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Senior BNP Paribas executives are to tour the Middle East in coming days in an attempt to raise fresh capital and shore up confidence in France’s biggest bank. The FT reports. more...

France's top bank BNP Paribas announced a plan to sell 70 billion euros ($95.7 billion) of risk-weighted assets to help ease mounting investor fears about French bank leverage and funding, two days after smaller rival Societe Generale unveiled a similar plan. more...

Embattled French bank BNP Paribas has been forced to deny rumors, published in the Wall Street Journal, that it has been struggling to gain dollar funding from US money market funds. more...