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https://scmp.com/article/96184/bank-upgrade-gets-approvalBank upgrade gets approval
BANQUE Nationale de Paris (BNP) has been given approval to upgrade its Guangzhou representative office to a branch, increasing its branch network in China to three.
It also has branches in Shenzhen and Tianjin.
BNP has two other offices, in Beijing and Shanghai, and a joint-venture bank in Shanghai called the International Bank of Paris and Shanghai.