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It is also a member of:. The card was released to teach young girls how to shop. BNS is a member of the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) and registered member with the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC), a federal agency insuring deposits at all of Canada's chartered banks. Since 2004 the little cat has been featured on a MasterCard debit card from Legend Credit Inc. Waugh. On USA television, the American-produced Hello Kitty and Friends aired 13 episodes on CBS in 1991. Ashleigh Everett, John Kerr, Michael Kirby, Laurent Lemaire, John Mayberry, Barbara McDougall, Elizabeth Parr-Johnston, Arthur Scace, Gerald Schwartz, Allan Shaw, Paul Sobey, Barbara Thomas, and Richard E. It was first released in English in November 2002.

Chen, N. Hello Kitty's Paradise ran for 16 episodes between 1993 and 1994. Current members of the board of directors of Scotiabank are: Ronald Brenneman, C.J. On Japanese television, Hello Kitty (and pals) have starred in at least one anime series of their own. Scotiabank considers itself to be Canada's most international bank with over 2000 branches in 50 countries. Several Hello Kitty cartoons/animes targeted towards young children have been produced. The bank employs over 49,000 employees all over the globe including Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. These are some of them:.

In 2005, Scotiabank services over 10 million customers and has over 286 billion dollars in assets. Several electronic games have been produced where Kitty appears as the main character. Scotiabank has four divisions:. She is now a phenomenon adorning over 22,000 products and accounting for half of Sanrio's $1 billion yearly revenue. The Bank has amalgamated with several other Canadian financial institutions through the years:. The very first product bearing Hello Kitty's image was a small clear vinyl coin purse which sold for 240 yen (today, roughly US$2.27, or €1.77). In 1892, the Bank of Nova Scotia became the first Canadian bank to establish in Newfoundland -- 55 years before the colony joined Confederation. Though a large proportion of the merchandise are stationery products, other goods range from foods and clothing to computers and cars, and in Japan, its popularity has penetrated every aspect of Japanese daily life.

In Canada, the Bank was represented in all of the Maritime Provinces, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. Although originally aimed at the pre-adolescent female market, the Hello Kitty logo now adorns almost every product that one can imagine to have its logo on it. By 1900, The Bank of Nova Scotia had opened 38 branches across Canada, the United States and Jamaica. Singer Lisa Loeb has admitted to being a fan, and has even dedicated a whole album in homage to Hello Kitty, called Hello Lisa. The Manitoba branch later closed but the experience of doing business in a grain-town encouraged the Bank to expand into the American Midwest, including Minneapolis and Chicago. Many American celebrities have contributed to the character's popularity: Mariah Carey, Cameron Diaz, Heidi Klum, Steven Tyler, Carmen Electra, Mandy Moore, and Nicky Hilton have all been spotted with Hello Kitty goods. The expansion was limited to the Maritime Provinces until 1882, when the bank moved west by opening a branch in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Hello Kitty was once featured in an advertising campaign of the retail chain Target.

Founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1832, the bank launched its branch banking system by opening in Windsor, Nova Scotia. Now products featuring the character can be found in virtually any American department store. . She really came to her own during the late 1990s when several celebrities such as Mariah Carey adopted her as a fashion statement. It is the third largest bank in Canada, behind Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank. children's ambassador for UNICEF since 1983. Scotiabank (TSX: BNS NYSE: BNS), formally known as The Bank of Nova Scotia, is one of Canada's Big Six banks. Hello Kitty has been marketed in the United States from the beginning and has held the position of U.S.

NYCE ATM Network. It has also been noted that the character shows a resemblance to the character Miffy, designed in 1955 by Dick Bruna and that the line drawing style is not original. Plus Network for VISA card users. There has been some suggestion that Hello Kitty has its origins in Maneki Neko, and that the name Hello Kitty itself is a translation of Maneki Neko, which means beckoning cat in English. VISA International. Rarer variations feature other accessories such as strings of flowers. Interac. Hello Kitty usually wears a bow beneath her left ear but she can often be seen with a five petal flower instead.

Vanneste, Executive Vice-President and Chief Auditor. The current designer, Yuko Yamaguchi, explains that the lack is so that she expresses no emotion. Luc A. The official answer from Sanrio as to why Hello Kitty has no mouth (see external links below) is that she speaks from the heart, in no one particular language. Tim Hayward, Executive Vice-President and Chief Administrative Officer International Banking. She has all the normal facial features except she has no mouth. Alexander, Executive Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary. Like most Sanrio characters, Hello Kitty is drawn in a cute style (see: Kawaii).

Deborah M. Charmmy Kitty was given to Hello Kitty by her father, George White and boyfriend Dear Daniel. Marwah, Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Charmmy resembles Hello Kitty but has more cat-like features. Sarabjit S. Since 2004 she has even had a pet cat of her own called Charmmy Kitty, and a pet hamster called Sugar. Brooks, Senior Executive Vice-President, Treasury and Operations. Hello Kitty's fictional world includes a whole array of friends and family members.

Robert L. When Hello Kitty's boyfriend "Dear Daniel" was created in 1999, designers took his name from the 1971 film, Melody, which starred Mark Lester as a character called Daniel, and features songs by the Bee Gees. David Wilson, Vice-Chairman Scotiabank and Chairman and CEO, Scotia Capital. Kitty's name came from one of the cats that Alice kept in the book Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. W. Hello Kitty was given an English pedigree because British culture was popular with Japanese girls at the time of her creation. Chisholm, Vice-Chairman, Scotiabank, and President and CEO, Domestic Banking and Wealth Management. who still holds the position.

Robert W. The second designer, Setsuko Yonekubo, took over for five years until 1980 when the task was given to Yuko Yamaguchi. Waugh, President and Chief Executive Officer. Shimizu left the company about a year later. Richard E. Hello Kitty was originally created by Sanrio designer Ikuko Shimizu in 1974. 2005 - "Bank of the Year" - For Mexico, the Caribbean and in Jamaica by Latin Finance (magazine) [1]. .

e-Commerce/e-Banking at Scotiabank manages wire transfers and payments. Copyrighted in 1976, Hello Kitty is now a globally known trademark. Scotiabank's marketing material claims it is the leading provider of financial services in the Caribbean, and that it has the broadest Asian network of any Canadian bank. It is presented as a personified white cat, with the most distinctive feature being a bow or some other decoration on her left ear. International Banking is the merchant banking division, assisting its customers with international trade. Hello Kitty (ハローキティ Harōkiti) is one of the many fictional characters produced by the Japanese company Sanrio, and has long been the most popular one out of the company's characters. The Canadian investment banking division is known as ScotiaMcLeod (formerly known as McLeod, Young and Weir), and metals trading is done under the name of ScotiaMocatta. Very close to her twin sister Mimmy.

Scotia Capital Inc. is the investment banking division, which helps large corporations, institutions, and governments obtain capital and credit. Description: A bright and kind-hearted kitten, good at baking cookies and loves Mama's apple pie. Their brokerage unit is called the Wealth Management Group. Best school subjects: English, music, visual arts, and pie eating. It offers telephone, wireless and Internet banking. Collects: Small cute things like sweets, stars, goldfish, etc. It includes 960 branches , 2,400 ABMs, and 4 call centres. Favorite word: "Friendship".

Domestic Banking is the commercial banking division, offering savings and loan services. mum or Mary). Favorite food: Apple pie made by Mama (A.K.A. Good at: Baking cookies. Weight: That of three shiny apples.

Height: That of five apples. Place of birth: Suburban London. Blood type: A (Negative). Birthday: November 1, 1974.

Name: Kitty White. Occasionally the phrase "What the Hello Kitty" is heard as a euphemism for "What the hell". The yowling noises from within suggests that they were made from real cats. On the episode "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" of the TV series The Simpsons, the family travels to Japan and passes by the Hello Kitty merchandise factory.

A merging of Sanrio characters with the Cthulhu Mythos results in the webcomic, Hello Cthulhu [1]. Hello Kitty no Ohanabatake, a Hello Kitty's Flower Shop (Famicom). Hello Kitty World (Famicom). Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue (Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox).

Hello Kitty: Happy Party Pals (Nintendo Game Boy Advance, THQ / Webfoot Technologies).