12:02 PM EST - Scotiabank : In an effort to support those populations and communities most at risk during the COVID-19 outbreak, announced it has committed $2.5 million to community response efforts across its footprint. Scotiabank will support the efforts of several community partners, most notably through donations of: $1.2 million to empower our regional teams to support local charities that are working very hard to address the most urgent community needs; $400,000 to the United Way's COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund; $150,000 to select academic partners working on rapidly scalable COVID-19 healthcare innovations. Scotiabank
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