BNP Paribas has been supporting Australian enterprise for over 128 years. Established in Australia since 1881, BNP Paribas arrived here as the Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris to finance the Australia-Europe wool trade. Until the deregulation of the Australian banking industry in the early 1980's it was in the fortunate position of being the sole major foreign bank granted a banking license to operate within Australia.
Today the Australian arm of the giant BNP Paribas Banking Group has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Wellington, and currently employs over 750 staff.
In 2008 BNP Paribas was voted "Global Bank of the Year" by The Banker.
Since its inception BNP Paribas has been a major participant in the Australian corporate lending and financial markets, and some of our client relationships have extended for over 100 years.
Through the bank's specialist divisions we provide our clients with a full range of innovative and customised solutions in:
· Global Trade Solutions
· Structured Finance with a particular focus on Energy & Commodities Finance
· Fixed Income including still a strong focus on flow products and DCM activities