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On 30 April, BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions and Same Deutz-Fahr (SDF) marked a milestone anniversary as they celebrated a 25-year successful partnership. The partnership has been instrumental in driving the continued evolution of the agricultural sector through the formation of SDF Finance in 1998.

Since its inception, SDF Finance has been committed to providing innovative solutions and consistent funding that cater to the evolving needs of the agricultural industry. Today, the scope and geographical reach of the SDF Finance program has expanded, operating in 22 markets. The program offers sales support and finance solutions tailored to the manufacturer, its extensive dealer network, and the end customer.

The partnership between funder, manufacturer, and dealer has been effective in ensuring that the end customer has access to the most appropriate equipment and financing. This collaboration has helped SDF Finance to keep pace with evolving customer demands and changing market needs.

In a statement, Pascal Layan, Deputy CEO for BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions said, “We are incredibly proud of this milestone anniversary with one of the key players in agriculture equipment manufacturing. SDF Finance’s continued success reflects the breadth and depth of our expertise and geographical reach. We enable SDF and its dealers to offer customers access to innovative and high-quality equipment which helps to drive their businesses forward sustainably and realize their growth potential.”

Alessandro Maritano, Chief Commercial Officer of SDF stated “Sharing a common business ethos is one of the keys to the success of this partnership between SDF and BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions. Furthermore, facilitating access to new technologies and sustainable innovation is strong leverage to deliver tailor-made financial solutions to SDF dealers and customers. Having BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions as a solid worldwide financial partner has been, and will continue to be, a strong asset to shape the future growth of SDF in the agriculture industry.”

about SDF

SDF is an Italian multinational company based in Treviglio (Bergamo, Italy), among the world leaders in the production of tractors, agricultural harvesting machines and diesel engines. SDF distributes its products under the brands SAME, DEUTZ-FAHR, Lamborghini Tractors, Hürlimann, Grégoire and Vitibot. The tractor line-up covers a power range from 25 to 336 hp, while the harvesting machine range goes up to 395 hp. In nearly a century of history, SDF has contributed significantly to the mechanization of the agricultural sector, leading a successful international expansion path and being a driver of the digital transformation of agriculture. Today SDF produces “smart tractors” designed for increasing operational efficiency and productivity with a focus on Agriculture 4.0. SDF can rely on 9 production sites, 12 sales subsidiaries, 2 joint ventures, 155 importers and over 3,100 dealers and it employs more than 4,400 people worldwide. In 2022, the Company recorded revenues of 1,803 million euros and an EBITDA of 11.1%.

For more information, visit sdfgroup.com

about BNP Paribas leasing solutions

At BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, we offer capital efficient business equipment financing solutions in key sectors including agriculture, construction, transportation, materials handling, ICT, healthcare and green tech. Drawing on our proud 70-year history, our partners and clients rely on our market expertise, asset know-how and advisory services to propel their growth, transformation and transition to a low carbon circular economy. We are present in 17 countries across Europe and Turkey, employing over 3,700 experts. We also offer vendor finance solutions in the USA and Canada in partnership with Bank of Montreal, and in China through Jiangsu Financial Leasing. In 2022, we advanced over €14 billion in asset finance and presently manage a €38 billion leased assets portfolio. BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions is fully owned by BNP Paribas and is positioned within the Group’s Commercial, Personal Banking & Services division.

For further information, visit BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions or contact Suhale Vorajee at suhale.vorajee@bnpparibas.com

BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions has announced a partnership with Eaton, the intelligent power management company, to offer tailored finance solutions to help business owners accelerate their energy transition while preserving cashflow.

In an era of elevated energy prices, business owners are looking at ways to reduce energy costs and ensure business continuity. Energy storage, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and EV charging infrastructure can help them to achieve these goals.

The solution developed by Eaton and BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions offers cashflow-friendly payment plans for infrastructure and equipment, and also integrates access to Eaton’s global service network.

Pascale Favre, Head of the Technology Lifecycle Solutions business line at BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions said: “Eaton’s approach is in line with our aim to support the transition to a net zero economy which is at the very heart of our GTS 2025 Plan. This is why we are looking forward to accompanying Eaton and its customers to invest in sustainable infrastructure and equipment.”

BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions and Eaton

Andreea Laplace, Strategic Financing and Venture Business Development Director at Eaton, said: “By taking an integrated approach to the energy transition, businesses will reap additional cost-savings and reduce their carbon footprint. Our Buildings as a Grid approach can include any combination of EV charging infrastructure, energy storage and renewable generation, but implementing all three yields most benefits. The solution we have developed with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions gives customers access to energy transition technologies affordably, helping them to conserve cash while at the same time make a positive environmental impact.”

The finance programme is available now in France, Spain, Norway and Switzerland, with further European expansion planned in 2023.

about eaton

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy, helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges, and doing what’s best for our stakeholders and all of society.

Founded in 1911, Eaton has been listed on the NYSE for nearly a century. We reported revenues of $19.6 billion in 2021 and serve customers in more than 170 countries.

For more information, visit www.eaton.com. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

about BNP Paribas leasing solutions

We employ over 3,700 experts and are present in 17 countries across Europe and Turkey. We also offer vendor finance solutions in the USA and Canada in partnership with Bank of Montreal, and in China through Jiangsu Financial Leasing. In 2022, we advanced over €15 billion in asset finance and presently manage a €38 billion leased assets portfolio. BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions is fully owned by BNP Paribas and is positioned within the Group’s Commercial, Personal Banking & Services division.

For further information, visit BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions or contact Suhale Vorajee at suhale.vorajee@bnpparibas.com

Gothenburg, sweden on december 7th 2022

Getinge announces new European partnership with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions for innovative payment solutions.

The bespoke finance solutions will make it easier for healthcare professionals to invest in Getinge’s products and solutions, helping them to preserve working capital and in parallel, transition towards sustainable usage-based models.

Sebastien Blanche, Global Head Getinge Financial Services at Getinge said: “With BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions we’re in a great position to strengthen our customer offering in Europe. This partnership is about being creative and adding measurable value, especially by reducing the cost of acquisition for life-saving Getinge technology.”

The partnership will operate as part of Getinge Financial Services, which is a dedicated team of experts enabling health care projects through creative acquisition models. Getinge has been offering financial services since 2015 covering working capital finance, equipment and technology finance and managed equipment service packages.

Jeroen Veldhuizen, Global Head of Medical Market at BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions said: “I’m very happy to see Getinge and BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions join forces to offer innovative and competitive finance solutions to healthcare professionals across Europe. I am confident that our combined expertise together with the structural shift towards sustainable usage-based models will make this partnership a success.”

about paribas leasing solutions

As the European leader in asset finance, BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions supports the growth of its clients and partners by offering finance solutions with services across multiple markets. At the heart of the usage economy, we provide businesses with the flexibility they need to remain competitive and grow sustainably. For more information, visit: leasingsolutions.bnpparibas.com

For more information leasingsolutions.bnpparibas.com

about getinge

With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions that aim to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 10,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries.

For more information www.getinge.com

Media contact:

Anna Appelqvist, Vice President Corporate Communications
Phone: +46 (0)10 335 5906
Email: anna.appelqvist@getinge.com

Nanterre, france, 22th JULy 2022

Ford Trucks and BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions join forces to offer tailor-made financing solutions in Europe…Ford Trucks customers will benefit from the most suitable financial solutions under the brand “Ford Trucks Lease”

Ford Trucks reached an agreement with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions to offer finance solutions to their customers based in France, Germany and Benelux. Through this cooperation, customers will be able to access a range of leasing and financing solutions for all their requirements across the Ford Trucks Dealer Network.

Ford Trucks, Ford’s only heavy commercial vehicle production hub worldwide, joined forces with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, part of the BNP Paribas Group, Europe’s leading bank and an important international banking player. Together, they will offer Ford Trucks’ customers financing solutions in France, Germany and the Benelux countries.

As an innovative brand that pays attention to its customers’ needs, Ford Trucks regularly introduces new business models that make an impact on the global market. Building on more than 60 years of experience in truck manufacturing and product development for international markets, Ford Trucks is taking another step to strengthen its aim of being a “companion” that cares about its customers and improves their business. As part of the new cooperation with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions customers who choose Ford Trucks vehicles in France, Germany, and the Benelux can now benefit from Ford Trucks Lease’s financing options in line with country and market dynamics.

Following back-to-back launches in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg, Ford Trucks continued to take strategically concrete steps in its growth journey in Western Europe by making successive appointments of distributors in Europe’s biggest markets, Germany and France last year. With this agreement, the company will offer financial leasing, operational leasing and loan solutions to its customers in the regions, under the “Ford Trucks Lease” brand through its distributors.

Ford Trucks Lead Serhan Turfan: “As our global journey continues, we offer our customers more benefits through our cooperation with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions.”

Noting that the logistics needs are on the rise, in line with heightened commercial activity, particularly in recent years, leading to an increase in heavy vehicle exports, Ford Trucks Lead Serhan Turfan commented on the international expansion of Ford Trucks and cooperation with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions:

As Ford Trucks, we are happy to reach a groundbreaking position in the heavy commercial industry in a short time. Winner of the 2019 International Truck of the Year (ITOY) award, the F-MAX continues to be one of the most important symbols of our production power, engineering capabilities, design, technology, and vehicle development skills. After receiving the ITOY award, we accelerated our growth plans as a result of the high demand for the F-MAX in Europe. Through our engineering expertise and superior R&D, we now produce trucks and operate in over 40 countries worldwide. Our global expansion continues as planned with new facilities, more markets, and new collaborations. In this regard, our cooperation with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions stood out with its wide range of financial products and digital solutions. In line with our goal of being a “companion” who cares about their customers and improves their business, we will continue to create amenities for our customers to push their business even further.”

We are proud to be partnering with Ford Trucks and support their development plans in France, Germany and the Benelux. Our international presence associated to our local expertise allows us to provide our partner with a solid financing programme to accelerate their business.” said Isabelle LOC, CEO of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions.

About Ford Trucks:

Ford Trucks is one of the largest international heavy truck manufacturers in the world. We produce a range of vehicles including tractors, construction trucks and distribution trucks weighing over 16 tons. Ford commercial vehicles’ proven track record of quality, durability and efficiency underpins Ford Trucks’ international product strategy. At Ford Trucks, we combine more than half a century of design and production experience with expertise in market-specific product development, to engineer the main components of our vehicles, including the all-new engines. We currently operate across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and the CIS, and continue to grow our international network in 3 continents. Hundreds of thousands of trucks all around the world set out each and every day with the confidence that Ford provides. For more information about Ford Trucks and its products worldwide, please visit www.fordtrucksglobal.com.

About BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions

As the European leader in asset finance, BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions supports the growth of its clients and industrial partners by offering rental and finance solutions with services for their professional equipment.

At the heart of the usage economy, we provide businesses with the flexibility they need to remain competitive and grow in a sustainable way.

Our 3,700 experts support our clients’ and partners’ growth by offering them an increasingly digitalised experience.

In 2021, we financed 343,000 projects for a total volume of 14.7 billion euros in 20 countries, in Europe and also Asia, the United States and Canada.

Find out more on leasingsolutions.bnpparibas.com/en

Press Contacts

Pierre-Henri de la MARANDAIS –+33 (0)1 41 97 18 54 – pierre-henri.delamarandais@bnpparibas.com

Jérôme GOAER – +33 (0)6 61 61 79 34 – j.goaer@verbatee.com

redwood city, calif, and Nanterre, france, 13th JULY 2022

Zuora, Inc. (NYSE: ZUO), the leading cloud-based subscription management platform provider, and BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, international equipment finance player, today announced a partnership to offer new usage-based solutions for professional equipment. Part of one of the world’s 10 largest banks, BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions provides financing services for professional equipment across 20 countries around the world, and together with Zuora, will enable its industrial partners to nurture and monetize ongoing customer relationships with usage-based offerings.

BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, an established European leader in equipment finance, is now at the forefront of financial services transformation as they embrace the Subscription Economy® with new monetization strategies,” said Robbie Traube, President and Chief Revenue Officer at Zuora. “Now on Zuora, BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions will have the flexibility and agility to make critical equipment more accessible and tailored to companies’ individual needs, all while providing more sustainable options.”

With Zuora, BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions will enable its partners to offer new usage-based solutions to their own clients, eliminating the need for companies to maintain the equipment, with customized invoicing based on how and when machinery is used. These services also aim to provide a more sustainable approach by prolonging equipment’s lifetime, reducing upgrade costs and enabling the purchase of second-hand and refurbished equipment.

As the Subscription Economy expert, Zuora is the ideal partner to combine an offer with our equipment finance expertise,” said Isabelle Loc, CEO at BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions. “Their innovative and evolutive platform will allow us to provide flexible financial solutions, constantly adapting to the actual usage of the equipment. Our future financing offers will be driven by the equipment consumption and optimization through additional services such as maintenance and lifecycle management. This will help companies deliver on their core business while closely managing their budget and quality of service to their customers.”

BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions’ usage-based offerings will first launch in France and Germany in 2023, with a goal to expand across Europe. To learn more about how Zuora powers the full quote to cash and revenue recognition process, please visit zuora.com.

About Zuora, Inc.

Zuora provides the leading cloud-based subscription management platform that functions as a system of record for subscription businesses across all industries. Powering the Subscription Economy®, the Zuora platform was architected specifically for dynamic, recurring subscription business models, and acts as an intelligent subscription management hub that automates and orchestrates the entire quote to cash and revenue recognition process. Zuora serves more than 1,000 companies around the world, including Box, Ford, Penske Media Corporation, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Xplornet, and Zoom. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Zuora also operates offices around the world in the U.S., EMEA and APAC. To learn more about the Zuora platform, please visit www.zuora.com.

© 2022 Zuora, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Zuora, Subscribed, Subscription Economy, Powering the Subscription Economy, and Subscription Economy Index are trademarks or registered trademarks of Zuora, Inc. Third party trademarks mentioned above are owned by their respective companies.

SOURCE: ZUORA FINANCIAL

Media Contact:
Margaret Pack
press@zuora.com
619-609-3919

About BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions

At the heart of the usage economy, we provide businesses with the flexibility they need to remain competitive and grow in a sustainable way.

Our 3,700 experts support our clients’ and partners’ growth by offering them an increasingly digitalised experience.

In 2021, we financed 343,000 projects for a total volume of 14.7 billion euros in 20 countries, in Europe and also Asia, the United States and Canada.

Find out more on leasingsolutions.bnpparibas.com/en

Press Contacts

Pierre-Henri de la MARANDAIS –+33 (0)1 41 97 18 54 – pierre-henri.delamarandais@bnpparibas.com

Jérôme GOAER – +33 (0)6 61 61 79 34 – j.goaer@verbatee.com

Nanterre, 11th JULY 2022

TSG and BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions have signed a partnership to deliver financial and technical solutions to support their customers’ needs in terms of energy transition
TSG will distribute its complete range of solutions, while BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions will offer finance solutions that answer each client’s needs.
This partnership will be effective on the whole European market, in the countries where both companies operate.

European Leader in Technical Services for Responsible Mobility Solutions, TSG offers companies a full range of energy transition solutions encompassing notably Electrical Vehicle Charging as well as Solar local generation solutions and hydrogen infrastructures. Thanks to its network of 2 900 highly skilled technicians and experts based in 30 countries in Europe, TSG guarantees a high quality of execution, with a constant focus on reliability from design, sourcing, installation to daily operations and maintenance.

With this alliance with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, TSG will be able to offer a finance solution adapted to their B to B customers who often struggle to finance their equipment investments. This finance scheme – consisting of a regular fee to access the infrastructure and equipment – will allow companies to develop sustainably while preserving their cashflow.

The partnership with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions marks a further step in TSG’s development strategy, offering global responsible mobility solutions and sustainable energy infrastructures for all business customers. Together with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, TSG is now offering its customers across Europe a turnkey solution covering both technical and financial aspects. We are convinced that it will bring a true added value to our customers in accelerating their energy transition by facilitating investment in new infrastructures for energy for mobility, declares Jean-Marc BIANCHI, Chairman and CEO of the TSG Group.

Supporting companies’ transition towards more sustainable or cleaner sources of energy is at the heart of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions’ corporate engagement. That is why we are looking forward to supporting TSG’s customers energy transition by helping them access innovative and sustainable equipment, adds Isabelle Loc, CEO of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions.

About TSG – TSG, the European leader in technical services for responsible mobility, is a key enabler of the energy transition for mobility: With unequalled presence in 30 countries, TSG designs, builds and maintains all types of energy distribution infrastructures for mobility: electric vehicles charging network, LPG/LNG, hydrogen and also fuel / biofuel service stations.
TSG offers a one-stop-shop (equipment sale, projects and maintenance services, digital payments and systems) for innovative energy and retail solutions. TSG serves all types of clients, in the public and private sectors from local authorities and retail to gas station networks and companies fleet installations.
TSG has over 4,700 employees, and revenue by €770m in 2021. TSG’s technicians are uniquely skilled, with recognized expertise in all new mobility energy solutions: electric vehicles, hydrogen, biofuels and natural gas as well as related systems and payment services.
TSG is a privately-held company, owned by its management and the entrepreneurial investment firm HLD.

About BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions

At the heart of the usage economy, we provide businesses with the flexibility they need to remain competitive and grow in a sustainable way.

Our 3,700 experts support our clients’ and partners’ growth by offering them an increasingly digitalised experience.

In 2021, we financed 343,000 projects for a total volume of 14.7 billion euros in 20 countries, in Europe and also Asia, the United States and Canada.

Find out more on leasingsolutions.bnpparibas.com/en

Press Contacts

Pierre-Henri de la MARANDAIS –+33 (0)1 41 97 18 54 – pierre-henri.delamarandais@bnpparibas.com

Jérôme GOAER – +33 (0)6 61 61 79 34 – j.goaer@verbatee.com

Madrid, spain & nanterre, france, March 14th, 2022

Landmark deal offers enterprise clients access to sustainable technology and circular economy solutions

CaixaBank, the leading financial group in Spain, and BNP Paribas 3 Step IT have today announced a landmark partnership, giving CaixaBank’s professional clients access to innovative and sustainable IT solutions for the first time.

CaixaBank will provide its clients – corporate, mid-market, and public sector organisations – with BNP Paribas 3 Step IT’s Technology Lifecycle Management services, which simplify the acquisition, management and refresh of business technology.

Based on the principles of the circular economy, this solution also supports organisations seeking to decarbonise their operations as part of the net zero transition.

BNP Paribas 3 Step IT is a joint venture between BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, the European leader in professional equipment financing, and 3stepIT, an expert in the field of sustainable IT management. Through its innovative Technology Lifecycle Management offering, CaixaBank’s clients will now be able to acquire and manage business-critical IT devices such as laptops, PCs, smartphones, tablets sustainably and affordably. Clients can monitor every device using an advanced asset management platform and when they age, instigate the device renewal and refurbishment process.

Instead of sending the old devices to landfill, BNP Paribas 3 Step IT facilitates their secure return, refurbishment and resale, reducing carbon emissions and eliminating electronic waste, whilst improving IT operational efficiency.

This circular IT solution has been awarded the leasing industry’s highest accolade, Leasing Life’s Sustainability Award, and will now help CaixaBank’s clients to achieve their sustainability targets and net zero ambitions.

BNP Paribas 3 Step IT’s Technology Lifecycle Management service is certified as a Solar Impulse Efficient Solution. This certification recognizes solutions that bridge the gap between ecology and economy by offering opportunities for clean economic growth. It has also received the Grade A- in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circulytics Assessment for its application of circular economy principles.

Through this partnership, CaixaBank confirms its commitment to helping companies to move forward in innovation and sustainability.

This partnership is a huge step forward in our ambition to be Europe’s leading provider of sustainable Technology Lifecycle Management solutions. More importantly, it means that through CaixaBank, a leading bank in the Spanish market, companies across Spain will now have access to sustainable IT solutions and can make a meaningful contribution to the global net zero transition. We are delighted to find a partner that shares our passion for the circular economy and wants to offer its customers smart, efficient and sustainable business solutions.” said Carmen Ene, CEO de BNP Paribas 3 Step IT.

“The partnership with BNP Paribas 3 Step IT enables us to incorporate into our portfolio of services a solution that combines a profound knowledge of technology through an international team of experts, comprehensive adaptation to customers’ needs and a circular economy model that ensures the reuse of equipment and the reduction of environmental impact. As a result of this, CaixaBank has become Spain’s first major bank to offer a specialised technology leasing product, with a level of quality and service that has never been seen before in the sector.” said Xavier Oms, Director of CaixaBank Equipment Finance.

CaixaBank is a world leader in sustainable financing. The bank mobilised 31,375 million euros both in sustainable bonds and loans in 2021, which is 150.8% higher than the previous year. CaixaBank has also achieved the highest recognitions as a leading company in sustainability, environmental management and climate change, such as the inclusion in the 2021 edition of the A List, the global disclosure system’s best possible classification by CDP. Additionally, for the tenth consecutive year CaixaBank remains on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) as one of the world’s most sustainable banks.

BNP Paribas 3 Step IT is part of the BNP Paribas Group, a world leader in sustainable finance. Since 2020, the bank has dedicated 188 billion euros to investments and financing with a positive impact and direct SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) contribution. It is a member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and the TCFD (Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures). It has been awarded World’s Best Bank for Sustainable Finance by Euromoney in 2021 and Bank of the Year for Sustainable Finance by IFR in 2020. It is the 1st French bank and 3rd worldwide in the Corporate Knights’ 2020 ranking for the “Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations”.

About caixabank

CaixaBank is the leading financial group in Spain. After its merger with Bankia, the bank has assets of €680.03 billion, making it Spain’s largest bank, and one of the leading banks in Europe. CaixaBank also has a strong presence in Portugal, where it controls 100% of BPI.

The Group, chaired by José Ignacio Goirigolzarri and led by Gonzalo Gortazar, has 20.7 million customers and the largest commercial network in Spain and Portugal, and it is a leader in digital banking with 73.1% of clients being digital.

For further information: http://www.caixabank.com

About bnp paribas 3 step it

BNP Paribas 3 Step IT makes IT more sustainable.

The joint venture offers complete Technology Lifecycle Management solutions that include refurbishing devices at the end of the contract to give them a second life and minimise the environmental impact, playing an active role in the circular economy.

The alliance brings together BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, European leader in professional equipment financing, and 3stepIT, an expert in the field of sustainable IT management.

BNP Paribas 3 Step IT already operates in France, Italy, UK, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, and now Spain, with further expansion planned.

Find out more at: https://bnpparibas-3stepit.com/

press contacts

Solene Tatton Brown: Solene.Tatton-Brown@3stepit.fr

Elodie Antoine: Elodie.antoine@bnpparibas.com

Year after year, we support and strengthen our partnerships with manufacturers and dealers of professional equipment. These partnerships and the solutions we offer are constantly evolving to better respond to the changing needs of our partners and their clients.

Solid, long-term partnerships

Since our creation, we have developed strong relationships with manufacturers and distributors of professional equipment. We work with all the main equipment suppliers across sectors (agriculture, transport, construction, IT, office equipment, healthcare, telecommunications, energy transition, etc.). We have more than 50 international partners today, representing about 400 local agreements, most of which are long-standing partnerships, some going even up to 30 years.

If in 2019 we were able to finance 346,000 projects for a total volume of €14.1 billion across 20 different countries, it is because we work very closely with this network of partners. A network that has trusted us with their business year after year and whom we have supported by providing the best-suited solutions to develop their sales.

Concrete initiatives to measure the satisfaction of our partners

In addition to our regular contacts with our partners, we also conduct specific surveys to measure their level of satisfaction and evaluate their changing needs.

We conduct a quantitative survey every year and a qualitative survey every two years. The combination of these two approaches allows us to continuously improve our service offer.

This has been a long-standing tradition at BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions – in 1978, for instance, we launched the initiative “At the service of our clients”, that aimed to get feedback from our clients and partners on the quality of our relationship and the areas of improvement.

For the past several decades now, the results are carefully studied and followed up with an action plan.

Which is why our NPS (Net Promoter Score) has been steadily increasing since many years:

This progression means that our partners are increasingly inclined to recommend us to a colleague or to a peer. And we sincerely thank them for their trust.

A closer collaboration during the COVID-19 crisis

Throughout the crisis and the lockdown, we’ve made every effort to stay by our partners’ side and maintain this strong relationship. Since in-person meetings were no longer possible, we switched to videoconferencing to keep in touch.

Regular newsletters were sent out to keep them informed on the evolution of the situation, our business continuity plan and the specific measures launched to support them during this difficult time.

We reminded them of the digital tools available, enabling them to continue their activity remotely. From the finance request to the electronic signature of contracts, the digitalised dealer journey had already been deployed before the crisis and helped us ensure the continuity of activities. We also shared with our partners the exceptional measures put in place to manage their clients’ requests for payment deferrals, including strengthening teams and deploying 15 robots to process a large proportion of requests automatically.

Once again, they trusted us with their business.
The mutual cooperation and solidarity that we saw during the crisis has only strengthened our ties and our partnerships are stronger than ever.

Find OUT more

If you want to know more about our activity and our financing solutions, please contact us.

Nanterre, February 10th 2020

BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, European leader in asset finance, and Esaote, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of medical diagnostic systems, announced today the signature of an international partnership. The finance solutions provided by BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions will allow Esaote to offer its customers an easier access to their innovative equipment.

Esaote, a company based in Genoa, had been working with the Italian teams of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions since 2008. Given the long-standing, solid partnership in this country, they decided to extend it to the 19 countries (among which Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom) where they operate to serve their customers in all those geographies but also where they have an indirect sales model. As part of this partnership, BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions will be the strategic finance partner of their authorised local resellers, providing them different solutions such as financial and operating lease.

These solutions will facilitate access to the equipment developed, manufactured and distributed by Esaote, which mostly includes medical imaging equipment like for ultrasounds and MRIs, combined with complementary Healthcare IT solutions.

The agreement was signed in BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions’ offices in Milan by Ariane GOVIGNON (Global Head of Healthcare Market at BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions) and Stefano GAMBINI (Group Chief Financial Officer at ESAOTE).

Thanks to our open innovation strategy, we constantly improve our offer to respond to our customers’ demand for high quality innovative products. Now, with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, we will be able to provide all this with an affordable finance plan, allowing our customers to upgrade their equipment while optimising their cash flow, said Franco Fontana, CEO of Esaote.

New technologies have the potential to significantly improve how healthcare is delivered and received. However, these innovations are not always immediately affordable. We are happy, at BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, to offer dedicated finance solutions that make it easier for health professionals to access this equipment, that in turn, will improve the patients’ experience and care, says Charlotte Dennery, CEO of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions.

About BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions

At the heart of the usage economy, we provide businesses with the flexibility they need to remain competitive and grow in a sustainable way.

Our 3,500 experts support our clients’ and partners’ growth by offering them an increasingly digitalized experience.

In 2018, we financed 345,000 projects for a total volume of 14.1 billion euros in 18 countries, in Europe and also China, the United States and Canada.

Find out more on leasingsolutions.bnpparibas.com

Contacts :

Elodie ANTOINE –+33 (0)1 41 97 11 97 – elodie.antoine@bnpparibas.com

Jérôme GOAER – +33 (0)6 61 61 79 34 – j.goaer@verbatee.com

Aline BESSELIEVRE – +33 (0)6 61 85 10 05 – a.besselievre@verbatee.com

About Esaote

The Esaote Group is a leader in the biomedical equipment sector, in particular in the areas of ultrasound, dedicated MRI, and software for managing the diagnostic process. The company currently employs about 1,150 people. With its headquarters in Genoa and its own production and research units in Italy and the Netherlands, Esaote is active in 80 countries in the world. Information on Esaote and its products is available at www.esaote.com

Contacts:

Mariangela Dellepiane, Head of Communications and External Relations

mariangela.dellepiane@esaote.com, tel.: + 39-010-6547249 – mob.: + 393351289783

Fede Gardella, Press Office +393358308666 – esaotepress@esaote.com

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November 4, 2019

BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions and 3StepIT announce that their joint venture, BNP Paribas 3 Step IT, started trading in October.

BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions’ existing branches in France and Italy now operate under the new joint venture name, with nine more countries will follow by mid-2020¹.

This new entity offers a complete and more sustainable way to manage technology lifecycles. It delivers a service based on circular economy principles; a service that anticipates the needs of companies looking for more flexible and sustainable “product as a service”² financing solutions.

BNP Paribas 3 Step IT combines the strengths, expertise and geographical cover of the European leasing leader, BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, and the Finnish specialist in IT life cycle management (management, refurbishment in own logistics centres and re-marketing), 3stepIT, to take the latter’s successful approach out of its Nordic stronghold and deliver it across Europe.

BNP Paribas 3 Step IT provides a complete service to companies to help them manage technology investments (mainly smartphones, tablets, PCs and laptops). The service adds value at all points in the lifecycle. It helps:

Analyse their needs to develop a lifecycle plan
Provide the funding to select and acquire the planned equipment
Monitor and manage equipment in use: where it is, who pays, how much it costs, when to replace it, as well as automating many routine IT administration tasks.
Return equipment at the end of the contract, for secure data destruction followed by refurbishing for resale, when the value recovered helps reduce rental costs.

In practice, this approach helps clients improve their IT service level, with up to date equipment; and provide IT devices at a lower overall cost. It also helps run IT in a more sustainable way, because the devices are refurbished, rather than dumped.

We refurbish 97% of returned devices for re-use, with less than 3% being recycled. Our focus on sustainability also confers sustainability on our clients’ own use of IT. Extending the life of equipment displaces the manufacture of new product and spreads the manufacturing carbon footprint across two users. Including manufacture, transport and power costs in the calculation, this reduces the carbon footprint by 36%.

Electronic waste is the fastest growing waste stream on the planet, and the source of 70% of landfill toxic waste. Re-use reduces clients’ e-waste contribution by around 48%.

Sustainability is a growing factor in IT planning. While 15% of organisations say it is a consideration today, a further 67% say they intend to integrate sustainability into their IT plans within the next two years³. A circular economy lifecycle approach, that delivers product life extension for over 97% of returned devices, will interest these organisations.

Since we announced this joint venture, many international companies have wanted to learn more. The lifecycle management service meets their business needs, and aligns with their values in terms of responsibility. Becoming more sustainable is increasingly a competitive differentiator, and a consideration for clients, partners and investors. As well as serving clients’ broader needs, this alliance is in perfect sync with the BNP Paribas Group strategy to support circular economy initiatives,” said Charlotte Dennery, CEO of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions.

We are delighted to take our solution across Europe. BNP Paribas 3 Step IT will offer a more sustainable approach to using technology, on a large international scale – a breakthrough for a circular economy business model, and a response to our customers’ demands for a global service”, says Carmen Ene, CEO of 3stepIT.

European countries covered by the alliance:

Joint venture: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Commercial partnership: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden.

Product as a service: selling the use of the equipment rather than the equipment itself.
3stepIT international market survey of 1000 organisations, carried out in February 2019

About BNP Paribas 3 Step IT:

The joint venture company, BNP Paribas 3 Step IT, makes IT more sustainable. It offers device-as-a-service solutions and refurbishes the used technology to find a new user.

The alliance brings BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, European leader in asset finance, and 3stepIT, seasoned experts in the IT asset management business, together, to take the most sustainable technology lifecycle solutions across Europe.

The partners’ existing branches in France and Italy operate under the name BNP Paribas 3 Step IT, with expansion following to serve most of Europe by the end of 2020.

Find more information at bnpparibas-3stept.uk.

Press contacts

Elodie ANTOINE : +33 (0)6 71 53 45 32 – elodie.antoine@bnpparibas.com

Jérôme GOAER : +33 (0)6 61 61 79 34 – j.goaer@verbatee.com

Aline BESSELIEVRE : +33 (0)6 61 85 10 05 – a.besselievre@verbatee.com