BNP Paribas Company Description
One of the Europe's largest banks, BNP Paribas operates about 2,200 retail branches in France and has approximately 4,000 additional locations in some 85 other countries. The company and its myriad subsidiaries specialize in retail banking, corporate and investment banking, and asset management. It operates in Italy through BNL banca commerciale. BNP Paribas acquired a 75% stake in beleaguered Fortis Banque, adding some 1,450 retail branches in Belgium and Luxembourg and further cementing BNP Paribas as a top European bank. In the US, BNP Paribas owns BancWest (the parent of Bank of the West and First Hawaiian Bank). BNP Paribas earns more than half of its revenue outside of France.
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