<div>BNP Paribas' Belgian arm scraps dividend</div> <!-- no image --> <div>BNP Paribas Fortis, the Belgian arm of France's BNP Paribas, on Thursday abandoned its plan to pay out a dividend after coming under pressure from the Belgian government.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=TTxxnpxCr8A:GWNSp4lyyCk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=TTxxnpxCr8A:GWNSp4lyyCk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=TTxxnpxCr8A:GWNSp4lyyCk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=TTxxnpxCr8A:GWNSp4lyyCk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=TTxxnpxCr8A:GWNSp4lyyCk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/TTxxnpxCr8A" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters