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World's 10 biggest banks
March 27, 2008
BNP Paribas is a major European bank. It was created on May 23, 2000 through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris and Paribas. As on January 31, the bank's assets stood at $1,899.186 billion.
It's history can be traced back to 1869, when a group of bankers and investors, including Adrien Delahante, Edmond Joubert and Henri Cernuschi, founded the Banque de Paris.
The bank employs 162,700 people and operates in 87 countries. The bank is active in the finance, investment and asset management markets.
Image: BNP Paribas Deputy General Director Georges Chodron de Courcel (right) talks to his counterpart Jean Clamon, during a press conference in Paris.| Photograph: Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images
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