PL in West Virginia said: “We purchased a new vehichle in September 2007. HSBC is the place that approved us (we have bad credit) the car dealer gave us the payment amt per month. We should not have agreed to the loan but we were just glad to get a loan we […]
MR in Arizona said this informative copy of his long letter: September 13, 2008
Arizona Department of Financial Institutions and all in CC list.
2910 North 44th Street, Suite 310
Phoenix, Arizona 85018
RE: Loan number: (redacted) HFC-HSBC
• Predatory Lending Practices
• Misrepresentation of lending […]
AB in Ohio said: “HSBC NV has made 22 requests for my credit history between July 2006 and Sept 2007. Who are they, why do they keep checking my credit history and why did they all of a sudden stop? I am trying to re-establish my credit after a (medical) bankruptcy and have […]
CF in Connecticut said: “People are having problems cashing checks given to customers by H&R Block for tax refunds. These checks are issued by HSBC. The reason being given by local banks is that someone is counterfitting the checks. My daughter and son in law went to three banks who gave them a hard […]
The following complaints about HSBC, received from individuals around the country, should be considered as allegations only. We make no effort to investigate the validity of complaints submitted by customers and non-customers. Instead we monitor complaints such as these for trends that can be verified, just as we did before Household International was […]
TH in New Yorks says: “I have been on the phone between Home Depot and HSBC all morning. No yelling, just trying to get something accomplished. Then I was told my card would not work so I had to call the bank where we signed up in Cortland NY. I spoke with Rachel and […]
PD in Wisconsin reports: “Beneficial / HSBC Finance Corp., is a major player in the credit industry and provider of predatory loans such as live-check loans which are mailed, unsolicited, to customers with bad credit. The customer, simply by cashing it, takes out a poorly advised loan at an outrageous rate. I […]
FP sent this report: “I opened an account with Beneficial HSBC Group, by depositing a check they sent to me. The check cleared my bank account, and Beneficial HSBC Group sent checks for me to use. I wrote checks on the account that cleared, however, I was called by a representative to come in […]
An open letter to HSBC, Knight Vinke and Stephen Green
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