Laurentian Bank a buy and hold? | Investing | Discussion forum

Laurentian bank formerly LBC Digital/B2B bank has started new HISA, Credit card and Chequing accounts across Canada, opening it's doors to the rest of the world outside of Quebec. Seems like a strategy to become a National level bank although reading about their history I am not surprised they are so late. I recently signed up for their HISA account as they seem to have one of the best base rates for HISA (3%) and the signup process was genuinely way better than their old glitchy websites.
Here's the new link: https://www.laurentianbank.ca/en/personal/accounts/high-interest-savings?utm_source=exp

I want to invest a good chunk into Canadian bank stocks and I have been following Laurentian, HSBC, EQ, NBC for quite some time now (don't want to invest my money in Big 5 so only focused on smaller banks) and although EQ, NBC and HSBC are way ahead in the game, recently I am seeing tremendous improvements in Laurentian's digital infrastructure( Their website, products, mobile app, advertisements) so wondering if this bank could be a better buy for higher long term profits than EQ, NBC or HSBC.