through branches in Charlottesville, Drakes Branch, Culpeper, Fredericksburg, Gordonsville, Harrisonburg, Luray, Martinsville, Mineral, Orange, Shenandoah, Stuart, and Zion Crossroads, Virginia; and the Carolina State Bank in Greensboro, North Carolina, as well as mortgage offices in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and Florida. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.