Bank of Montreal

In the last two fiscal years, the treasury and payments solutions unit that Haward-Laird runs has had the highest return on equity of all BMO Financial's business lines.

Scotiabank's earnings topped analysts' estimates on a surge in profit in its international-banking division, fueled by a sharpened focus on Latin America. Bank of Montreal, meanwhile, fell short of expectations as growth was more muted at its U.S. personal-and-commercial banking division.

Last year, CEO Darryl White said his goal was for U.S. operations to account for one-third of the bank's earnings in three to five years. It was a matter of months before the goal was reached.

The Canadian parent of BMO Harris Bank in Chicago has named Johannson group head of North American personal banking, an extension of similar executive duties she holds in the U.S.

CEOs at Bank of Montreal and TD Bank Group say they are unlikely to touch the American cannabis industry until the laws change.

Bank of Montreal is getting about half of its U.S. business from outside the company's Midwest stronghold, thanks to a commercial-banking push, Chief Executive Darryl White said.

Consumer lending margins in the United States strengthened at the Canadian bank, which overall saw more growth in business lending than consumer lines in its fiscal first quarter.

AI-powered assistants will change the customer experience for the better, but first they must achieve a more human level of service, executives said during a discussion at Finovate.

Bank of Montreal's chief executive officer says he doesn't need to make another acquisition to meaningfully lift earnings from the U.S.

Bank of Montreal set a profit record for its U.S. business, thanks in part to Donald Trump's tax cuts and lower provisions for bad loans.