Household HSBC Watch

Take a look at William Aldinger’s Household International from 1999 through 2002.
From March 9, 1999 — The Board of Directors of
Household International, Inc. (NYSE:HI) today authorized the
repurchase of up to $2 billion worth of the company’s outstanding
common shares. At current prices, this would represent over
10 percent of the company’s outstanding shares. Purchases will
occur […]

London-based HSBC bank noted that success in 2005 was attributable to the escalating growth in the emerging credit card markets including India, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It stated that over 2005 credit card spending in the Philippines grew at 82% while in India it grew by 62%. In terms of credit card receivables, the […]

Pay day will be coming late for thousands of workers this month after computing problems at the world’s third-largest bank, HSBC.
Employees at 1,900 UK companies have been affected and will receive their money on Tuesday rather than Friday.

According to a company spokesman the failure was a serious problem that has now been rectified.
HSBC […]

(Buffalo News, The (NY) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Apr. 26–No, HSBC isn’t running an airport. But it might start to look that way in New York City. In a first-of-its-kind arrangement in North America, HSBC Holdings Plc will put its name and advertisements on the interior and exterior of the 108 jetbridges at […]

Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - BOCA RATON — When thousands of dollars in high-end jewelry started disappearing from display cases in Saks Fifth Avenue, Vincent Ognibene was assigned to investigate. Ognibene, an asset protection detective at the store at the Town Center mall, monitored the daily inventory counts and reviewed surveillance tapes, but he […]

Stephen Green, Group Chief Executive, HSBC Holdings plc, said: “HSBC’s Future of Retirement: What the world wants research shows that individuals increasingly expect to bear their own costs in later life, but governments and business must understand their role in continuing to support individuals. They cannot afford to shy away from the enormous challenges and […]

A poll of user satisfaction shows 80% of Household - HSBC Watch visitors rate their HSBC backed credit card as poor or totally unprofessional. The poll can been seen here, or with any article.

Problems persist with HSBC in the United States, in part because the company still has Household International employees, attitudes, […]

HSBC aims at expanding its credit card business in Thai market by 20-30 percent this year.
The HSBC Thailand on Monday launched a promotion programme for the holders of its credit cards to redeem for gifts with lowest spending requirement in the local market in the latest attempt to grow its business.
Mariano Reisin, head of marketing […]

An analysis of articles with the ‘Most Reads Per Day’ and total overall reads for the last year reveals problems with HSBC and their ability to accept online payments in a timely manner. Approximately 600 people per day visit Household - HSBC Watch, and clearly many of them are concerned with HSBC identity theft […]

An analysis of the contributions shows that senators who voted to pass the bill raised an average of nearly twice as much between 1999 and 2004 from the finance and credit industry as those who voted against the bill. The bill’s supporters received an average of $36,600 from the industry during the six-year timeframe, […]