Terms of Use
September 2023
Website Terms of Use
BNP Paribas kindly requests that all users of this website (the “Site”) read the following terms of use carefully (the “Terms”). By accessing, browsing or using this Site, users acknowledge that they have read, understood, and consented to these Terms.
BNP Paribas reserves the right to change these Terms at any time. We will do this by updating the wording on this webpage and updating the publication date at the top of this page. You will not necessarily be directly notified of such a change. Therefore, please ensure that you regularly check these Terms so you are fully aware of any changes or updates.
Information about us
In these Terms, the term “BNP Paribas”, “our”, “we” or “us” means BNP Paribas S.A and/or any of its affiliates (including its direct and indirect subsidiaries) where relevant.
Head Office information: BNP Paribas, a public limited company. Registered office: 16, boulevard des Italiens, 75009 Paris. Commercial register (RCS) number: 662 042 449 Paris. Orias number 07 022 735. E.C. identifier: FR76662042449
Local Office Information:
BNP Paribas Taipei branch, having its place of business at 71-72/F, Taipei 101 Tower, 7 Xin Yi Road, Sec. 5, Taipei 110, Taiwan;
BNP Paribas Taichung branch, having its place of business at 14F, No. 179, Fuhuiyuandao, Xitun Dist., Taichung City 407, Taiwan; and
BNP Paribas Kaohsiung branch, having its place of business at 11F, No. 2, Chung Cheng 3rd Rd., Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Territory Office information: For information and contact details of our territory offices, please see the relevant office contact section of this Site.
Website manager: This Site is published by BNP Paribas. This contact details for the website manager can be found here:
BNP Paribas
PCCW Tower 20/F
Taikoo Place
979 King’s Rd
Quarry Bay
Hong Kong
Access to the Site
If you act as an employee or on behalf of another person in your access to and use of the Site, you must ensure you are authorised to do so by your employer or such other person. Your access to and use of the Site and your acceptance of these Terms constitute your representation and warranty that you are authorised and that you have the power to bind your employer or such other person to these Terms.
Access to certain parts or functionalities of the Site, or the products and services described on the Site, may be subject to further terms or restrictions which apply in respect of certain people in certain territories, countries or states. You should not use or access any part of the Site, to which prohibitions or restrictions apply, if you are not authorised to do so. By accessing and/or using the Site, you represent and warrant that such access and/ or use will not cause you, and/ or will not cause BNP Paribas, to breach any applicable law or regulation.
You acknowledge that you have the skills, training and equipment necessary to access and use the Site and the functionality contained within it.
Use
You must not use the Site in any way that breaches any applicable laws or regulations; that is fraudulent or deceptive; or intentionally causes harm to BNP Paribas or any third party.
This website is comprised of various pages. Some sections or pages may be subject to separate terms, which are supplemental to these Terms. You should ensure you read any additional terms carefully. By accessing and using any page, you agree to be bound by the applicable supplemental terms. In the event of a conflict, the supplemental terms shall take precedence over these Terms. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Site.
We do not guarantee that the Site, or any content on it, will always be available, uninterrupted or up to date. BNP Paribas reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without notice, to suspend and/or block access to the Site for breach of these Terms or for any other reason, and/or to change any part of the Site including, but not limited to, the information contained upon the Site, the functionality of the Site and the layout of the Site.
Financial information may be transmitted to this Site from external sources believed to be reliable but no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made by BNP Paribas that such information is accurate, complete or up to date and it should not be relied upon as such. BNP Paribas disclaims all responsibility for any financial information (including without limitation indices, news, forecasts etc.) and other information published on this website, as well as for the use of any such information by any party. In addition, the rates shown on this Site (if any) are not displayed in real time. It is your responsibility to independently check and verify that the information relating to financial data shown on this Site is valid, accurate and/or up to date.
Terms relating to any product or services appearing on this Site are merely indicative and BNP Paribas gives no assurance that any transaction will be entered into on the basis of such indicative terms.
The Site is for consultation only and does not allow transactions of any kind to be completed. The information provided on the Site is not to be construed as: an offer of products, services; a proposal or inducement to make investments or to undertake arbitrage in securities; an inducement to purchase or sell securities or any other product; or a recommendation.
No information contained on this Site is to be considered legal, tax, accounting or financial advice and should not be relied upon as such.
BNP Paribas is not liable for any use or decision taken on the basis of information provided on this Site or for the use that third parties might make of it.
Any person who wishes to benefit from the services and/or the products presented on this Site should consult the contractual terms and conditions applicable to the relevant products and/or services and the price list. It shall be incumbent on the interested party to check in advance that their legal or tax status enables them to subscribe to products and/or services presented on the site, by consulting their usual advisers.
Past performance is no guarantee of an investment’s future performance and BNP Paribas makes no representation as such. The value of an investment may rise or fall and investors may not recover all or any amount invested. Moreover, exchange rate fluctuations may cause the value of investments to rise or fall.
Linking
You must not establish a link to any part of the Site in any other website, unless you have BNP Paribas’s prior written consent to do so. The Site should not be framed on any other website.
Intellectual Property
BNP Paribas and/ or its licensors own all of the items that make up the Site, particularly the information, data, designs, graphics, photographs, audio recordings and video recordings. The information held on this Site is for your own personal and/ or internal business use only. The information and other material on the Site may not be reproduced, represented, distributed or transmitted to any other person by any means whatsoever, whether in whole or in part, without the prior express authorisation of BNP Paribas. Any such action would constitute an infringement of rights and BNP Paribas may take appropriate legal action to enforce its rights.
The content on the Site may not be taken out of context or presented in an inaccurate, misleading, unfair or discriminatory way.
All trademarks (whether registered or unregistered) used on the Site are the property of BNP Paribas or its licensors. The trademarks may not be reproduced or used in any way, whether in whole or in part, without the prior authorisation of BNP Paribas.
You agree not to remove any copyright notice or other notice signifying BNP Paribas’s or any other third party’s intellectual property rights.
Except as expressly provided herein, nothing in these Terms or contained on the Site shall be deemed or construed to grant any licence or right, expressly, by implication or otherwise of any BNP Paribas intellectual property rights.
Disclaimer of Liability
Save for and to the extent of any liability which cannot be excluded under law, neither BNP Paribas nor any of its group members, agents, licensors or delegates or its or their directors, officers or employees will be liable for any Losses (as defined below), including, but not limited to Losses incurred or suffered by you directly or indirectly in connection with: your access to, use of or inability to access or use, the Site (whether in whole or in part and whether or not within the control of BNP Paribas); your use of or reliance on any content displayed on the Site; the suitability or otherwise of the Site or the information upon the Site for any particular purpose; any delay, error or omission regarding the contents of the Site; any information being corrupted, wrong or inaccurate; or the acts or omissions of you or any third parties, including, but not limited to, the act or omissions of third parties in making the Site and providing content to be used on the Site.
For the purposes of these Terms, Loss shall mean “loss, damage or expense whether direct or indirect, including any loss of profit, loss of revenue, loss of anticipated savings, loss of opportunity, loss of contract, loss of goodwill, loss of reputation, loss of fees, increased cost of working, any indirect or consequential loss, or any loss resulting from liability to any other person (and in each case whether the foregoing arise in contract, tort, negligence or otherwise)”.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Site or to your downloading of any material posted on it.
The information provided on the Site is provided “as is” and BNP Paribas shall have no obligation to amend or update any information provided. We do not represent that such information is accurate or complete and you should not rely on it as such. BNP Paribas does not give any express or implied warranty on the suitability of the Site for any particular purpose. BNP Paribas does not make or provide any representation or warranty or condition of any kind, implied, express or statutory regarding the Site, including, but not limited to information upon the Site.
This Site may contain material provided by third parties. BNP Paribas accepts no responsibility or liability for the accuracy, authenticity or reliability of such material.
Communication Integrity
Users are reminded that there is no guarantee messages transmitted on the Internet will remain secure or confidential. You must take all appropriate measures to protect your messages, data and/or software programs against interception and contamination by malicious software or viruses. BNP Paribas disclaims all responsibility in that respect.
External Websites
The Site may contain links to third party websites not controlled by BNP Paribas. These websites, and the products and services contained on such websites, are not endorsed by BNP Paribas and BNP Paribas has not verified the truth, accuracy, authenticity or reliability of the content of any such sites. Your use such websites is entirely at your own risk and BNP Paribas shall have no liability in respect of the content, use or availability of external sites that you are able to access through the Site.
Privacy and Cookies
BNP Paribas may process your personal data as part of and/ or in connection with your use and access of this Site. This may include using cookies or similar technology to collect information about your use of the Site.
For more information on how BNP Paribas collects and uses your personal data, please see our data protection notice, linked at the footer of our homepage. For more information on how BNP Paribas uses cookies, please see our cookies policy, linked at the footer of our homepage.
By accessing and/ or using the Site you acknowledge that you have been informed that cookies are used on this website and consent to BNP Paribas processing your personal data and using cookies, as set out in our cookies policy. You agree that if you choose not to permit BNP Paribas to use and store cookies on your computer or device, you will need to alter your internet browser settings so that cookies are not permitted. You accept that rejecting BNP Paribas cookies in this way may mean that parts of the Site may not function properly or be accessible.
Choice of law
These terms shall be governed by the laws of Taiwan. By accessing this website, all users agree and acknowledge the competence of the courts of Taiwan for everything regarding the content and use of this Site or disputes arising therefrom. If for any reason, a competent court finds any part of these Terms invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, BNP Paribas shall delete the relevant part from the Terms and the remainder of the Terms shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by Taiwan law.
These Terms together with any supplemental BNP Paribas website terms shall contain the entire agreement and understanding of the parties, and supersede all prior agreements, understandings or arrangements in relation to this Site.
You will be able to download, print and store a copy of these Terms for your personal use only. These Terms may not be used or copied for any business or other purpose.
If there are any inconsistencies between the English and the Chinese language versions of the Terms, the English version shall prevail.