BNP Paribas is a world-class financial group headquartered in Paris, France, and is the largest bank in France and the largest bank in the Eurozone in terms of deposits. It is the largest bank in France and the largest bank in the Eurozone in terms of deposits. The bank was formed by the merger of two major French commercial banks, BNP Paribas and BNP Paribas, on May 23, 2000. According to the 2012 Bloomberg and Forbes rankings, BNP Paribas is the third largest bank in the world in terms of total assets.