BNP Paribas is one of the largest international banking networks with strong positions in Asia and a significant presence in the United States. BNP Paribas is the largest European bank by total assets, the second-largest by market capitalisation and the sixteenth-largest company in the world.

BNP Paribas operates in over 85 countries, and has 161,200 employees including 125,800 in Europe - among whom 20,300 in Italy and 63,800 in France and in the Overseas Departments; 14,900 in North America and 8,500 in Asia.

It divides its business into three sectors: corporate and investment banking, asset management and services, and retail banking. The Corporate and Investment Banking division of BNP Paribas (CIB) offers a full range of advisory and financing services to companies, financial institutions and investors, no matter where they are located in the world.