BNP Paribas’ global equity capital increase for employees this year was another big success. Employee share subscriptions totalled Euros 211.5 million and 53% of employees subscribed to the issue. The employee share subscriptions include their part of the French profit…

Findomestic, the Italian leader in offering consumer credit, has signed an agreement to acquire by way of a take over bid not less than 95.0% of the outstanding share capital and corresponding voting rights of the Serbian bank Nova Banka…

The Republic of Serbia signed an agreement to sell a 99% stake in Vojvodina’s Continental Banka to Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB Group – Slovenia). The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. By adding Continental Banka to the network consisting of…

The Republic of Serbia has signed an agreement to sell an 83% stake in Novosadska Banka to Erste Bank (Austria). Erste Bank has agreed to pay €73.17m for the 83.28% stake. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. With a…

BNP Paribas is the no. 1 company in the Euro Zone and the 10th worldwide according to the corporate governance index published by the FTSE Group and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). The target of this ranking of corporate governance published…

BNP Paribas has been awarded Bank of the year by Global Water Intelligence which is the leading source of market information for the international water industry. BNP Paribas has been nominated bank of the year by an electoral college including…

The Chairman of BNP Paribas has been elected President of the European Banking Federation (FBE) for a two-year term. He succeeds Maurizio Sella, President of the Italian Banking Association. At the same time, Hein Blocks, Managing Director of the Netherlands…

BNP Paribas has been ranked the 3rd most valuable brand in France in 2004, reflecting the combination of a brand that is both recent and enjoys a rich history anchored in two leading names. The brand scorecard was prepared by…