The French banking group BNP Paribas has published its second quarter and half-year report in which global revenues have increased by 2.2% based on a turnover of €11.322 billion,

They included the exceptional impact of +€597 million of the capital gain from the sale of Visa Europe shares as well as the -€204 million in Own Credit Adjustment (OCA) and own credit risk included in derivatives (DVA) (+€80 million in the second quarter 2015).

The gross operating income of the Group was thus up by 5.9%, at €4.232 billion.

Luxembourg Retail Banking’s outstanding loans grew by 0.4% compared to the second quarter 2015 due in particular to growth in mortgage loans and deposits were up by 16.2% with good deposit inflows on the corporate segment.