Canada
About Banking in Canada
The World Economic Forum, in its report - The Global Competitiveness Report 2010–2011, has ranked Canada at # 1 in terms of soundness of banks in the country. The rankings was maintained at #1 (Index value: 6.8) in 2011-12.
Canada Banking Industry in 2011
The new Canadian $100 and $50 polymer notes are released in June 2011. They will begin getting circulated starting November 2011 and March 2012 respectively.
Bank of America in August 2011 sold its Canadian credit card portfolio of $8.6 billion to TD Bank Group and would also exit from credit card businesses from Britain and Ireland.
Canada Banking News
- Canada to start using polymer currency bills from November 2011 (June 23, 2011)
- PNC acquires RBC's US retail operations (June 20, 2011)
- Bank of Canada cuts interest rates to 0.25% (April 21, 2009)
Banks in Canada
- Alberta Treasury Branches
- AMEX Bank of Canada
- Amicus Bank
- Bank of America National Association
- Bank of Canada
- Bank of China (Canada)
- Bank of East Asia (Canada)
- Bank of Montreal
- Bridgewater Bank
- Canadian Tire Financial Services
- Canadian Western Bank
- CIBC
- Citibank Canada
- Citizens Bank of Canada
- CTC Bank of Canada
- First Nations Bank of Canada
- General Bank of Canada
- Home Trust Company
- HSBC Bank Canada
- ICICI Bank Canada
- ING Bank of Canada
- Laurentian Bank of Canada
- Manulife Bank of Canada
- MBNA Canada
- National Bank of Canada
- Pacific & Western Bank of Canada
- President's Choice Financial
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Sears Canada Bank
- TD Canada Trust (Toronto-Dominion Bank group)
- Western Bank of Canada
