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The Bank of Montreal (BMO) headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Rising rates are expanding Canadian banks' net interest margin, but a flatter and inverted yield curve limits upside, and a peak may come in 2023. Photographer: Della Rollins/Bloomberg

Bank of Montreal is deploying AI to improve customer experience and grow digital sales of its products to gain market ...

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Movers and shakers: Green Dot appoints Caine to head BaaS

byWhitney McDonaldand1 others

May 31, 2024

Digital bank and fintech Green Dot has appointed Renata Caine as the general manager of its banking-as-a-service division. “BaaS will ...

Banks and investment firms have been less vocal about their climate efforts after Republicans have spent more than two years attacking the environmental, social and governance strategy that the finance industry embraced. Photographer: Chloe Ellingson/Bloomberg

BMO leans into cloud modernization, AI in Q2

byWhitney McDonald

May 29, 2024

BMO continued to deliver on its digital-first agenda during its fiscal second quarter 2024 with AI, data and overall modernization ...

Canadian banks focus on tech, efficiency, innovation

byWhitney McDonald

February 29, 2024

Canadian banks leaned into technology spend during the most recent quarter as efficiency and innovation remained a priority. “Transformational level ...

BMO focuses on digital-first strategy

byWhitney McDonald

February 27, 2024

BMO continued to deliver on its digital-first agenda during its 2024 fiscal first quarter through innovation and new offerings. ...

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) headquarters in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Royal Bank of Canada said it plans to cut as much as 2% of its full-time equivalent staff in the coming quarter after a surge in expenses weighed on third-quarter results. Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg

Top 3 M&A stories of 2023

byVaidik Trivedi

December 28, 2023

The Federal Reserve tightened monetary policy to rein in inflation, spurring banking mergers and acquisitions throughout the year. As the ...

Transactions: Citi taps Traydstream for document processing

byVaidik Trivedi

December 6, 2023

Citibank is looking to reduce manual processing risk and costs by utilizing document processing company, Traydstream to automate document information ...

BMO completes conversion of Bank of the West

byWhitney McDonald

December 1, 2023

BMO Financial Group completed the conversion of Bank of the West customer accounts to BMO operating systems during its fiscal ...

Transactions: Lloyds Bank taps Visa for virtual card solutions

byVaidik Trivedi

October 4, 2023

Lloyds Bank has selected payments behemoth Visa to provide a virtual card offering to its business customers. Visa Commercial Pay ...

BMO eyes 600% ROI in 5 years for automated savings program

byWhitney McDonald

September 11, 2023

NEW YORK — Bank of Montreal’s automated savings program adoption is growing and the bank is on track for a ...

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