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August 6th, 2010

Cultural Diversity Day Extended in Canada

World Day for Cultural Diversity continues throughout the year in our Canada offices, where we ask members of our team hailing from around the world to share their thoughts about their arrival in Canada. This time, Siddiqa Dahoo from Mauritius, a new employee in the Customer Service department, tells us about her transition to Canada.
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Anaëlle Guist'hau

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August 2nd, 2010

BlogTV: Microcredit, a united solution

Microcredit is an international system that provides a way for entrepreneurs who, for one reason or another, cannot access traditional bank loans. The small amounts of money issued by microfinance institutions (MFIs) are then used by “micro-entrepreneurs” to start and build their businesses.
But how exactly does it work? What kind of help is provided for [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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July 30th, 2010

Another successful volunteer project in Regent’s Park

On Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 28th July, dressed in their best gardening gear, two groups of staff members from the bank volunteered in Regent’s Park in London. Entering an area reserved just for the park’s wildlife, they proceeded to clear it of thistles, brambles and tree saplings that were threatening to overrun the native species [...]

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Emma Oliver

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July 29th, 2010

Mosquito Nets as Preventitive Action

In a number of African countries affected by malaria, BNP Paribas is to distribute mosquito nets treated with insecticide to the employees of its subsidiaries. A total of 5,000 mosquito nets, two per family, will be distributed in Senegal, Mali, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and the Republic of Guinea. This operation was a joint [...]

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Agnes Marguillard

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July 28th, 2010

Story of a Helping Hand in Central America

Stéphanie Trottier is an employee in at BNP Paribas (Canada) in Montreal, and has just returned from a humanitarian mission to El Salvador. Stéphanie was sponsored by the “Coup de Pouce” (“Helping Hand”) programme in Canada, and has taken the time to tell us a little more about her experience in the heart of Central [...]

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Anaëlle Guist'hau

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July 28th, 2010

A Story of Mutual Enrichment in Senegal

The program “Microfinance Sans Frontières”, a BNP Paribas initiative, has recently been embraced by BNP Paribas Fortis. [...]

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Franck Marion

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July 8th, 2010

Annual Race Benefits New York’s Central Park

More than 200 BNP Paribas US employees took part in the 34th Annual JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge in New York City on June 17, 2010. The annual event, a 3.5-mile road race, benefited New York’s Central Park Conservancy.
Central Park, famous the world over from its presence in countless films, faced a sharp decline in the [...]

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Scott Gerace

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June 22nd, 2010

Learning the tools of the trade

For the last three years BNP Paribas Securities Services has sponsored the Stock Market Challenge events in both Dundee and Glasgow. These events see S3 pupils (aged 13-15) spend the day working in teams of five to trade in shares and foreign currency by analysing information from the stock market. The project not only teaches [...]

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Lindsay Bennett

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June 22nd, 2010

Park Gets Annual Face Lift

The BNP Paribas “Changenators” took to the Welcome Garden of Highbridge Park in New York City on June 5 as part of their ongoing efforts to support the MillionTrees NYC initiative and to honor World Environmental Day. This time trees took a back seat to the planting of flowers and plants by the 40 bank [...]