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Headquarters in Paris
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Société Anonyme | |
Traded as | Euronext: BNP, OTCQX: |
Industry | Financial services |
Predecessor |
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Founded | 1848 1872 (as Paribas) 2000 (as BNP Paribas) |
(as BNP)
Headquarters | Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, France |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Jean Lemierre(Chairman) Jean-Laurent Bonnafé (CEO) |
Products | Asset management, consumer banking, corporate banking, credit cards, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, wealth management |
Revenue | €42.938 billion (2015) |
€9.787 billion (2015) | |
Profit | €6.694 billion (2015) |
Total assets | €1.994 trillion (2015) |
Total equity | €96.269 billion (2015) |
Number of employees
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189,000 (2015) |
Website | group.bnpparibas |
BNP Paribas (French pronunciation: [be ɛn pe paʁibɑ]) is a French multinational bank and financial services company with global headquarters in Paris., with a presence in 75 countries. It is listed on the First Market of Euronext Paris and is included in the CAC 40 index. At 31 December 2015, net income attributable to equity holders was EUR6,694 million.
BNP Paribas is one of the largest banks in the world. The bank serves more than 30 million customers between its retail banking networks in its four domestic markets, France, Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg, through several brands such as BNL, BGL BNP Paribas or BNP Paribas Fortis.
It was formed through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas (see below for name origin) in 2000. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 .
Its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services businesses for corporate and institutional clients are leaders in Europe, significant players in the Americas and growing strongly in the Asia-Pacific region.
BNP Paribas has the highest brand value in France. Its brand value increased EUR590 million to reach EUR14.7 billion in 2015.
BNP Paribas was the 2nd leading bank in the euro zone in 2016 and ranked 8th internationally.
The Banque Nationale de Paris S.A. (BNP) resulted from a merger of two French banks – Banque nationale pour le commerce et l'industrie (BNCI) and Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris (CNEP) – in 1966.