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In the tense international context preceding the Second World War, the government invited banks “to […]
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In the tense international context preceding the Second World War, the government invited banks “to […]
Crédit Universel, a consumer credit institution founded in Marseille in 1955, has become a national […]
BNP Paribas has a long history going back 200 years, but the current structure of […]
If the founding event of the arrival of electricity in France was the Universal Exhibition […]
Since the 1860s, the Ottoman Empire has lost a large part of its European territories. […]
In 1888, in the run-up to the 1889 Universal Exhibition, when electricity was almost non-existent […]
Created in 1863, following a shareholder agreement between the Ottoman government and British and French […]
Here is a stock: it is a 1937 bond issued by the Compagnie parisienne de […]
In the tense international context preceding the Second World War, the government invited banks “to […]
Crédit Universel, a consumer credit institution founded in Marseille in 1955, has become a national […]
BNP Paribas has a long history going back 200 years, but the current structure of […]
If the founding event of the arrival of electricity in France was the Universal Exhibition […]
Since the 1860s, the Ottoman Empire has lost a large part of its European territories. […]
In 1888, in the run-up to the 1889 Universal Exhibition, when electricity was almost non-existent […]
Created in 1863, following a shareholder agreement between the Ottoman government and British and French […]
Here is a stock: it is a 1937 bond issued by the Compagnie parisienne de […]
With a view to creating a banking group on a European scale, the BNP began […]
Taken in the mid 19th century, the photograph documented the urban transformation of Paris and […]
This international event held in Paris was an opportunity for the Comptoir National d’Escompte de […]
Here are two documents which offer an insight into how BNP Paribas Fortis, operating from […]
Today, the United Kingdom is a nerve centre of BNP Paribas Group business activity: about […]
During World War I, banks were called upon to assist the French government in funding […]
An English subsidiary of the Banque nationale pour le commerce et l’industrie (BNCI), founded in […]
Since the industrial revolution of the early nineteenth century, London’s reputation has grown steadily to […]
The Napoleonic period gave France solid and stable financial institutions from the beginning of the […]
Since 2014, more and more historically-themed channels have been springing up on the YouTube video […]
The 2018 Edmond Rostand Festival, created by Thomas Sertillanges, pays homage to this talented French author […]
On 7 March 1848, the Provisional Government of the French Republic decided to create short-term […]
Today, sustainable development is a central concern for the main economic players and international bodies. […]
Present in the United States since the end of the 19th century, BNP Paribas has […]
Nicolas Stoskopf, emerite Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Haute Alsace (France), tell […]
The turn of the century also witnessed the entry into effect of the euro on […]
Women’s rights have come a long way at the bank for employees and customers alike. […]
1867-2017 : For 150 years, BNP Paribas and its forerunners have been living at the […]
In 1987, BNP and the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) together launched a countrywide […]
On 29 July 1987, François Mitterrand and Margaret Thatcher signed the treaty between Britain and […]
In 1974, a French engineer developed a ‘portable memory device’ that paved the way to […]
Long before it established its countrywide network in France, the Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris (CEP) […]
Long before it established its countrywide network in France, the Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris (CEP) […]
Long before it established its countrywide network in France, the Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris (CEP) […]
Long before it established its countrywide network in France, the Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris (CEP) […]
Long before it established its countrywide network in France, the Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris (CEP) […]
From September 1993 to January 1994, the BNP supported the Barnes exhibition. The collections were […]
In 1917 began a joint history between BNP Paribas and the cinema that has spread over 100 […]
Matisse’s Le Bonheur de vivre, Seurat’s Les Poseuses and around 72 other masterpieces of the […]
From the beginning of the 19th century, European bankers Bischoffscheim & Goldschmidt, the ancestor of […]
From the beginning of the 19th century, La Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas (Paribas) […]
In 1974, a French engineer developed a ‘portable memory device’ that paved the way to […]
Moviemaking, an industry that first appeared in the late 19th century, required substantial investments from […]
While BNP Paribas was created in 2000 through the merger of BNP and Paribas, its […]
Moviemaking, an industry that first appeared in the late 19th century, required substantial investments from […]
Moviemaking, an industry that first appeared in the late 19th century, required substantial investments from […]
The use of credit in France has gradually grown since the 1920s and is now […]
BNP Paribas Group has had a strong presence in Asia Pacific since Comptoir National d’Escompte […]
The use of credit in France has gradually grown since the 1920s and is now […]
The use of credit in France has gradually grown since the 1920s and is now […]
A bank is a place of work, but also a living area where couples meet […]
After opening its first office in San Francisco in 1877, the Comptoir national d’escompte de […]
Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris opened a branch in Japan in 1867 to support French economic […]
Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris opened a branch in Japan in 1867 to support French economic […]
Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris opened a branch in Japan in 1867 to support French economic […]
The Comptoir National d’Escompte de Paris (CNEP), the forerunner of BNP Paribas, took the decision […]
It is often as a pioneer that BNP Paribas Group entered into China: by opening […]
A bank is an area for finance. It is also a living place for the […]
A bank is an area for finance. It is also a living place for the […]
BNP Paribas finalised the acquisition of BGŻ bank on 23 September 2014, but the group’s […]
Starting in 1862, Comptoir d’escompte de Paris (CEP), BNP Paribas forerunners, strove to carve out […]
BNP Paribas finalised the acquisition of BGŻ bank on 23 September 2014, but the group’s […]
BNP Paribas finalised the acquisition of BGŻ bank on 23 September 2014, but the group’s […]
Starting in 1862, Comptoir d’escompte de Paris (CEP), BNP Paribas forerunners, strove to carve out […]
Starting in 1862, Comptoir d’escompte de Paris (CEP), BNP Paribas forerunners, strove to carve out […]
Ever since their creation, banks have promoted a family spirit among their staff. Attachment to […]
From the 19th century, Asian trading centres became strategic for European banks. The forerunners of […]
Technology plays a key role in the banking industry, maximising the efficiency of transactions and […]
Constantly changing, bank architecture reflects the changes in society and conveys the Bank’s image. From […]
Known as the Rothschilds of the Orient, the Camondos are a line of five generations […]
BNP Paribas is the heir of the Comptoir National d’Escompte de Paris (CNEP). The CNEP’s […]
The first evidence of factoring is to be found in the fifteenth century in France […]
Holiday camps, which were first created in 19th century Switzerland, quickly developed in France. A […]
The Group’s continuously growing partnership with tennis since 1973 is well known; less well known […]
Le Centre d’Information Bancaire BNP (BNP Banking Information Centre) opened its doors on 11 May […]
In 1987, Alain Pacquier and Lionel Lissot launched a cultural cooperation programme aimed at restoring […]
The movement for education savings in Belgium began in Ghent. The city encouraged the practice […]
BNP Paribas is an international banking group. Since the 19th century, its forerunner banks chose […]
In 1848 the July Monarchy was more than running out of steam, it was worn […]
BNP Paribas is an international banking group. Since the 19th century, its forerunner banks chose […]
The Comptoir National d’Escompte de Paris (CNEP) was the first forunner of BNP Paribas Group […]
The launch of the Carte Bleue was one of the banking sector’s greatest innovations in […]
After the First World War, the banking sector had to become more efficient in order […]
BNP Paribas plays an important role in French towns through its large network of agencies. […]
The banking sector reflects social and technological changes. In the 1960s, information technology started to […]
On 13 July 1965, women in France became bank clients in their own right, when […]
Innovation can take various forms. In the banking sector, one of the greatest changes involved […]
In the twentieth century, Caracas became an important economic centre in Latin America. With the […]
In the nineteenth century, British and Japanese banks dominated the Asian banking system. However, French […]
Cinema involves both creation and production. In France, BNP Paribas has close ties with the […]
Alphonse Pinard (1815-1871) is an important figure in the history of banking in France. He […]
Although bartering was one of the first forms of trade, exchange units were gradually introduced. […]
In the nineteenth century and until the 1960s, banking called upon certain jobs that no […]
In the early 1950s, European countries were severely weakened after the two World Wars. New […]
How to buy, sell and pay your debts? Almost as old as humanity itself, the […]
As tennis enthusiasts all know, BNP Paribas is an emblematic partner of Roland-Garros. The group […]
by Hélène Bhys, Historia How Jacques Allier, a senior banker at Paribas, managed to […]
Alexis Rostand (1844-1919), a leading figure in the history of French banking, was renowned for […]
The history of banks is also the history of how they serve their customers. The […]
“Quizz Histoire Eco” – what is it? A game available on internet and a mobile […]
In France in 1930 not all banks were equal when facing the consequences of the […]
Up until the 1880s, bank employees were exclusively male. But the creation of new administrative […]
Preferring discretion and a low profile, banks took their time before beginning to use advertising […]
The Comptoir National d’Escompte de Paris (CNEP) and Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et l’Industrie […]
The history of BNP Paribas in the Netherlands goes back a long way and starts […]
BNP Paribas shares a long history with India. The Bank was established in Calcutta in […]
The history of BNP Paribas in the Gulf States highlights the pioneering strategy pursued by […]
The Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris set up establishments in Melbourne and Sydney in 1881 to […]
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