BNP Paribas financial director Lars Machenil (R) delivers a speech during the general assembly of BNP Paribas banking group in Paris on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images)

BNP Paribas financial director Lars Machenil delivers a speech during the general assembly of BNP Paribas banking group in Paris on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images)

An attendee reads a leaflet as BNP Paribas Chairman Jean Lemierre is shown on a screen during the general assembly of BNP Paribas banking group in Paris on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images)

BNP Parisbas financial director Lars Machenil delivers a speech during the general assembly of BNP Paribas banking group in Paris on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images)

BNP Parisbas financial director Lars Machenil delivers a speech during the general assembly of BNP Paribas banking group in Paris on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images)

BNP Paribas Chairman Jean Lemierre during the general assembly of BNP Paribas banking group in Paris on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images)

Attendees take part in the general assembly of BNP Paribas banking group in Paris on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images)

A customer looks at gold chains at a jewellery shop in Varanasi on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP via Getty Images)