Bank of Montreal, together with its subsidiaries, provides various retail banking, wealth management, and investment banking products and services in North America and internationally. It offers personal banking products and services, including deposit and investment services, mortgages, consumer credit, loans, credit cards, financial planning, insurance, and other banking services to individuals, and small and mid-sized businesses; and commercial banking products and services comprising specialized banking, business accounts and plans, credit cards, business loans and commercial mortgages, cash management, investing, foreign exchange, and financial advisory to small business, medium-sized enterprise, and mid-market banking clients. The company also provides capital raising, investing, advisory, treasury, and research services to corporate, institutional, and government clients; and wealth management products and solutions, including insurance products for mainstream, ultra-high net worth, and institutional client segments. As of October 31, 2012, it maintained approximately 1,570 bank branches in Canada and the United States. The company was founded in 1817 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.