Without viable economic prospects, CIBC adapted the facility to become its " Leadership Centre.

Notable structures bordering René Lévesque Boulevard include, from west to east, the Montreal Children's Hospital, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Cité du commerce électronique, 1250 René-Lévesque, Tour CIBC, Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral, the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Place Ville-Marie, Central Station, Tour Telus, St. Patrick's Basilica, Complexe Desjardins, Complexe Guy-Favreau, Hydro-Québec Building, UQAM and the Maison Radio-Canada.

* Soltrus Inc 2001: provider of digital trust services for businesses and consumers to communicate and transact over digital networks owned by CIBC, Telus Corp and VeriSign Inc.

On October 31, 2001 Barclays Bank PLC and CIBC agreed to combine their Caribbean operations to establish FirstCaribbean International Bank.

In 2001, CIBC would buy the remainder of Merrill's Canadian business.

In December 2001, CIBC acquired the retail brokerage business of Merrill Lynch, Merrill Lynch Canada, for an estimated $ 409 million.

Between January 2001 and October 2005, banking services for PC Financial were provided by Amicus Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of CIBC.

Trimaran closed on a $ 1 billion fund in April 2001, with capital provided primarily by CIBC.

In June 2001, CIBC announced the construction of a new $ 800 million office tower at 300 Madison Avenue ( At the corner of Madison Avenue and 42nd Street ).

In July 2001, the Wall Street Journal profiled CIBC World Markets, chronicling the rapid decline of the bank from the peaks of Wall Street's league table rankings.

CIBC World Markets reduced its staff by two-thirds from 2001 through 2004.

Between 2001 and 2004, the Lord government spent C $ 3. 2 million to retain the services of CIBC World Markets and Salomon Smith Barney in order to evaluate the resale value of the Point Lepreau and Coleson Cove power plants.

** 20 Exchange Place, New York City, has been known by many names, including CIBC Building, New York

She also served on the boards of various New York City cultural institutions and additionally would make an appearance at the annual CIBC World Market's Miracle Day, a children's charity event at the former CIBC Center ( 300 Madison Avenue ).

The aim was mainly for companies like the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ( CIBC ), Royal Bank of Canada ( RBC ), and Scotiabank, which ( along with Barclays of the United Kingdom ), when-combined control a healthy majority of Barbados ' local Commercial Banking sector.

After robbing the bank, the robber exited the CIBC, and was preparing to enter a city vehicle driven by undercover police officer Don Milliard.

This was seen as being most evident during the proposed mergers of Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal alongside CIBC and Toronto-Dominion Bank in 1998, which were seen as stopping competition by the then Finance Minister Paul Martin.

** Old Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, Montreal was CIBC's main office in Montreal prior to the move to Tour CIBC

In 2000, after Imperial Tobacco had been taken over by BAT Industries ( formerly British American Tobacco ), Shoppers was sold to a consortium of institutional investors including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. ( KKR ), Bain Capital, Inc., DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, Charlesbank Capital Partners, Ontario Teachers ' Pension Plan, CIBC Capital Partners, and Shoppers Drug Mart's senior management and pharmacist / owners.

CIBC was named the strongest bank in Canada and North America, and the 3rd strongest bank in the world, by Bloomberg Markets magazine, in May 2012.

CIBC was the only chartered bank to have a branch on-site at Expo 67.

Before the decade was out, CIBC had introduced the first 24-hour cash dispenser, which would eventually become the ATM.

In 1998, CIBC joined with Loblaws to create President's Choice Financial which was launched in 28 Ottawa area stores.

There was an attempt by CIBC to merge with the Toronto-Dominion Bank in 1998.

* Aplettix Inc 2000: firm specializing in secure transaction systems in the banking sector ; CIBC signed an agreement with the New York based firm in 2000, but the project was later abandoned for alternatives such as VeriSign

CIBC was Mr. Li's choice for financing many of his Canadian ventures, like Husky Energy.

1999 saw a competition between Wood Gundy ( now CIBC World Markets ) chief John S. Hunkin and Personal / Commercial banking head Holger Kluge, with Kluge retiring the firm after Hunkin was selected.

Kassie afterwards founded Genuity Capital and was alleged to have raided 20 key employees from World Markets for his new startup, causing CIBC to file a lawsuit.

* CIBC was named Canada ’ s Best Consumer Internet Bank for the third year in a row by Global Finance magazine in its 11th annual “ World ’ s Best Internet Banks ” competition.

* CIBC was selected by Corporate Knights as one of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens for 2010, marking the sixth time the bank has made the list since the annual ranking began in 2002.

* CIBC was named one of Canada's 50 Most Socially Responsible Corporations in a recent report released this week by Jantzi Research and Maclean's.

* CIBC was recognized by the Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada ( SMCC ) with the Award of Distinction in the Sustained Success category for its sponsorship of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure.

* CIBC was a winner in one category and runner up in a second at the 2009 Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards.

Nominated for the award by three outstanding charities with which CIBC has had long-standing relationships-Skills for Change, St. Michael's Hospital and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation-CIBC was recognized for the scope of its community investment programs.

* For the second consecutive year, CIBC was recognized with a Silver Canadian Award for Training Excellence in Internal eLearning from the Canadian Society for Training and Development ( CSTD ).

* CIBC was honoured at the Canadian Society for Training and Development ( CSTD ) President ’ s Dinner with a Canadian WOW Award for training excellence in recognition of the success of its CIBC Connection to Employment initiative.

CIBC sold its corporate and purchasing credit card business to U. S. Bank Canada in October 2006.

In 1988, CIBC sold 45 % of its shares in CIBC Jamaica via a public share issue.

CIBC West Indies Holdings then sold 30 % of its shares to the public.

As part of this strategy, in 2003, CIBC sold an asset management division along with retail brokerage to Fahnestock Viner along with the Oppenheimer & Co. name.

CIBC quickly took advantage of this and became the first Canadian bank to operate an investment dealer, CIBC Securities, offering services to the public.

In February, 2010 CIBC became the first chartered bank in Canada to launch a mobile banking iPhone App.

In October 2010, CIBC announced that it would be the first bank in Canada to introduce the internationally used Visa-branded debit card.

* CIBC. com is now the first Canadian bank website to receive CNIB Site Check certification for providing barrier-free web access to people who are blind or have vision loss.

After having been approved by an Ontario Superior Court judge, CIBC announced on October 15, 2004 that the settlement will result in the bank paying $ 13. 85 million to its cardholders, $ 1 million to the United Way, $ 1. 65 million to the Class Action Fund of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and $ 3 million in legal fees.

On April 18, 2005 the Privacy Commissioner of Canada expressed disappointment in the way CIBC dealt with incidents involving the bank misdirecting faxes containing customers ' personal information.

Later became a CIBC bank ( now Bluenotes ) and a Shoppers Drug Mart.

Li immigrated to Canada and spent time with investment bank Wood Gundy Incorporated, a company later acquired by CIBC.

Foamed plastic sheet to be used as backing for Mortar ( firestop ) | firestop mortar at CIBC bank in Toronto.

In 1997, CIBC Wood Gundy acquired the U. S. brokerage house Oppenheimer & Co .. After the acquisition the U. S. division took the name CIBC Oppenheimer, eliminating the use of the Wood Gundy brand through much of the bank.

In 1997, CIBC Wood Gundy acquired the U. S. brokerage house Oppenheimer & Co .. After the acquisition the U. S. division took the name CIBC Oppenheimer, eliminating the use of the Wood Gundy brand through much of the bank.

* Most standard bank products ( cheque accounts, savings accounts, loans, mortgages ) are provided by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ( CIBC ).

Because PC Financial is part of the direct banking division of CIBC, its bank number is the same as CIBC ( 010 ).

PC MasterCard has no relationship to CIBC, although cash advance fees are waived at CIBC bank machines.