BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas (sometimes referred to as
BNPP or
BNP ) is a
multinational universal bank and
financial services holding company headquartered in
Paris . It was founded in 2000 from the merger of two of France's foremost financial institutions,
Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and
Paribas . It also incorporates many other major institutions from successive mergers and acquisitions, including
Fortis Group (and through it
Générale de Banque ,
ASLK / CGER and
NMKM / SNCI ) in
Belgium ,
Direkt Anlage Bank in
Germany ,
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro in Italy,
Banque Générale du Luxembourg in
Luxembourg , and
Türk Ekonomi Bankası in
Turkey . The Group has also been present in the
United States through its subsidiaries
Bank of the West until 2023 and
First Hawaiian Bank until 2019. With 190,000 employees, the bank is organized into three major business areas: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services (CPBS); Investment & Protection Services (IPS); and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB).
BNP Paribas is listed on
Euronext Paris and a component of the
Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index . It is the largest banking group in Europe, and ninth-largest banking group in the world by assets. It became one of the five largest banks in the world following the
2008 financial crisis . It is considered a
systemically important bank by the
Financial Stability Board . In the
Forbes Global 2000 , BNP Paribas was ranked as the 33rd largest public company in the world. It has been designated as a Significant Institution since the entry into force of
European Banking Supervision in late 2014, and as a consequence is directly supervised by the
European Central Bank .
Even though BNP Paribas is often referred to as a French bank, the
Belgian government is a significant shareholder with 5.3 percent equity ownership (as of mid-2023), and the bank's oldest significant predecessor entity is the
Société Générale de Belgique established in 1822.
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