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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce building, Montreal, Que., Can.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, major commercial banking company operating in Canada and other countries. Headquarters are in Toronto.
The bank was established in 1858 as the Bank of Canada and reorganized in 1867 as the Canadian Bank of Commerce. The present name was assumed upon the merger in 1961 of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the Imperial Bank of Canada (established in 1875). Over the years the bank has absorbed a number of smaller banks and securities firms, including, in 1997, the American securities firm Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
The bank and its affiliates provide general banking services, investment services, energy financing, and advising and trust services.
