BNP Paribas

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler sang "Sweet Emotion" at a benefit in Central Park Monday night. His co-honoree, Jean-Yves Fillion, the chief executive officer of U.S. operations at the French bank BNP Paribas, was more reserved.

Since taking over as CEO of BNP Paribas in 2011, Jean-Laurent Bonnafé's watchword has been "discipline." And while there have been aberrations, this trait has enabled the bank to steadily take market share from its European competitors and increase its bottom line.

A planned stock offering by the French banking giant would lower its stake in First Hawaiian to 49.9%.

The banks' Finlabs program is seeking growth-stage firms that could eventually work with several of their business lines.

Tech startups differ from a bank’s typical commercial clients; many want a trusted financial adviser.

Andreas Bubenzer-Paim previously held a technology role at Bank of America.

The San Francisco bank hopes to win middle-market business from its new commercial offices in Cleveland and Dallas.

It took a lot of soul-searching, but BNP Paribas' Claudine Gallagher ultimately turned down a job with a rival custody bank last year because, she concluded, there's nothing quite like building a business from scratch.

Advancements aimed at speeding the flow of information by eliminating manual processing are helping the global custody bank attract new clients and win more business from existing ones, fueling revenue growth and improving efficiency.

BNP Paribas agreed to pay $246 million to settle Federal Reserve allegations that the bank failed to keep its currency traders from using electronic chatrooms to manipulate prices.