One of the Europe's largest banks, BNP Paribas operates about 7,300 branches in more than 80 countries across Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. The company and its myriad subsidiaries specialize in retail banking, corporate and investment banking, and investment services. It operates in Italy through BNL banca commerciale. BNP Paribas also owns a majority stake in Belgium's BNP Paribas Fortis, which operates more than 1,000 branches in Europe and the US. In the western US the company owns BancWest (the parent of Bank of the West and First Hawaiian Bank). BNP Paribas earns more than half of its revenue outside of it home country of France.

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• Crédit Agricole
• HSBC
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• Financial Services
  • Banks and Credit Unions(primary)
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• Insurance
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Subsidiaries/affiliates of BNP Paribas

• Arval PHH Holdings Ltd.
• BancWest Corporation
  • Bank of the West
  • First Hawaiian Bank
• BGL BNP Paribas S.A.
• BNL banca commerciale

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• CAC 40
• Dow Jones Global Titans
• Euronext 100
• #67 in FT Global 500 (June 2011)
• SBF 120
• STOXX Europe 50