Paribas

Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas S.A.

Company type	Société anonyme
Industry	Banking
Predecessor	Banque de Crédit et de Dépôt des Pays-Bas Banque de Paris
Founded	27 January 1872 (1872-01-27)
Founder	Henri Bamberger, Adolphe-Ernest Fould, Eugène Goüin, Edouard Hentsch, Edmond Joubert, Henri Cernuschi
Defunct	22 May 2000 (2000-05-22)
Successor	BNP Paribas
Headquarters	Paris , France

The Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃k də paʁi e de pei ba], lit. 'Bank of Paris and the Netherlands'), generally referred to from 1982 as Paribas (French pronunciation: [paʁiba]), was a French investment bank based in Paris. In May 2000, it merged with the Banque Nationale de Paris to form BNP Paribas.