BNP Paribas

...fell less than expected and the bank chose a new chief executive. Standard Chartered, HSBC, Lloyds, BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Natixis and UBS rose 0.9 to 4.7 per cent. "Positive macro-economic data from China helped the market today,"...

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...a partial nationalisation by the governments of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The Dutch state took control of the Netherlands operations. France's BNP Paribas took control of Fortis Bank and a quarter of Fortis Insurance Belgium.

In this article: Fortis, Belgium, Europe, Netherlands, Asia, and Brussels

...posting a widely-expected fall in third quarter profit. Other banks to gain included BNP Paribas, Banco Santander, HSBC and Societe Generale - up between 0.8 and 1.8 per cent. Data showed that Chinese factory output growth leapt to a...

In this article: Europe, France, All rights reserved, Societe Generale, Credit Agricole, Banco Santander, and HSBC

...Management Solution for an NFC project in Nice, France Oberthur Technologies will manage the mobile payment service on behalf of BNP Paribas via an OTA (Over the Air) Platform. Starting in the spring of 2010 over 3,000 residents in the...

In this article: NFC, Mobile payment, France, ATM, Visa, and Standard & Poor's

...5 2009 18:36 A strong rebound in investment banking profits drove better-than-expected third-quarter results at BNP Paribas on Thursday, as France's biggest bank reaped the benefits from its recent acquisition of Fortis bank. BNP Paribas...

In this article: Fortis, Christine Lagarde, Tax, European Union, Lloyds, RBS, and French Banking Federation

...he's called "scandalous" bonus payments. The new rules were announced jointly by Lagarde and Baudoin Prot, the head of the federation and chief executive of BNP Paribas, the top French bank. Prot didn't mention Sarkozy's browbeating, but...

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BNP Paribas third-quarter profits up 45pc BNP Paribas, France's largest bank, said third-quarter profit rose 45pc, helped by the purchase of Fortis assets and a rebound at the investment bank. Net income rose to EUR1.31bn, the Paris-based...

In this article: Fortis, Revenue, Paris, Luxembourg, Deutsche Bank AG, and Jpmorgan Chase & Co.

...and prompted widespread calls for tighter internal controls at banks. Societe Generale's big domestic rival, BNP Paribas, reports its third quarter results on Thursday. Societe Generale SA, France's second-largest bank, said on Wednesday...

In this article: Paris, Thomson Reuters, Jerome Kerviel, Lehman Brothers, and France

...Kyodo The Financial Services Agency on Friday ordered the Japanese unit of France's BNP Paribas to suspend some operations for two weeks from Nov. 2 for manipulating Softbank Corp.'s share price and false reporting. The agency...

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