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BNP Paribas has published its third quarter financial results.
The French banking group BNP Paribas closes the third quarter with a profit growth of 13% to 3.4 billion euros compared to 3 billion in the same period of 2025, above the analysts' consensus of 3.2 billion.
Revenues rose by 9.5% to 13.75 billion. In the note on the accounts the group "confirms the objectives for 2026 and up to 2028". The group also announced a 1.3 billion euro buy back program authorized by the ECB.
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