BNP Paribas
A globally diversified French universal banking group providing retail, commercial, corporate, investment, asset-management, insurance, wealth-management, and specialized financial services. BNP Paribas is a French multinational banking and financial-services group formed through the 2000 merger of Banque Nationale de Paris and Paribas.
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Overview
BNP Paribas is a French multinational universal bank and financial-services holding company headquartered in Paris. The present group was created on 23 May 2000 through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris, commonly known as BNP, and Paribas, the successor to a French investment-banking tradition that began with Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas in the nineteenth century. Although the corporate brand dates from 2000, its institutional history reaches further back through predecessor banks including Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris, founded in 1848, and Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie, founded in 1932. The group operates an integrated universal-bank model. Its principal activities are organized around Commercial, Personal Banking & Services; Investment & Protection Services; and Corporate & Institutional Banking. This structure allows BNP Paribas to serve households and small businesses alongside multinational companies, governments, financial institutions, investors, and high-net-worth clients. Its services include current accounts and payments, mortgages, consumer credit, business lending, trade finance, cash management, investment banking, securities and derivatives markets, asset management, private banking, insurance, leasing, fleet management, real-estate services, and securities custody. BNP Paribas developed a particularly strong European footprint through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions. In Italy, it expanded through Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, acquired in 2006. During the restructuring of Fortis following the 2008 financial crisis, BNP Paribas acquired major banking activities in Belgium and Luxembourg, creating BNP Paribas Fortis and strengthening its position in BGL BNP Paribas. The group also incorporated or expanded operations in Germany, Poland, Turkey, and other markets through businesses such as Consors Finanz, BNP Paribas Bank Polska, Türk Ekonomi Bankası, and specialized finance subsidiaries. Its international strategy has not been uniformly expansionary. BNP Paribas sold Bank of the West to Bank of Montreal, a transaction announced in 2021 and completed in 2023, thereby exiting most of its United States retail-banking operations while retaining substantial corporate and institutional, markets, wealth-management, and other activities in the country. More recently, it expanded in asset management, German private banking, securities services, payments infrastructure, and European insurance relationships. The acquisition of AXA Investment Managers, completed on 1 July 2025, further enlarged its investment-management platform. BNP Paribas is a designated global systemically important bank and a significant institution directly supervised within the European banking-supervision framework. The group is listed on Euronext Paris under the symbol BNP and is associated with the CAC 40 and Euro Stoxx 50 markets. Its brand identity is built around a green square and a curved motif transforming stars into birds, a design intended to suggest Europe, universality, openness, movement, and adaptability. The brand also has a distinctive public profile outside conventional banking. Since 1973, BNP and later BNP Paribas have maintained a long-running association with tennis, including Roland-Garros, the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, the Rome tournament, Monte-Carlo, and numerous professional, wheelchair, youth, and community competitions. The group has also supported cinema and cultural institutions in France and other European markets. These sponsorships reinforce its positioning as a broad European financial institution with strong local-market identities and international reach. BNP Paribas has also faced significant regulatory and reputational challenges. In 2014, it pleaded guilty in the United States to sanctions-related offenses involving transactions connected to Sudan, Iran, and Cuba and agreed to penalties totaling approximately $8.97 billion across U.S. authorities. L…
History
BNP Paribas combines the histories of two major French financial institutions. One predecessor, Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris, was established in 1848 in the aftermath of the financial disruptions of the February Revolution. Another, Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie, was founded in 1932. These institutions were merged by the French state in 1966 to create Banque Nationale de Paris, or BNP. The other principal predecessor, Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas, was founded in 1872 and became widely known as Paribas. It developed as an investment bank with extensive experience in corporate finance, securities issuance, international projects, and industrial relationships. During the 1980s and 1990s, both BNP and Paribas underwent major changes as France liberalized and reorganized its financial sector. BNP was privatized in the 1990s after periods of state ownership and developed a large retail-banking network. Paribas remained especially associated with investment banking, capital markets, and international corporate finance. In 1999, BNP and Société Générale became involved in a complicated stock-market contest involving competing bids for Paribas and one another. BNP's attempt to acquire Société Générale did not succeed, but its offer for Paribas did. The merger was completed on 23 May 2000, creating BNP Paribas. The new group pursued a strategy of combining domestic banking scale with international investment-banking and specialized-finance capabilities. In 2003 it expanded its real-estate services platform through the Atisreal business, later rebranded BNP Paribas Real Estate. In 2006, it acquired Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, giving it a major Italian banking franchise. The group also developed consumer-finance, leasing, insurance, wealth-management, and securities-services businesses that complemented its core banking operations. BNP Paribas was among the first major financial institutions to publicly acknowledge the seriousness of the subprime crisis. On 9 August 2007, it suspended withdrawals from two investment funds with exposure to U.S. mortgage-related securities. The move became one of the early visible markers of the global credit crisis. During the broader 2008 financial crisis, BNP Paribas acquired significant banking activities of the troubled Fortis group in Belgium and Luxembourg. The transaction created BNP Paribas Fortis and increased the group's strategic importance in the Benelux region. In Luxembourg, the group also became the majority owner of BGL, later integrating its local operations under the BGL BNP Paribas structure. After the crisis, BNP Paribas continued selective expansion. It acquired Rabobank's Polish subsidiary BGZ, completing the transaction in 2014, and expanded its network of specialized subsidiaries. The group maintained a global corporate and institutional-banking presence while building digital and multi-market consumer propositions such as Hello bank!, Cetelem, and Arval. It also consolidated asset-management activities under BNP Paribas Investment Partners in 2007 and adopted the BNP Paribas Asset Management name in 2017. The group's growth was accompanied by a major compliance crisis. In 2014, BNP Paribas pleaded guilty in the United States to conspiring to violate sanctions laws by processing transactions involving sanctioned parties connected to Sudan, Iran, and Cuba. The settlement with U.S. authorities involved approximately $8.97 billion in penalties, forfeiture, and related assessments, along with restrictions and remedial obligations affecting its U.S. dollar-clearing activities. The episode led to senior personnel departures, an extended compliance monitor, and a significant strengthening of sanctions controls. BNP Paribas later recalibrated its geographic portfolio. It sold First Hawaiian Bank in 2019 and announced the sale of Bank of the West to Bank of Montreal in 2021; the Bank of the West transaction closed in 2023. This reduced its U.S. retail footprint but left the group with meaningful American operations in corporate and institutional banking, markets, asset management, and wealth management. In parallel, the group expanded securities services through selected HSBC transactions and strengthened its insurance relationship with Ageas by acquiring Fosun's stake in 2024 and increasing its holding thereafter. The 2024–2026 period marked a renewed emphasis on scale in investment management, private banking, payments, and investment banking. BNP Paribas acquired AXA Investment Managers on 1 July 2025 and pursued integration with its existing asset-management operations. It also expanded German private banking, planned the Estreem payments venture with BPCE, and announced additional investment-banking hiring in London and New York. Leadership changes included Philippe Maillard becoming Group Chief Operating Officer in 2025 and Gilles Zeitoun succeeding Charlotte Dennery at BNP Paribas Personal Finance on 1 January 2026. Today, BNP Paribas presents itself as an integrated, diversified European banking group rather than a single-country retail bank. Its identity rests on the combination of a broad client franchise, a large balance sheet, international corporate and institutional capabilities, specialized subsidiaries, and longstanding cultural sponsorships. At the same time, sanctions compliance, climate-related financing, defense-sector policy, and the social impact of consumer finance remain important areas of public scrutiny.
- 2026
Gilles Zeitoun leads BNP Paribas Personal Finance
[3]Gilles Zeitoun became director and chief executive officer of BNP Paribas Personal Finance on 1 January 2026.
- 2025
AXA Investment Managers acquisition completed
[11]BNP Paribas completed its acquisition of AXA Investment Managers on 1 July 2025, expanding its asset-management scale.
- 2025
AXA IM becomes a BNP Paribas Group entity
[16]BNP Paribas Cardif completed the AXA Investment Managers acquisition, enlarging the group’s investment-management platform.
- 2024
Ageas stake acquired from Fosun
[1]BNP Paribas acquired Fosun International's approximately 9% holding in Belgian insurer Ageas.
- 2024
AXA IM acquisition negotiations announced
[15]BNP Paribas entered exclusive negotiations to acquire AXA Investment Managers and form a long-term asset-management partnership with AXA.
- 2023
Bank of the West sale completed
[1]The sale of Bank of the West to Bank of Montreal closed, reducing BNP Paribas's U.S. retail-banking exposure. The sale to Bank of Montreal received regulatory approval and was completed after the parties prepared for a February closing.
- 2021
Agreement to sell Bank of the West
[1]BNP Paribas announced the sale of Bank of the West to Bank of Montreal as part of a reshaping of its U.S. retail-banking portfolio.
- 2017
BNP Paribas Investment Partners becomes BNP Paribas Asset Management
[22]The group adopted a unified asset-management brand for its investment-management activities.
- 2014
U.S. sanctions settlement
[7]BNP Paribas pleaded guilty to sanctions-related offenses and agreed to approximately $8.97 billion in combined penalties and forfeitures.
- 2009
BNP Paribas becomes major shareholder of BGL
[10]The group became the majority shareholder of Luxembourg's BGL, with the Luxembourg state retaining a significant minority stake.
Products and positioning
A systemically important European universal bank combining large domestic and European retail franchises with global corporate and institutional banking, capital markets, asset management, insurance, wealth management, and specialized financial-services businesses. A diversified European universal bank serving retail, commercial, corporate, institutional and private clients, with additional strength in investment banking, asset management, insurance, wealth management and sustainable finance.
Retail and commercial banking · 2000
Commercial, Personal Banking & Services
The CPBS division serves individuals, entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses, and commercial clients through banking networks and specialized businesses. Its activities include deposits, payments, lending, consumer finance, mobility finance, leasing, and digital banking. Major associated brands and businesses include BNP Paribas France, BNP Paribas Fortis, BNL, BGL BNP Paribas, Hello bank!, Cetelem, Arval, and BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions.
Investment and corporate banking · 2000
Corporate & Institutional Banking
BNP Paribas CIB provides financing, advisory, capital-markets, securities, global markets, structured-finance, and transaction-banking services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, investment funds, and other institutional clients. Its principal international centers include Paris, London, New York, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Services for corporations, financial institutions, governments and institutional investors. The business covers corporate lending, transaction banking, trade and export finance, debt and equity capital markets, advisory, structured finance, derivatives, foreign exchange, securities services and research. It is one of the group’s principal internationally oriented businesses.
Asset management · 2007
BNP Paribas Asset Management
The group's asset-management platform offers public-market, private-market, multi-asset, quantitative, sustainable-investment, and institutional investment solutions. It was branded BNP Paribas Investment Partners from 2007 and adopted the BNP Paribas Asset Management name in 2017. The acquisition of AXA Investment Managers in 2025 materially broadened the platform. Investment-management business serving individual investors, financial advisers, distributors, insurers, pension funds and other institutions. Its capabilities span equities, fixed income, multi-asset portfolios, ETFs, thematic strategies, private assets, alternatives and responsible investment. The platform was expanded through the integration of AXA Investment Managers from 2025.
Insurance and protection · 2000
BNP Paribas Cardif
BNP Paribas Cardif is the group's insurance and protection business. It provides creditor insurance, protection, savings, retirement, and related insurance products through direct distribution, banking partnerships, brokers, and corporate relationships across multiple markets. It also acted as the acquiring entity for AXA Investment Managers, linking insurance balance-sheet expertise with the group's broader investment and protection strategy. The group’s insurance business provides protection, savings and retirement-related solutions through partnerships, banking networks and other distribution channels. BNP Paribas Cardif also acted as the acquiring entity for AXA Investment Managers, linking insurance balance-sheet expertise with the group’s broader investment and protection strategy.
Private banking · 2000
BNP Paribas Wealth Management
The wealth-management business provides investment advice, discretionary portfolio management, financing, estate planning, structured products, and other services for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. It operates through major European and international financial centers. Private-banking and wealth-management services for high-net-worth individuals, families, entrepreneurs and institutions. Services generally include portfolio management, investment advisory, financing, wealth structuring and succession planning, supported by the group’s investment, financing and international capabilities.
Securities services · 2000
BNP Paribas Securities Services
This platform provides custody, fund administration, depositary, clearing, collateral, asset-servicing, and related post-trade services to asset managers, institutional investors, alternative-investment firms, and other financial institutions.
Mobility finance and fleet management · 1989
Arval
Arval provides vehicle leasing, fleet-management, mobility, and related services to companies, public-sector organizations, and individuals. It is one of BNP Paribas's principal specialized-finance businesses and supports the group's strategy in mobility and fleet services.
Consumer finance · 1953
Cetelem
Cetelem is a consumer-finance brand associated with personal loans, point-of-sale credit, revolving credit, and financing partnerships. It operates in several countries and forms part of BNP Paribas Personal Finance.
Real-estate financial services · 2006
BNP Paribas Real Estate
BNP Paribas Real Estate provides property advisory, transaction, valuation, property management, development, and investment-management services. It grew partly from Atisreal, whose brand was replaced by BNP Paribas Real Estate in 2009. BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management contributes real-estate investment capabilities to the group's wider Investment & Protection Services platform and, following the AXA IM transaction, forms part of a broader alternatives and private-assets ecosystem. Real-estate investment, asset management, property services, development, valuation and advisory activities. BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management contributes real-estate investment capabilities to the group’s wider Investment & Protection Services platform and, following the AXA IM transaction, forms part of a broader alternatives and private-assets ecosystem.
Digital retail banking · 2013
Hello bank!
Hello bank! is BNP Paribas's digital-oriented retail-banking proposition. It offers everyday banking, payments, savings, lending, and related services through online and mobile channels in selected European markets.
Banking
Retail and commercial banking
Branch, digital and relationship banking services for individuals, professionals, entrepreneurs and businesses. Offerings include current accounts, deposits, payment services, consumer credit, mortgages, business lending and related financial advice. The group delivers these services through national banking networks and specialized subsidiaries in several European markets.
Controversies
2025
Defense-sector and controversial-weapons financing policy
Reports that BNP Paribas had relaxed elements of its previous policy concerning companies involved in controversial weapons generated public criticism. The bank stated that its sectoral policies are periodically updated and that the revised defense policy supports financing for defense companies, primarily in NATO countries, while retaining restrictions linked to international agreements.
2023
Criticism and litigation concerning fossil-fuel financing
Environmental organizations and plaintiffs criticized BNP Paribas for financing fossil-fuel companies and projects, arguing that the bank's activities were inconsistent with climate commitments. The issue contributed to continuing legal, regulatory, and reputational pressure on large European banks.
2020
Sudan-related human-rights litigation and investigations
BNP Paribas faced litigation and investigative scrutiny over allegations that historical banking relationships with Sudan contributed to abuses committed under the government of Omar al-Bashir. These proceedings followed the bank's 2014 sanctions settlement but concerned broader claims about complicity and human-rights harms.
2014
U.S. sanctions violations and guilty plea
BNP Paribas admitted that it processed billions of dollars of transactions involving sanctioned entities connected to Sudan, Iran, and Cuba and concealed or removed identifying information from payment messages. The bank pleaded guilty and agreed to approximately $8.97 billion in penalties, forfeiture, and related regulatory assessments. It also accepted enhanced monitoring and restrictions affecting certain U.S. dollar-clearing activities.
2014
US sanctions violations settlement
BNP Paribas pleaded guilty in the United States to charges connected with processing transactions involving sanctioned countries and agreed to a major monetary penalty and related restrictions. The case led to extensive compliance reforms and increased scrutiny of the group’s controls.
Marketing campaigns
- 2025We Are Tennis and We Love Cinema creative universe
International
BNP Paribas brought its longstanding tennis and cinema commitments into a shared creative identity emphasizing passion, sharing, boldness, and the emotional dimensions of sport and film. The initiative unified two major affinity territories within the group's broader brand communication.
Outcome. The initiative unified two major affinity territories within the group's broader brand communication.
- 2024BNP Paribas Canada marketing and communications program
Canada
BNP Paribas Canada described a coordinated marketing and communications program spanning events, media relations, digital content, advertising, philanthropy, volunteering and internal communications. The local activity was aligned with regional and group communications and with the group’s employee volunteering initiative. BNP Paribas Canada described a coordinated marketing and communications program spanning events, media relations, digital content, advertising, philanthropy, volunteering and internal communications. The local activity was aligned with regional and group communications and with the group's employee volunteering initiative. The program supported local brand management and stakeholder engagement; the supplied material does not provide a quantified campaign result.
Outcome. The program supported local brand management and stakeholder engagement; the supplied material does not provide a quantified campaign result.
- 2023Points for Change
International
Points for Change converts points scored at official tournaments partnered with BNP Paribas into financial support for youth inclusion through sport. The program extended the group's tennis sponsorship from brand visibility toward measurable community and social-impact activity.
Outcome. The program extended the group's tennis sponsorship from brand visibility toward measurable community and social-impact activity.
- 2017Mobile learning for BNP Paribas Asset Management advisers
Eight countries
BNP Paribas Asset Management used mobile microlearning to support product knowledge, advisory capability and regulatory training for financial advisers. The program was designed to make investment-product education more accessible to distributed sales teams and to measure engagement through digital learning analytics. The implementation reported training more than 5,700 advisers across eight countries and tracking participation across a large library of learning content.
Outcome. The implementation reported training more than 5,700 advisers across eight countries and tracking participation across a large library of learning content.
- 2009BNP Paribas Open title sponsorship
United States · International
BNP Paribas became title sponsor of the Indian Wells tournament, linking the group to one of the most prominent combined ATP and WTA events in the United States. The title partnership continues and has substantially increased the visibility of the BNP Paribas name in North American sports and international tennis.
Outcome. The title partnership continues and has substantially increased the visibility of the BNP Paribas name in North American sports and international tennis.
- 2006Embrace the Future
Worldwide
A global advertising campaign presented Corporate and Investment Banking as a forward-looking partner for companies and institutions. Advertising was planned for airports, train stations and financial media in major financial centers across multiple continents, emphasizing innovation and expertise in capital markets, financing, advisory and derivatives. The campaign reinforced BNP Paribas's international CIB positioning and communicated the division's expansion to corporate and institutional audiences.
Outcome. The campaign reinforced BNP Paribas’s international CIB positioning and communicated the division’s expansion to corporate and institutional audiences.
- 1985Espace
France
The Espace campaign targeted younger customers and presented BNP as a modern bank expanding beyond traditional branch-based banking. The campaign supported BNP's repositioning toward younger and more digitally aware consumers, although its long-term commercial effect is not separately quantified.
Outcome. The campaign supported BNP's repositioning toward younger and more digitally aware consumers, although its long-term commercial effect is not separately quantified.
- 1973Roland-Garros partnership
France · International
BNP began its long-term tennis partnership when it supported construction work at the Roland-Garros center court. The relationship developed into official sponsorship of the French Open and became the foundation of the group's international tennis identity. The partnership remains active and has become one of the longest-running major sports relationships associated with a financial institution.
Outcome. The partnership remains active and has become one of the longest-running major sports relationships associated with a financial institution.
- 1973Votre argent m'intéresse
France
This widely remembered BNP advertising campaign used a direct, consumer-oriented message to make banking appear more accessible and relevant to everyday customers. It became one of the most recognizable advertising campaigns in the history of the BNP brand.
Outcome. It became one of the most recognizable advertising campaigns in the history of the BNP brand.
Brand decisions
2025
Create Estreem payments venture with BPCEStrategyBackground
European banks faced pressure to build scale in card processing and payments infrastructure against large international networks and technology companies.
Action taken
BNP Paribas and BPCE finalized plans for a joint venture intended to become a leading European payment processor.
Aftermath
The venture was expected to process a large share of French card-payment volume and provide additional scale in European payments.
2025
Update defense and security-sector financing policyStrategyBackground
The group reviewed its sectoral policies amid changing European defense priorities and debate over how banks should support the defense industry while excluding prohibited weapons.
Action taken
BNP Paribas updated its policy to distinguish permitted defense activities from categories restricted under major international agreements, according to contemporaneous reporting.
Aftermath
The change attracted criticism from civil-society organizations and renewed scrutiny of the balance between defense financing, ethical exclusions, and responsible-banking commitments.
2024
Acquire AXA Investment ManagersM&ABackground
The group sought greater scale in asset management and closer integration between investment management, insurance, and wealth-management capabilities. BNP Paribas sought to scale its investment and protection businesses and strengthen its position in long-term savings, institutional asset management and private assets.
Action taken
BNP Paribas entered exclusive negotiations with AXA, signed the purchase agreement in December 2024, and completed the acquisition on 1 July 2025 through BNP Paribas Cardif. BNP Paribas entered exclusive negotiations to acquire 100% of AXA Investment Managers and agreed a long-term partnership to manage a substantial portion of AXA’s assets.
Aftermath
The transaction created a substantially larger asset-management platform and became a major pillar of the group's investment-services strategy. The transaction closed on 1 July 2025 through BNP Paribas Cardif. AXA IM was combined with the group’s asset-management and real-estate investment capabilities, with transitional appointments for the liquid and alternatives platforms.
Announced acquisition price. €5.1 billion (2024 announcement)
2021
Sell Bank of the WestM&ABackground
BNP Paribas reassessed the strategic value and capital intensity of its U.S. retail-banking operations while retaining stronger positions in corporate and institutional banking and other specialized businesses.
Action taken
The group agreed to sell Bank of the West to Bank of Montreal for $16.3 billion; the transaction closed in 2023.
Aftermath
BNP Paribas exited most U.S. retail banking while preserving a substantial U.S. institutional and investment-banking presence.
Announced transaction value. $16.3 billion (2021 announcement)
2021
Sale of Bank of the West to Bank of MontrealM&ABackground
BNP Paribas decided to exit its US retail-banking subsidiary after building a presence through Bank of the West. The transaction enabled the group to redeploy capital toward other strategic priorities.
Action taken
The group agreed to sell Bank of the West to Bank of Montreal; regulatory approval was obtained in January 2023 and the transaction was expected to close in February 2023.
Aftermath
The sale reduced BNP Paribas’s US retail footprint and strengthened its capital flexibility, while giving BMO a substantially larger US banking platform.
Transaction value. US$16.3 billion announced purchase price (Announced 2021; regulatory approval January 2023)
- Bank of Montreal — BMO pursued the acquisition to expand its US presence, particularly in markets including California.
2014
Strengthen sanctions compliance after U.S. settlementStrategyBackground
The sanctions case exposed weaknesses in controls governing cross-border payment processing and the screening of U.S. dollar transactions.
Action taken
BNP Paribas accepted a guilty plea, paid major penalties, separated employees and senior personnel, accepted restrictions on certain dollar-clearing activities, and implemented enhanced compliance systems and monitoring.
Aftermath
Compliance, risk governance, transaction monitoring, and regulatory supervision became central elements of the group's operating model.
Combined U.S. penalties, forfeiture, and related assessments. Approximately $8.9736 billion (2014 settlement)
2008
Acquire Fortis banking operations in Belgium and LuxembourgM&ABackground
Fortis was destabilized by the subprime and global financial crises and required government-supported restructuring.
Action taken
BNP Paribas agreed to acquire controlling interests in Fortis Bank Belgium and Fortis banking operations in Luxembourg, with the Belgian and Luxembourg states retaining significant interests in the restructured entities.
Aftermath
The transaction produced BNP Paribas Fortis and expanded the group's Benelux retail, commercial, and corporate-banking base.
2006
Acquire Banca Nazionale del LavoroM&ABackground
BNP Paribas sought to deepen its presence in a major European domestic market and add a sizeable Italian banking network.
Action taken
The group acquired BNL and integrated it as an important Italian subsidiary.
Aftermath
BNP Paribas strengthened its retail, commercial, and corporate-banking franchise in Italy.
2000
Merge BNP with ParibasM&ABackground
BNP and Paribas pursued complementary strategies: BNP brought a large French retail and commercial franchise, while Paribas contributed investment banking, capital-markets, and international corporate-finance capabilities.
Action taken
BNP completed its successful offer for Paribas and merged the two institutions on 23 May 2000.
Aftermath
The transaction created one of Europe's largest universal banking groups and established the BNP Paribas brand.
- Société Générale — Société Générale had participated in the 1999 takeover contest but did not acquire Paribas.
Recent events
BNP Paribas reports higher third-quarter profit[27]
Reported:
BNP Paribas reported third-quarter net income of 3.5 billion euros, up 14 per cent year on year and above analysts’ average forecast of 3.2 billion euros. Revenue rose year on year to 13.8 billion euros.
GS E&C secures green loan for Polish warehouses[28]
Reported:
GS Engineering & Construction secured a €70.2 million green loan from BNP Paribas to fund four eco-friendly warehouses under construction in Wroclaw, Poland.
BNP Paribas appoints Sanjay Singh as India CEO[29]
Reported:
BNP Paribas announced Sanjay Singh's appointment as CEO of India, succeeding Aymar de Liedekerke Beaufort. The appointments were scheduled to take effect on September 1.
Alkion completes debt refinancing and raises a capex facility[30]
Alkion Terminals completed a sustainability-linked refinancing of its debt facilities totaling EUR 370 million, including a EUR 100 million capex and acquisition facility to support its 2022–2025 terminal growth program.
BNP Paribas completes acquisition of Exane[31]
Reported:
BNP Paribas completed its acquisition of 100% of Exane, increasing its stake from the 50% it previously held.
HR Path secures €113 million in bank financing[32]
Reported:
HR Path announced that it secured €113 million in financing from banks to fund its growth ambitions.
Mytilineos announces EUR 500 million green bond offering[33]
Reported:
Mytilineos announced an offering of EUR 500 million in green senior unsecured notes with a 5.5-year tenor. It said an amount equivalent to the net proceeds would finance or refinance eligible green projects.
- Unconfirmed
Seaspan secures $1.8 billion sustainability-linked loan[34]
Reported:
Seaspan Corporation said it secured a $1.8 billion sustainability-linked loan, the first of its kind in the containership leasing industry. The proceeds are intended to pay down its revolving credit facility and support liquidity and growth opportunities.
Poxel receives approval for €6 million in government-guaranteed loans[35]
Reported:
Poxel announced that it received financing approval from BNP Paribas, Bpifrance and CIC Lyonnaise de Banque for €6 million in state-guaranteed loans.
Five banks become initial Trusple partners[36]
BNP Paribas, Citi, DBS Bank, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered became Trusple's first five partner banks, as the platform began its gradual global rollout.
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