Asset Management

BNP Paribas is latest bank to suspend shareholder dividend

ECB wants banks to boost their ability to absorb losses and support the economy

BNP Paribas has decided to cancel its 2019 dividend following a recommendation from the European Central Bank.

France's largest-listed bank by assets will propose to allocate the amount that had been earmarked for dividends to reserve, it said late Thursday.

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