BNP Paribas SA Competition

One of 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 its home country of France.