BNP Paribas announced that it has been awarded in China market making status for the new Bond Connect scheme and executed its first trade through the scheme, which officially launched today, providing another route for accessing the world’s third biggest…

Between 2017 and 2019, the BNP Paribas Foundation will put an additional €6 million into its Climate Initiative programme to support eight international research projects. These projects focus on a diverse range of topics including the collection of new data on past climates in Antarctica and tropical areas, the expansion of the dry subtropics in South America, an assessment of the impact of climate change on the coral reefs and the carbon sequestration potential of agricultural soils in Africa.

BNP Paribas is now rolling out ground-breaking Virtual Reality-based services designed to improve and streamline the Customer Journey. As the Group drives ahead with its digital transformation, VR technology – already in use at several of the Bank’s businesses, including…

Asset owners and asset managers in Asia Pacific have leapt ahead of their European and North American counterparts when it comes to incorporating Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) related strategies into their investing, according to a new report from BNP Paribas Securities Services.

The Board of Directors of BNP Paribas met on 2 May 2017. The meeting was chaired by Jean Lemierre and the Board examined the Group’s results for the first quarter 2017.      Read the press release “BNP Paribas Group:…

Cardif Assurance Vie and Cardif-Assurances Risques Divers in Japan (hereafter: Cardif Japan) announced today that BNP Paribas Cardif has agreed a strategic alliance with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (hereafter: SMTB), a member of the fourth largest banking group in Japan….

Cardif Assurance Vie and Cardif-Assurances Risques Divers in Japan will change their company structures from branches of the France-based insurance companies to life and non-life insurance incorporated companies in Japan, subject to the approval of the Financial Services Agency. In…

The Board of Directors of BNP Paribas met on 6 February 2017. The meeting was chaired by Jean Lemierre and the Board examined the Group’s results for the fourth quarter and endorsed the 2016 financial statements.    RISE IN INCOME…

Loans with an environmental focus  Like all other bond types, green bonds are financial loans, issued on the market by a company, organization or government. They differ from other bonds because they only finance environmental projects: infrastructure projects that contribute…

BNP Paribas has received acknowledgment by the People’s Bank of China (“PBoC”) for its first China Interbank Bond Market (CIBM) filing as a bond settlement agent and local custodian. The CIBM is the world’s third largest bond market after the…