France’s largest banking group and Europe’s second-largest, BNP Paribas was created in 2000 following the merger between Banque Nationale de Paris and Paribas. Operating in 72 countries, the bank engages through an integrated business model which includes retail banking and services and corporate institutional banking. BNP Paribas is headquartered in Paris. The Group serves nearly 33 million clients worldwide through its retail-banking networks and 27 million personal finance clients.
