Bank of Montreal

See also: bmo

The Bank of Montreal (; ) known as bmo Groups financial is an financial institution which was founded in 1817, which makes the oldest Canadian bank of it. The current name of the Bank is bmo Groups financial .

Its president and chief of the direction are Bill Downe. The president of the council is David A. Galloway.

The bank has 1.100 branches through the Canada.

History

The first branch opened its doors on November 3rd 1817 on the Rue Saint-Paul with Montreal. It was used as central bank in Canada to the foundation of the Banque of Canada in 1935. It took share with the financing of the transcontinental Railroad Canadian in the Années 1880.

Fusions

With:
  • Commercial Bank off Canada (1868)
  • Exchange Bank off Yarmouth (1903)
  • People' S Bank off Halifax with Halifax (1905)
  • People' S Bank off New Brunswick (1907)
  • Bank off British North America (1918)
  • Merchants Bank off Canada (1922)
  • Molsons Bank (1925)

Founders

  • John Richardson (about 1754 - 1831)
  • Horatio Spoil (1777 - 1834)
  • George Moffat (1787 - 1865)
  • Robert Armor (1781 - 1857)
  • George Garden (about 1772 - 1828)
  • Thomas A. Turner (1775? - 1834)
  • James Leslie (1786 - 1873)
  • John C. Bush (? - 1859)
  • Augustin Cuvillier ((1779 - 1849)

Some presidents

John Gray (1817 - 1820) Horatio Spoil (1832 - 1834 Richard B. Angus (1910 - 1913) H. Vincent Meredith (1913 - 1927) William D. Mulholland (1974 - 1987) Matthew W. Barrett (1987 - 1990) F. Anthony Comper (1990-2007) Bill Downe (since March 1st, 2007)

Head office

Although the head office is still on the street Saint-Jacob with Montreal, the majority of the activities of direction of the bank, since 1977, are based with Toronto, the First Canadian Place , higher building commercial in Canada. The quoted reasons sometimes milked with the Québécois Nationalisme, for example in.

See too

  • Interac
  • List of the Canadian banks

External bonds

  • bmo Banks of Montreal

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