National Bank of Canada completes US$1 billion notes offering
What's the deal? National Bank of CanadaDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → (NBC) has completed a US$1 billion notes offering, issuing 4.928% fixed-to-floating rate medium-term notes.
The June 2026 deal was managed by National Bank of Canada Financial, Citigroup, Goldman SachsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, J.P. Morgan, and UBSDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → as joint book-running managers.
It falls under NBC's US$10 billion medium-term note programme. With $618 billion in assets as of April 30, 2026, NBC is one of Canada's six systemically important banks.
Why now? The raise lets NBC tap US debt markets to fund growth across its operations.
The bank runs three Canadian segments — personal and commercial banking, wealth management, and capital markets — plus a US specialty finance and international arm.
The signal: As a mature institution and one of Canada's six systemically important banks, NBC's choice to assemble a syndicate of global heavyweights — Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and UBS — for this US$1 billion raise underscores its ambition to fund growth beyond its domestic base. The deal sits within a US$10 billion medium-term note programme, signalling appetite for further US market issuance to come.
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