Authorised by the FCA
BNP Paribas is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
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Address
10 Harewood Avenue, London, NW1 6AA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When bnpparibas.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7595 2000 is
- Who else gives the postcode NW1 6AA
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Banque Nationale de Paris Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Banque Nationale de Paris (London Branch) Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (10)
- +1 646 585 9121
- +1 646 968 0845
- +852 5803 3449
- 020 3137 2791
- 020 3608 8715
- 020 3936 0576
- 020 3966 1361
- 020 3966 6285
- 020 8058 4305
- 020 8133 1128
Fake email addresses (9)
- admin@bnpps.net
- bonds@bnp-pc.com
- bonds@bnpparibas-pc.com
- info@bnplondonoffice.com
- info@paribasbank.com
- info@paribaslondon.com
- nick.burrows@bnpparibas-wm.com
- privateclient@bnp-pc.com
- privateclient@bnpparibas-pc.com
Fake websites (2)
- bnpparibas-wm.com
- welcome.bnpps.net
The 2 FCA warnings these came from
- bnpparibas-wm.com 21 July 2025
- BNP Paribas 26 September 2019
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money FSCS may applyEligible deposits are typically protected by the FSCS up to £120,000 per person, per banking group.
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments · Run or oversee funds FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Accepting Deposits
- Acting as trustee or depositary of an unauthorised AIF
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Bidding in emissions auctions
- Causing dematerialised instructions to be sent
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)
- Sending dematerialised instructions
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Key dates in its history
BNP Paribas’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
2 December 2022
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2019
26 September 2019
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority from this date
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2000
12 July 2000
- Changed its registered name from "Banque Nationale de Paris"
FCA register
1996
18 January 1996
- Regulated by the Banque de France from this date
- Regulated by the Commission Bancaire (France) from this date
- Regulated by the Securities and Futures Authority from this date
- No longer regulated by the Commission Bancaire (France)
FCA register
1989
20 June 1989
- Changed its registered name from "Banque Nationale de Paris (London Branch)"
FCA register
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (11 shown here)
Firms connected to BNP Paribas
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with BNP Paribas. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like BNP Paribas
Other firms of the same type (bank or building society), nearest first.
In London
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- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 15 events in its history
- 2 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- FCA warning: bnpparibas-wm.com fca.org.uk
- FCA warning: BNP Paribas fca.org.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk