Skip navigation
Support
Branches
    News Releases Signup for News Alerts Media Contacts Executive Bios Corporate Fact Sheet BMO Expert Insights
    Navigation skipped
    About BMO

    News Releases

    BMO Financial Group Opens Commercial Banking Office in Los Angeles, California
    • Led by Tom Jennings, the team will focus on providing business owners in Southern California with BMO's industry expertise, innovative products and services, and local market knowledge.

    LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6, 2020 /CNW/ - BMO Financial Group today announced the opening of a new commercial banking office in Los Angeles, California. The team will be focused on providing businesses in Southern California with access to BMO's full array of industry expertise, financial solutions and capabilities, complemented by the local market knowledge provided by team leader Tom Jennings and his team.

    "While we've been operating in Southern California for years, this will represent our first commercial banking office in Los Angeles," said Ray Whitacre, U.S. Head, Diversified Industries, BMO Harris Bank. "Many of the companies headquartered in California have a significant presence in Canada, and we can offer them cross-border expertise that our competitors cannot match."

    "The opening of a new commercial banking office in Los Angeles is another sign that we're delivering on our North American commercial banking strategy," said David Casper, U.S. CEO, BMO Financial Group. "We've been serving the needs of business customers for over 200 years, and with Tom Jennings at the helm, we have an exceptionally strong, local leader who will help us grow our business and serve business customers throughout the state.

    BMO already has close to 20 commercial bankers in nearby Irvine, the majority focused on franchisees, as well as commercial real estate, dealership finance, asset-based lending and food & consumer. Furthermore, BMO has a media finance group that's focused on leveraging BMO's leading cross-border capabilities to service the media and entertainment space. 

    "I'm an entrepreneur at heart, and I look forward to building the BMO brand here in Southern California," added Jennings, who brings over 16 years of experience in corporate banking, capital markets, mid-market banking and private banking to the role.

    About BMO Financial Group

    Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of $852 billion as of Oct. 31, 2019, and a team of diverse and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.

    SOURCE BMO Harris Bank

    For further information: For News Media Enquiries: Patrick O'Herlihy, Chicago, patrick.o'herlihy@bmo.com, (312) 461-6970

    Explore our services

    Security Center

    Ways to Bank

    Customer support
    Branch and ATM Locator

    Disclosure

    Privacy
    Legal
    Security
    Site map
    Careers
    About Our Ads
    Accessibility
    Cookie Usage
    About BMO

    App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. 

    Android, Google Play, and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google Inc. 

    Banking products and services are subject to bank and credit approval and are provided in the United States by BMO Bank N.A. Member FDIC.

    equal housing lender NMLS 401052

    Notice to Customers  

    To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law (USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107 56 signed into law October 26, 2001) requires all financial organizations to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. When you open an account, we will ask for your name, address, date of birth and other information that will allow us to identify you. We may also ask you to provide a copy of your driver's license or other identifying documents. For each business or entity that opens an account, we will ask for your name, address and other information that will allow us to identify the entity. We may also ask you to provide a copy of your certificate of incorporation (or similar document) or other identifying documents. The information you provide in this form may be used to perform a credit check and verify your identity by using internal sources and third party vendors. If the requested information is not provided within 30 calendar days, the account will be subject to closure.  

    Third party web sites may have privacy and security policies different from BMO. Links to other web sites do not imply the endorsement or approval of such web sites.  

    Please review the privacy and security policies of web sites reached through links from BMO web sites. This information is not intended to be tax or legal advice. This information cannot be used by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. This information is being used to support the promotion or marketing of the planning strategies discussed herein. BMO Bank N.A. and its affiliates do not provide legal or tax advice to clients. You should review your particular circumstances with your independent legal and tax advisors.