The BNP Paribas Group has been granted authorization from the Mauritanian authorities to open a full-service bank in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. By the end of the year, BNP Paribas Mauritanie will have a staff of more than twenty…

Results as at 30 june 2006 YET ANOTHER QUARTER OF VERY STRONG GROWTH • Revenues: €7,245mn (+ 40.1 % / 2Q05) – Retail Banking (excl. BNL): + 18.7 % – Asset Management and Services: + 25.3 % – Corporate and…

BNP Paribas has confirmed its leadership position in the French M&A market, with $121.86 billion in transactions announced, ahead of JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley. It also ranks fourth in Europe, with $280.35 billion in transactions announced. According to Thomson Financial,…

A powerful growth drive in a very good global economic and business environment Unprecedented growth of the business:Net Banking Income (excluding BNP Paribas Capital): 6.7 billion euros (+28.1%/1Q05) Sharp rise in operating profitability:– Gross operating income (excluding BNP Paribas Capital):…

“Forbes” magazine has published its list of the world’s 2000 largest public companies in 2006 according to sales, profits, assets, and market value. BNP Paribas ranks 17th all categories combined (it was 16th in 2005 and 18th in 2004). As…

BNP Paribas has been ranked first by investors for the third consecutive year in overall investment grade research in this year’s Euromoney Credit Research Poll. Our investment grade credit research teams came top in five categories: Telecoms and Media (also…

BNP Paribas today acquired 4.93% of BNL’s share capital, which takes its stake in BNL to 50.4%. This acquisition completes the transaction entered into on 2nd February 2006 with a group of BNL’s shareholders. About BNP Paribas BNP Paribas (www.bnpparibas.com)…

BNP Paribas files its prospectus for the public offer for BNL today. BNP Paribas has filed its prospectus for the public offer for the capital of BNL today, as follows: mandatory with regard to common stock voluntary with regard to…

Very solid growth(1) in the business (data excluding BNP Paribas Capital) Net Banking Income: 21.5 billion euros (+14.6%)Gross Operating Income: 8.1 billion euros (+20.7%)Cost/Income Ratio: 62.2% (- 1.9pt) Net Income Group Share: 5,852 million euros (+25.1%)After-tax ROE: 20.2 % (+2.2pts)…

A meeting of the Board of BNP Paribas was called on 9 February 2006 and was held by the end of the afternoon of that same day. It unanimously approved the plan to acquire BNL and ratified the agreements concerning…