Scotiabank and Chase Payment Solutions ("Chase"), part of J.P. Morgan Payments, announced today the extension of their long-standing strategic agreement to offer best-in-class merchant service solutions to Canadian small business owners, commercial and corporate clients from coast-to-coast-to-coast.

Through this collaboration, Scotiabank and Chase will provide merchant clients with access to a secure and reliable payments platform that currently processes more than $2 trillion in annual global processing volumes.  This offering is designed to enable Canadian businesses to save time, money and effort with competitive rates, 24/7/365 live bilingual merchant support and end-to-end merchant account services.