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22 unusual facts about HSBC


A.S. Watson Group

Towards the end of 2013 Li Ka-shing appointed three Banks, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and HSBC take control of a share sale of the A.S Watson Group during 2014.

Air Miles

In the Middle East region Air Miles is operated by Rewards Management Middle East and is co-owned by Aimia and HSBC.

Andrew Saxton

In 1994, he moved to Hong Kong as senior account manager with HSBC and in 1997 he was appointed senior vice-president of HSBC Private Banking in Singapore.

Birches Bridge

Birches Bridge is home to Bilbrook railway station and Birches Bridge Shopping Centre, which features a HSBC branch, a Co-operative supermarket and an Esso petrol station amongst other shops and eateries.

Camborne Hill

Camborne Hill itself runs from Tehidy Road Post Office up Fore Street to the corner of HSBC with Commercial Street.

Cementation furnace, Sheffield

After standing unused for 40 years the furnace was restored in 1992/93 with financial assistance from the HSBC (then Midland) Bank.

Christy Ren

She graduated in 2005 and previously worked in investment banking with HSBC.

Economy of Chittagong

All major banks like HSBC, Standard Chartered, Citibank, Mercantile Bank Limited, Premier Bank Limited, Dutch Bangla Bank, BRAC Bank, Dhaka Bank Limited, Bangladesh Bank, Eastern Bank, Sonali Bank, Rupali Bank and all other banks operating in Bangladesh have offices in and around the city.

Ghana Space Science and Technology Centre

It has approached a global consortium of multinational institutions - including the China Development Bank, and the bank HSBC – as well as requesting technical advice from the China National Space Administration, and NASA for space science exploration, and institutions in Japan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and India, Indian Space Research Organisation.

Hong Kong Council of Social Service

It is a program jointly sponsored by the Hong Kong Bank Foundation and Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged of Social Welfare Department, HKCSS-HSBC Social Enterprise Business Centre (SEBC) of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service is a new initiative to promote social entrepreneurship, advance social innovation, synergize social enterprises' resources, network social conscious business executives and make a positive social change.

IRB Women's Sevens World Series

Unlike the men's Sevens World Series, which enjoys title sponsorship by banking giant HSBC, the Women's Sevens World Series does not yet have a title sponsor.

Irene Dorner

Irene Dorner is President and CEO of HSBC USA (effective November 2011), overseeing HSBC Bank USA, NA, and HSBC Finance Corporation.

Joanna Fargus

Around March 2008 she retired from swimming and moved back to Hong Kong, where she first worked as account executive at PPR Greater China and then as media relations manager at HSBC.

Maharashtra floods of 2005

ATM networks of several banks, which included the State Bank of India, the nation's largest national bank; ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, and several foreign banks like Citibank and HSBC, stopped functioning from the afternoon of 26 July 2005 at all the centers of Mumbai.

Myeong-dong

Major insurance, securities, financial services companies, and investment firms with headquarters in Myeongdong include Citibank, SK Corporation, Kookmin Bank, Korea Exchange Bank, Lone Star Funds, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, AIG Korea Insurance, Hana Bank, and HSBC.

Scheme $6,000

A number of banks with international subsidiaries in countries with large emigrate Chinese population, such as Bank of China and HSBC, operated schemes to allow expatriates to open Hong Kong based accounts for the purpose of collecting their money without returning to Hong Kong.

Shanghai rubber stock market crisis

These stocks were increasing with the frantic market; at the same time, the newspapers posted a huge number of advertisements, showing the nice management of rubbers companies and good relationships with banks such as HSBC, SCB, also announcing that the famous social activists had joined into the board of directors.

On December 11, Zhang Renjun, the Liangjiang governor asked 3 millions loans from HSBC, Crédit Lyonnais, and Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, and used Jiangsu's Sale Taxes as the guarantee.

START Now!

The program has grown to include major banks such as HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and CitiMortgage (Citigroup).

Statue Square

Today, the only statue on the square is the one of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet, an early HSBC banker.

The Pancakes

HSBC Hong Kong credit card, December 2000, patronage (from the album pancakes can panick).

University of Birmingham Financial Forum

John Zhu, UK Economist, HSBC Global Banking and Markets - "The Global Implications of the Eurocrisis" panel discussion.


2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship

3. The leading 10 available players from the "HSBC Major Tournaments Ranking" at the end of the 2007 PGA Championship on 13 August 2007: Pádraig Harrington (2), Ángel Cabrera (4), Ernie Els (6), Woody Austin (T7), Justin Rose (9), Retief Goosen (10)

2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil

The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil (formally the 2010 FIA WTCC HSBC Race of Brazil) was a World Touring Car Championship round held at Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba near Curitiba, Brazil on 7 March 2010.

Alzheimer's Association, Central New York Chapter

Regional offices are located in the Nichols Notch Building at 401 Hayes Avenue in Endicott; 258 Genesee Street in Utica; and the HSBC Bank Building at 120 Washington Street, Suite 419, in Watertown.

Asian Sponsorship Association

The ASA also has 15 founding organisations to help advise the Association on its direction - these include HSBC, Google, Fox International Channels, Singapore Sports Council, Yum Group and many other blue-chip corporations.

Central and Western District

The Central district was the principal European business district, hence the arrival of the first major bank HSBC.

Cyprus Popular Bank

2006 The Greek Marfin Investment Group acquired HSBC's shares in Laiki Bank, establishing a strong minority share position.

Deepa Panta

And then she has moved to Kathmandu for higher studies and completed her 10+2 (Humanities) from HSBC Nepal and Completed Bachelors and Master's degree (Mathematics) form Tribhuwan University Kathmandu, Nepal.

Dim sum bond

This followed similar issues by non-Chinese banks like ANZ, HSBC and Banco do Brasil earlier in the year.

Eaton, Norfolk

Shops and services at Eaton Village in 2010 comprised a post office, a Waitrose supermarket (containing a Boots pharmacy, Laura Ashley, and an estate agent), a veterinary surgery, Barclays bank, two financial advisors, another estate agents, an undertaker, two hairdressers, a dry cleaner, two pubs ('The Red Lion' and 'The Cellar House'), a Chinese/Thai takeaway and a coffee shop in the former HSBC bank.

Economy of Istanbul

Levent and Maslak financial districts are home to the headquarters of Turkey's largest companies and banks, as well as the local headquarters of global giants of the financial sector such as Citibank, Merrill Lynch, J. P. Morgan, HSBC, ABN Amro, Fortis, ING Bank, BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Banca di Roma, UniCredit, WestLB, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, and many others.

Gernatt Family of Companies

The companies have been involved in major projects in Western New York State, including the New York State Thruway, Southern Tier Expressway, First Niagara Center (formerly HSBC Arena), Ralph Wilson Stadium, and Coca-Cola Field (formerly Dunn Tire Park).

GM Card

Capital One acquired many of HSBC's U.S. credit card customers and some of its products in May of 2012 for $2.6 billion and another $31.3 billion to cover the balances on the accounts transferred.

GMB Publishing

Contributors to recent GMB publications include Groupe Coface, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Eversheds, KPMG, Herbert Smith, HSBC and many other global organizations.

Gordon Redding

He has also served as a consultant on general managerial strategy and organization for global corporations and multinational companies, including HSBC, Cathay Pacific, Hutchison Whampoa, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Bank Mandiri, BHP Billiton, Christie's and a number of regional conglomerates.

HFC Bank

HSBC Finance - A financial services company and a member of the HSBC Group.

HSBC Bank Argentina

On December 20, 2001, at the height of the December 2001 riots in Argentina, HSBC security personnel opened fire from inside the HSBC Buenos Aires headquarters building against civilians that had been marching to Plaza de Mayo to demonstrate against President Fernando de la Rúa who resigned a day later.

HSBC Bank Egypt

HSBC Bank Egypt SAE is a multinational bank in Egypt, providing a wide range of banking and related financial services through a network of 100 branches and 20 mini bank units in Cairo, Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Borg El Arab and 6th of October City.

HSBC Bank Malta

HSBC's Malta headquarters are at 116 Archbishop Street, Valletta VLT1444, Malta.

HSBC Finance

The techniques and experience of HSBC Finance Corporation are being increasingly exported to other HSBC markets, for example, the establishment of Proa by HSBC Bank Argentina, and new business being established in Poland by HSBC Bank Polska.

HSBC France

In 2010 the French government's Autorité de la concurrence (the department in charge of regulating competition) fined eleven French banks, including HSBC France, the sum of 384,900,000 Euros for colluding to charge unjustified fees on check processing, especially for extra fees charged during the transition from paper check transfer to "Exchanges Check-Image" electronic transfer.

Jaguar R4

In the 2003 Season, Jaguar were sponsored by the following companies; AT&T, Beck's, Castrol, DuPont, EDS, HP, HSBC, Japhiro, Lear, Michelin, MSC Software, Mumm, Pioneer, Puma, Rolex, Volvo and 3D Systems.

Maximizer Software

To date, Maximizer Software has sold over 1.6 million licenses to more than 120,000 customers in various industries, ranging in size from entrepreneurs to multi-national organizations, including: Hallmark Cards, HSBC, TD Securities, Gemcom, Ipsos, Vancouver Coastal Health, Royal LePage, and Cathay Pacific.

Riverside Institute of Technology

Riverside also has multiple community partners, including Medaille College, HSBC, Kaleida Health, and the National Academy Foundation.