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Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas

BNP Paribas S.A.
Société Anonyme
Traded as EuronextBNP
OTCQX
CAC 40 Component
Industry Financial services
Predecessor
  • Banque Nationale de Paris
  • Paribas
Founded 1848; 169 years ago (1848) (as BNP)
1872 (as Paribas)
2000 (as BNP Paribas)
Headquarters Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, France
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
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 43.4 billion (2016) "2016 Full Year Results" (PDF). BNP Paribas. 
€10.8 billion (2016)
Profit €7.7 billion (2016)
Total assets €1.994 trillion (2015)
Total equity €96.269 billion (2015)
Number of employees
189,000 (2015)
Website group.bnpparibas

BNP Paribas (French pronunciation: ​[be ɛn pe paʁibɑ]) is an international banking group 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 2016, net income attributable to equity holders was EUR7,702 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.

The retail bank also operates in the Mediterranean region and in the west of the United States.

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 5th 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.


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