The USA PATRIOT Act and final rules issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury require a U.S. bank or a U.S. broker-dealer in securities (a "Covered Financial Institution") to obtain certain information from any "Foreign Bank" that maintains a correspondent account with it in the United States.

Bank of Montreal has prepared and made available on its web site a Global Certification for use by any Covered Financial Institution that requires a Patriot Act Certification from Bank of Montreal, including any of its international branches or subsidiaries, as listed on Attachment 1 to the Certification.

Please use this Certification instead of requesting an individual certificate from Bank of Montreal. If the particular Bank of Montreal branch, office or subsidiary that maintains a correspondent account with your institution is not listed in our Certification, or if you have any questions with regard to this Certification, please advise us by e-mail at bmopatriotact@bmo.com.

Please click here for Bank of Montreal's Global Certification Regarding Correspondent Accounts for Foreign Banks under the USA Patriot Act. Bank of Montreal’s on-line Certification was originally executed on March 30, 2003. The most recent version is that currently posted, which was executed on September 1, 2010.