Household HSBC Watch

ZZ in New York says: “I believe I have a slam dunk case against this firm for filing a false affidavit of service. The only two parties in the house at the time that fit the description could not physically be there because they were both at work. My girlfriend -whom the […]

Another visitor asks: “I am going through a very similar problem with HSBC credit card services. Is there anymore to the story posted? I have written to Mehta and Menezes, executives at HSBC in addition to mailing copies to the FBI, Consumer Affairs Protection, and other agencies. Are any of the agencies […]

Teresa in New York asks “: I had received forms to fill out & sent them back 4/06 for the H & R Block refund lawsuit. I am inquiring what the status of that lawsuit is.”

Among UK firms, HSBC states that in keeping with its longstanding policy it made no political contributions in 2005. HSBC, however, has inherited what is now the HSBC North America Political Action Committee (H-PAC) following its purchase of Household International.

H-PAC has contributed $1,833,526 to federal election campaigns and other PACs during the 2006 election […]

LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings has become the first major bank to say it will start charging for a current account, raising the prospect that other lenders will end free banking.

HSBC’s online banking arm First Direct is to charge 10 pounds per month for customers who do not deposit 1,500 pounds per month or maintain […]

H&R Block Inc. on Tuesday announced that it will change its refund-anticipation loan program to make sure customers fully understand it and realize their debts could affect their loan. The changes to the program, in which H&R Block lends customers the money they expect to receive from a tax refund, comes two […]

The new bank already has one branch that opened on Monday, in Bethesda, outside Washington, D.C. Besides offering loans and deposits, that office also offers check-cashing services. The new charter will also be used for the bank’s pending expansion into Connecticut later this month.

HSBC has aggressively added branches in multiple states over the past […]

HSBC USA has established a second nationally chartered bank, based in Maryland, to make it easier for the British-owned bank to expand its U.S. branch network. The new HSBC National Bank USA is a sister to Delaware-based HSBC Bank USA, which now operates all but one of HSBC’s U.S. branches, including all of […]