A recent Hay Study, ranking the most admired banks in the world for 2004, has just been released for the American magazine Fortune. This also makes it the top bank in the euro zone since the top Five consist of…

BNP Paribas has combined all of its insurance businesses into a holding company called BNP Paribas Assurance. The brands Cardif, Natio Vie and Natio Assurance will continue to be used throughout the financial services group. The creation of this new…

Arval PHH, BNP Paribas’ car rental services subsidiary, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of Arma, a company which provides long-term car fleet leasing services, with its main activity in the Netherlands. Arma manages 290 million euros…

With the imminent introduction of Express II, the new Italian settlement system, planned for December 2003, BP2S Milan has received a number of requests in recent months to discuss outsourcing solutions with Italian banks and brokers who are looking to…

BNP Paribas is pleased to introduce its new Foreign Exchange set-up in Amsterdam with the appointment of three newcomers: Diedert Wesselius, Martin Knol and James McHardy. Diedert joins as Head of Foreign Exchange Sales for the Netherlands and will be…

BNP Paribas is pleased to announce the restructuring of the Dutch Sales Team under the direction of Alex Melis. Alex will be responsible for the distribution of all Interest Rate and Global Credit products into the Netherlands and will report…

BNP Paribas Lease Group has just acquired the Hungarian subsidiary of the Austrian leasing company Leasfinanz. This company, which specializes in leasing trucks and construction machines, will give BNP Paribas Lease Group an immediately operational unit in this EUR 2…

Cetelem, the European leader in consumer finance, and Thai Farmers Bank, the second Thai private banking network, announced on October 29 2001 in Bangkok, the signature of a partnership agreement in the consumer finance sector in Thailand. This agreement, operational…