CIBC providing its clients with the advantage of more flexibility,
    access and choice

    VANCOUVER, Nov. 21 /CNW/ - CIBC (CM: TSX;NYSE) - CIBC announced today
that its high-traffic branches located at Kingsway & McKercher and in
Brentwood Mall, will be open seven days a week, including Sundays from 12 noon
to 4 p.m., commencing December 2, 2007. When the new branch opens in Yaletown
in January 2008, it will operate seven days a week.
    "We are opening on Sundays to serve our clients better," said Wendy
Slavin, CIBC's Senior Vice President of Retail Markets for Western Canada.
"Providing our clients with seven-day service gives our clients the advantage
of doing their banking on their terms with greater flexibility, access and
choice."
    These full-service branches will offer clients access to a full range of
transactional services, sales and advice.
    Opening select urban branches on Sundays is one more way that CIBC is
providing its clients with more options and flexibility. CIBC will also
continue to offer its clients evening and Saturday banking hours in many of
its 1,048 branches, as well access to its more than 3,800 automated bank
machines. Additionally, CIBC clients benefit from 24/7 service over the phone
and on Canada's leading online banking site, www.cibc.com.

    CIBC is a leading North American financial institution with nearly
11 million personal banking and business clients. CIBC offers a full range of
products and services through its comprehensive electronic banking network,
branches and offices across Canada, in the United States and around the world.
You can find other news releases and information about CIBC in our Press
Centre on our corporate website at www.cibc.com.