BNP Paribas

363 results about this entity

Period: 17 Oct 2006 - 13 Oct 2025

Banks join forces to develop open standard for electronic OTC trading

A group of leading sell-side banks has set up a working group that will focus on the creation of an open industry standard protocol for client and trader enablement on electronic trading platforms.

Telecom Italia and Intesa Sanpaolo begin Milan mobile NFC pilot

Telecom Italia has begun a contactless mobile payments trial in Milan, enabling participants to buy goods in shops, pay for travel on public transport, and access information on posters with a wave of their NFC-enabled handsets.

French shoppers trial biometric payments

A group of French banks, IT firms and retailers are trialling a point-of-sale system that combines biometrics and contactless cards to enable customers to pay with their fingertips.

BNP Paribas and Bottomline form UK and Ireland Swift Service Bureau partnership

BNP Paribas Cash Management and Bottomline Technologies have formed a Swift Service Bureau partnership in the UK and Ireland.

Key challenges for Asian brokers

Barnaby Nelson, head of client development at BNP Paribas Securities Services discusses their recent survey of the Asian brokerage market at Sibos 2011.

EC launches antitrust probe into CDS market

The world's biggest investment banks are being investigated in two European Commission antitrust probes into the credit default swaps (CDS) market.

BNP Paribas opens concept branch

BNP Paribas has launched its first concept 'laboratory' branch in Paris to test new technologies and a "new approach to banking relationships".

Nyse Euronext testing MTF for European corporate bonds

Nyse Euronext has set up a strategic committee that will assist and advise on the creation of a pan-European Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) for corporate bonds.

Irish banks to move domestic payments to EBA Clearing Step2 platform

The Irish banking community is to move its domestic payments processing to the Euro Banking Association's Step2 platform as part of the nation's preparations for the advent of a Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa).

French banks fined EUR345m for cheque fee price fixing

France's competition watchdog has fined 11 banks a total of EUR344.9 million for colluding to charge customers "unjustified" interbank fees during the switch-over to a new digital cheque processing system.

Hong Kong brokers turning to back office outsourcing - survey

A growing number of Hong Kong brokers are seeking to outsource their back office functions in a bid to deal with increasingly complex and competitive local markets, according to a survey from BNP Paribas Securities Services and Swift.

BNP Paribas deploys Clear2Pay framework for Asian payments hub

BNP Paribas has selected technology from Clear2Pay to build a single payments management platform covering 13 countries in Asia.