OREANDA-NEWS. October 20, 2014. BNP Paribas is enhancing its Corporate and Investment Banking business in Finland by opening a branch office in Helsinki.  This local presence will facilitate closer proximity to the bank’s existing and prospective clients in Finland and will significantly strengthen its capabilities across the Nordic Region.

As part of one of the largest European banks with international reach, the new branch will provide Finnish clients access to BNP Paribas’ full range of products and services including: strategic advisory, international capital markets, financing, risk management and transaction banking throughout BNP Paribas’ international network of 216 business centres.

Pierre de Fontenay, Head of Nordic Region, commented “The opening of the branch in Helsinki supports our ambition to be the preferred international banking partner for corporate and institutional clients in the Nordic region. They will benefit from BNP Paribas’ Corporate and Investment Banking expertise, demonstrated through our leading positions in Europe in cash management, loan syndications and debt & equity-linked capital markets.”