Buying the branches, which span 11 states, furthers First Citizens’ effort to expand nationally, bank executives said. One ...

Forty years ago, a Canadian banking giant bought Harris Bank for $547 million, taking over the storied Chicago institution and staking its ground in the fertile financial soil of the Midwest. BMO, ...

In what it calls a strategic “branch optimization,” BMO also plans to open 150 banking locations over the next five years, with a focus on expanding in California.

Bank of Montreal is weighing a sale of some of its U.S. branches, a move that could reshape the Canadian lender’s American footprint less than two years after completing a major acquisition. The Wall ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia , May 14 (Reuters) - The flurry of deals involving banks in the U.S. Midwest represents an opportunity for Bank of Montreal to sell its Chicago-based Harris Bank unit at a ...

BMO Harris Bank has confirmed it will close 24 bank branches in October, including the one at 525 Water St. in Sauk City and one in Reedsburg. The move is part of continuing fallout from the Chicago ...