BMO, part of BMO Financial Group, is one of the largest financial institutions in North America by assets and Canada's oldest bank, with a heritage dating to 1817. It employs tens of thousands of professionals across the United States and Canada, serving millions of customers across personal banking, commercial banking, wealth management, capital markets, asset management, and global markets.
The bank's commercial and capital markets operations span a broad range of clients - from small businesses and mid-market companies to large corporations - offering lending, advisory, global markets solutions, and cross-border capabilities that connect the Canadian and U.S. economies. Its wealth and asset management businesses provide investment products and advisory services to individual and institutional clients.
BMO places considerable emphasis on risk management, governance, and ethics as operating principles. The organisation also runs active initiatives in sustainable finance, diversity and inclusion, and community development, framing these as central to its stated purpose of helping clients and communities make measurable financial progress.