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BNP Paribas Securities Services today announced that it has launched a service that allows financial intermediaries to shorten their deployment time to new markets, optimising liquidity and boosting client service. Delivered through a single point of contact, BNP Paribas’ solution…

BNP Paribas Securities Services today announced that it has extended its European clearing capabilities to be the first to provide third party clearing of bonds in France, Spain and Italy. Previously, market participants wanting to clear fixed income product in…

Presentation of Baudouin Prot, Chief Executive Officer of the BNP Paribas Group, at the Barclays Conference in New York: BNP Paribas: Proactive Management Addressing New Challenges

BNP Paribas has today requested the French market regulator, Autorité des Marchés Financiers, to open an investigation into the publication of erroneous information about its funding in dollars in an article in the Opinions section of the Wall Street Journal.About…

The Wall Street Journal published today in its Op-Ed pages an article entitled “The problem with French banks” written by Mr. Nicolas Lecaussin.This article quotes a certain anonymous BNP Paribas executive who states that the bank has a liquidity problem…

Within the framework of its commitment to sustainable development, BNP Paribas continues to establish formal guidelines for business activities in sensitive sectors in terms of their social and environmental impact. In 2010 and 2011 the Group published sector policies covering…

The eventuality of a downgrade of French banks by the rating agency Moody’s is fuelling concern on the markets today. BNP Paribas reiterates that: 1) Already last June it was announced that French banks had been put under credit watch…

After being asked a number of questions about the bank and the Eurozone, BNP Paribas has decided to publish the answers to the most frequently asked questions in the three categories below: – Questions to the bank – Questions about…

Since the beginning of the week there have been all kind of rumours regarding the eurozone and France. Competent authorities made clear that they were unfouded. In particular, Standard and Poors, Moody’s and Fitch have successively indicated that rumours regarding…

The Board of Directors of BNP Paribas met on 1st August 2011. The meeting was chaired by Michel Pébereau and the Board examined the Group’s results for the second quarter of the year and approved the interim accounts.Net quarterly profits…