BNP Paribas S.A. is a French international banking group, the leading European bank in terms of business and profitability, with just over $3 trillion in assets as of September 2021, and the 7th largest international banking group as of October 2021, present in 65 countries. At 31 December 2021, net profit attributable to equity holders was 9.5 billion euros. Born in 2000 from the merger between Banque Nationale de Paris and Paribas, the BNP Paribas Group was, in 2020, the 8th French brand with the highest value. Its brand value was 12.3 billion euros in 2021.