Originally Posted by
sdsearch
Well, there was a guest from BMO (their US division) on CNN's Your Money this weekend, and they introduced him verbally as someone from Bee Em Oh (ie, spelling out the letters), and he didn't correct them.
Well, on the other hand, I'm visiting the Canadian Rockies right now, and this morning I heard a travel-oriented radio show on a Calgary AM station (news/talk 770, I think) where the host asked the guest (some Canadian travel expert who they apparently have on that show at least once a year) "what's in your wallet" (after some some discussion about rewards credit cards in general). The first card he mentioned was Diners Club Club Rewards! He mentioned that BMO had taken it over from US-based Citi bank, and he pronounced it "bee-mo".
By the way, he mentioned that BMO is not currently taking new applications for the Diners Club card, but he mentioned that "that should change soon". (I don't know if he has official information from BMO about that or not.)