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The Canadian lender had set aside provisions of $226 million in the reported quarter, compared with a release of $126 million last year. Still, BMO recorded a 30 per cent surge in profit from its U.S. personal and commercial business. Peers Royal Bank of Canada and National Bank of Canada posted a 5 per cent and 13 per cent jump, respectively, in their personal and commercial businesses on Wednesday.
Last month, BMO had also booked a charge of $1.12 billion after a U.S. jury found its local unit liable for more than $550 million in damages in relation to a Ponzi scheme operated by a Minnesota businessman.
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