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BNP Paribas : AA+ rating reaffirmed by Standard & Poor’s, with stable outlook
BNP Paribas is pleased to announce that on July 1st, 2008, Standard & Poor’s reaffirmed the AA+ rating with stable outlook. In its comments, the rating agency highlighted BNP Paribas’ “strong and highly diversified business profile; sound financial position, characterized…
BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking strengthens its global organization for better Client Service
BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) strengthens its organization to ensure optimal coverage for major corporate and institutional clients worldwide. The CIB division of BNP Paribas has withstood the crisis better than most of its competitors, largely due to…
BNP Paribas reshuffles its organisation to fit its global dimension
Jean-Laurent Bonnafé is appointed Chief Operating OfficerJean Clamon is appointed Managing Director The BNP Paribas Board of Directors met on Tuesday, 1 July 2008 at a meeting chaired by Michel Pébereau. Upon a motion by Baudouin Prot, the Board decided…
BNP Paribas and EDF launch SEPA payments in XML format
EDF, the European leader in the energy sector, selected BNP Paribas – one of Europe’s major cash management players – to set up its SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) payment system. Since 2 June 2008 these transactions have been completed using…
BNP Paribas presents Innovation Days 2008 and demonstrates that once again innovation is the centrepiece of its strategy
Innovation is a strong differentiation factor in the banking industry. It is the centre of the BNP Paribas strategy. Innovation, whether it is technological, financial, marketing or behavioural, means that the Group adapts rapidly to a continually changing environment in…
Microfinance focus – Encouraging voluntary participation
Microfinance has as much need for expertise as it does for capital in the fight against poverty. In the wider scope of BNP Paribas’ commitment to job creation via microfinance, two projects encouraging the voluntary provision of skills have been…
BNP Paribas launches a new corporate publicity campaign to mark its 35-year of tennis sponsorship
Over the last 35 years, the involvement of BNP Paribas in tennis has strengthened continuously at all levels: international, local, educational and social. On 19th May, for the first time, the bank launched a global corporate publicity campaign highlighting its…
Microfinance focus, social finance to fight against poverty
As a socially responsible bank, BNP Paribas includes microfinance within its natural citizen liabilities. At the Group level, the Microfinance entity was created as a genuine banking activity that contributes to the development of microfinance. “At BNP Paribas we believe…
BNP Paribas supports Microcredit Week
BNP Paribas is a partner of the social solidarity organisation ADIE (Association pour le Droit à l’Initiative Economique) in organising the 4th Microcredit Week from 3 to 7 June.This initiative introduces the unemployed and those on income support to microcredit,…
Baudouin Prot ranked second CEO in the banking industry in Europe
Institutional Investor magazine just published its 2008 rankings of the best business leaders in Europe. In the “Financial,Technology and Services” category, BNP Paribas CEO Baudouin Prot ranked second, up one spot from 2007. The magazine develops its rankings through interviews…
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BNP Paribas : AA+ rating reaffirmed by Standard & Poor’s, with stable outlook
BNP Paribas is pleased to announce that on July 1st, 2008, Standard & Poor’s reaffirmed the AA+ rating with stable outlook. In its comments, the rating agency highlighted BNP Paribas’ “strong and highly diversified business profile; sound financial position, characterized…
BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking strengthens its global organization for better Client Service
BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) strengthens its organization to ensure optimal coverage for major corporate and institutional clients worldwide. The CIB division of BNP Paribas has withstood the crisis better than most of its competitors, largely due to…
BNP Paribas reshuffles its organisation to fit its global dimension
Jean-Laurent Bonnafé is appointed Chief Operating OfficerJean Clamon is appointed Managing Director The BNP Paribas Board of Directors met on Tuesday, 1 July 2008 at a meeting chaired by Michel Pébereau. Upon a motion by Baudouin Prot, the Board decided…
BNP Paribas and EDF launch SEPA payments in XML format
EDF, the European leader in the energy sector, selected BNP Paribas – one of Europe’s major cash management players – to set up its SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) payment system. Since 2 June 2008 these transactions have been completed using…
BNP Paribas presents Innovation Days 2008 and demonstrates that once again innovation is the centrepiece of its strategy
Innovation is a strong differentiation factor in the banking industry. It is the centre of the BNP Paribas strategy. Innovation, whether it is technological, financial, marketing or behavioural, means that the Group adapts rapidly to a continually changing environment in…
Microfinance focus – Encouraging voluntary participation
Microfinance has as much need for expertise as it does for capital in the fight against poverty. In the wider scope of BNP Paribas’ commitment to job creation via microfinance, two projects encouraging the voluntary provision of skills have been…
BNP Paribas launches a new corporate publicity campaign to mark its 35-year of tennis sponsorship
Over the last 35 years, the involvement of BNP Paribas in tennis has strengthened continuously at all levels: international, local, educational and social. On 19th May, for the first time, the bank launched a global corporate publicity campaign highlighting its…
Microfinance focus, social finance to fight against poverty
As a socially responsible bank, BNP Paribas includes microfinance within its natural citizen liabilities. At the Group level, the Microfinance entity was created as a genuine banking activity that contributes to the development of microfinance. “At BNP Paribas we believe…
BNP Paribas supports Microcredit Week
BNP Paribas is a partner of the social solidarity organisation ADIE (Association pour le Droit à l’Initiative Economique) in organising the 4th Microcredit Week from 3 to 7 June.This initiative introduces the unemployed and those on income support to microcredit,…
Baudouin Prot ranked second CEO in the banking industry in Europe
Institutional Investor magazine just published its 2008 rankings of the best business leaders in Europe. In the “Financial,Technology and Services” category, BNP Paribas CEO Baudouin Prot ranked second, up one spot from 2007. The magazine develops its rankings through interviews…
