Latest BNP Paribas News: Finextra Research

BNP Paribas merges Cortal Consors and B*capital operations

French banking group BNP Paribas is merging its execution-only online brokerage Cortal Consors with share trading advisory offshoot B*capital.

02 December 2004

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BNP Paribas launches fixed income structured trading platform

BNP Paribas has launched an online trading platform designed to market corporate bonds, structured credit-linked notes, as well as equity and fixed income hybrid notes on a global scale.

25 October 2004

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AT&T wins $10m BNP Paribas network service contract

AT&T has won a five year contract, worth $10 million, with BNP Paribas to engineer, install and manage Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology that will protect the bank's mission critical data and applications.

06 August 2004

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EC says French banks conspired to stifle competition on CB cards

The European Commission has accused nine major French banks and payments body Groupement de Carte Bancaires (GCB) of collusion in a 'secret agreement' to restrict the access of new entrants to the domestic card market.

09 July 2004

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BNP Paribas rolls out FRS' FinancialAnalytics across European branches

BNP Paribas Investment Banking is rolling out reporting and analytics software from S1 subsidiary FRS across its branches in Europe.

13 January 2004

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BNP Paribas signs EUR1bn IT services deal with IBM

French bank BNP Paribas has signed a multi-year agreement, worth up to EUR1 billion, with IBM for 'on demand' IT services.

19 December 2003

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BNP Paribas outsources Eftpos terminal management to Axalto

BNP Paribas is to outsource the installation, management and maintenance of its installed base of Eftpos terminals to Axalto, formerly Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals.

15 December 2003

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German banks knock back SAP

Siemens Business Services has received orders worth a total of EUR140 million from 15 banks in Germany and Luxembourg for its established standard Kordoba Classic software, in the process delivering a critical blow to a two-year old pact with SAP to develop new banking software for this market.

03 July 2003

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AXA to acquire Banque Directe

French insurer AXA has entered an agreement in principle to acquire BNP Paribas's Internet and phone banking subsidiary Banque Directe.

06 June 2002

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BNP Paribas moves to freephone POS model

BNP Paribas has become the first bank in France to offer its merchants a freephone POS authorisation service.

29 May 2002

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Four bidders vie for ConSors - Die Welt

BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, Societe Generale and E*Trade Group have each tabled seperate bids for European online brokerage Consors, according to a report in Die Welt.

15 February 2002

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BNP Paribas and Western Union in money transfer alliance

Money transfer operator Western Union has entered an agreement with BNP Paribas to provide consumers with banking facilities across branches in Africa, the Middle East, and India.

04 December 2001

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