It’s growing in areas such as equity derivatives, Africa and digital banking. But is this enough to make up for the poor performance in French retail banking?

With conditions far from helpful, the French bank has a lot riding on initiatives designed to grow its corporate and institutional bank

UK corporate broking is the business that won’t die. There is no requirement for it outside the smallest listed firms, and corporates the world over manage without it. Yet UK companies almost always want the reassurance it provides. Is it finally under threat?

Chance of Société Générale merger remote, but bigger European banks to emerge in ‘medium term’.

BNPP's role on a government sale of Safran shares has made its paltry year in French ECM look a bit better, but the ultra-tight deal also reflects the pressure of low volumes

Corporate and household borrowing in France continues to outpace eurozone peers, as measures are introduced to tackle the increase.

Partnership could replace broken Barclays links; follows rumours of sale of Société Générale South Africa custody unit to Absa.

BNPP is building a formidable online network across the region

Société Générale's online bank is the biggest in France - and one of the most aggressive.

BNP Paribas had its excuses ready to explain a second quarter fall in CIB profits and FICC revenues, but strength in equities and continued progress on its strategic plan looked good

Loan margin pressures at the Dutch bank may be structural.

The French bank hopes with one small acquisition to burnish its green credentials, meet government requirements on renewable energy and show its potential to adapt disruptive financial technology

Core division sees sharp fall as peers rise; follows exit of key investment bankers.

Asset management is the hottest sub-sector in FIG investment banking in Europe. Even banks with successful in-house asset managers are thinking hard how to adapt, and must act fast.

Danone’s inks €2 billion ESG-tied credit facility; European firms dominate sustainable borrowing.

The French group seems both destined for dominance and predisposed to failure.

After a bloodless revolution at the eurozone’s second biggest banking group, Philippe Brassac says he has engineered a return to Crédit Agricole’s origins, rooted in French regional banking. Now he is aiming to revive the group’s appetite for foreign expansion. Can Brassac prevent a repetition of his predecessors’ international errors and avoid falling victim to another coup?

Cap on French banks’ corporate exposures could be transferred across Europe; household leverage outpacing corporate.

French bankers, like its politicians, do best when they promise less and achieve more – especially on the international stage.

Can Frédéric Oudéa persuade investors to be as positive about SocGen as he is?

After years of conservative and cautious delivery, BNPP's global ambitions are becoming clear