News Releases

Soccer fans of Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC can now show their support through a BMO MasterCard emblazoned with their team's crest.

- Soccer is the highest participation sport in Canada with 2.6 million Canadians playing both competitively and casually.

- BMO MLS team cardholders can choose a low-interest rate of 12.9 per cent for a fee of $45 a year.

- BMO offers customers loyalty rewards plus a low-interest rate option on their credit cards.

- BMO Financial Group is the first Canadian financial services organization to offer accredited investors access to the China A-Share market through a Canadian pooled fund

- BMO China A-Share Fund will provide full access to Chinese-listed companies that are not readily available to foreign investors

- BMO China A-Share Fund is suited for accredited investors who have a long term horizon and are looking for international exposure

BMO to roll out more than 800 Cash ATMs across Canada by 2014

- New Cash ATMs installed across Canada including: Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia

- Use BMO debit card at BMO Cash ATMs for chance to win one of five 10,000 AIR MILES(R) reward miles prizes

- While diversification is an important tool to reduce risk, there are limits to its usefulness

- Holding more than 30 stocks can reduce the benefits of diversification; opting for 10-30 holdings should provide good diversification while reducing risk

- Avoid duplication in Canadian equity mutual funds by choosing only one or two mutual funds with 30 or more holdings each

- BMO provides advice on how to structure investments

- Almost 90 per cent of Canadian online investors find that extensive research resources and educational tools help them make effective investment decisions

- Half are looking for a wide range of investments, a variety of accounts and strong customer service support from their online brokerage

- BMO InvestorLine continues to launch new tools and enhancements to existing feature

- New BMO branch represents a $1.6 million investment into the community

- 'Making Money Make Sense' in 12 different languages

- Offering customers extended banking hours, including Saturdays and Sundays

- Grand opening celebration features giveaways and a raffle for a chance to win an Apple iPad

- Forty-two per cent of Canadians do their own taxes

- Overwhelming majority of Canadians are confident that their tax return will take advantage of tax saving measures, yet many do not know how investment income is taxed

- Forty-two per cent of Canadians do their own taxes

- Overwhelming majority of Canadians are confident that their tax return will take advantage of tax saving measures, yet many do not know how investment income is taxed

- BMO InvestorLine named top bank-owned online broker for 2011 by The Globe and Mail

You don't have to buy a new pair of shoes to balance the family budget

- BMO counted more than 30 million pennies for Canadians last year

- BMO recommends Canadians take advantage of BMO's free coin counters to make their pennies count

- More than three-quarters of Canadians don't take tax implications into consideration with every investment decision

- Strategies to reduce capital gains taxes include: catching up on unused RRSP room; deferring the gains to next year; using capital losses to offset gains; and donating appreciated securities to a charity

- While history has favoured variable, current conditions have heavily tilted the scales in favour of fixed rates

- Locking-in-combined with a shorter, 25-year amortization period-significantly strengthens household financial stability

- BMO recommends Canadian homebuyers choose a shorter amortization to begin building equity in their home faster

- Half of Business Owners say Social Media has the Potential to Increase Their Business Profitability

- Canadian Business Owners say on Average 28 per cent of Their Marketing Efforts are Focused - Online, While one-in-five Lack Social Media Savvy

- Business Owners 'like' Facebook first; LinkedIn and Twitter are Their Second and Third Choices