BNP Paribas

354 results about this entity

Period: 17 Oct 2006 - 30 Apr 2025

EC approves BNP Paribas acquisition of Opel/Vauxhall financing arms

Today, the European Commission approved the proposed acquisition by Groupe PSA and BNP Paribas of the captive companies of Opel/Vauxhall.

BNP Paribas completes the acquisition of Compte-Nickel

BNP Paribas has finalised today the acquisition of Financière des Paiements Électroniques (FPE), which provides the Compte-Nickel payments account.

Liquidshare DLT joint venture formed by seven-strong finance consortium

A Paris-based consortium of top-rank financial firms are to pool resources in the establishment of a joint venture company that plans to use distributed ledger technology to ease the post-trade processing of SME lending operations.

BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions UK appoints new Head of Technology

BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions UK has appointed Mike Quinn as the new Head of Technology Solutions (TS), taking over from Russ Pettifer.

BNP Paribas loads first share registers on to blockchain platform

BNP Paribas Securities Services and crowdfunding outfit SmartAngels have loaded the share registers of five of their clients onto a new platform designed to allow private companies to issue securities on the primary market and give investors access to the secondary market using blockchain technology.

Alipay touches down in Monaco

Alipay, the world's largest online and mobile payment platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group ("Ant Financial", "Ant"), today announced that it has signed a MoU with the Government of Monaco, which will enable merchants in Monaco to accept payment via Alipay, giving Chinese tourists the same convenient payment experience that they enjoy at home.

BNP Paribas completes third international hackathon

The third BNP Paribas International Hackathon was held last weekend simultaneously in the ten participating countries.

BNP Paribas jumps into virtual reality

BNP Paribas is the latest financial services firm to dabble in virtual reality, unveiling a VR-based app for retail banking customers and a 'teleportation' capsule for home buyers.

BNP Paribas leads $63m funding round for Wall Street messaging outfit Symphony

Bank messaging platform Symphony Communication Services is looking to expand into Asia after raising $63 million in a funding round led by BNP Paribas.

French retailers and banks begin roll out of universal mobile app

French retailer Carrefour is to begin the roll out of LyfPay, a new mobile app resulting from the merger of BNP Paribas-backed Wa! and Credit Mutuel's Fivory, which will enable customers to make instore and online payments with a single movement, send P2P money transfers, settle invoices and use loyalty points and coupons.

BNP Paribas to become startup bank for Parisian version of Silicon Valley

BNP Paribas is to locate its Plug and Play accelerator at Parisian startup campus Station F as part of a partnership programme that will see the bank become a first port of call to meet the financing needs of emerging technology firms at the site.

BNP Paribas commits to become carbon neutral by end-2017

As part of its long-standing commitment to help combat climate change, BNP Paribas commits to becoming carbon neutral by the end of the year in terms of the CO2 emissions arising from its own operations.