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HSBC Holdings plc Employee Message Board

Is India processing your credit card payments? Most likely they are since they are doing work for the three largest credit card companies. Will HSBC Finance Corporation outsource their jobs and new Metris jobs to India? Time will tell, but wages are one-fifth of U.S. wages.

Nilesh Kothari, chief operating officer of Hero ITES, […]

Kansas City - August 25, 2005 - News Release
Sources who prefer to remain unnamed report that William F. Aldinger’s assistant still does work for Aldinger while paid by HSBC. Whether part of Aldinger’s retirement package or for some other reason Mary Hicks continues to do work on behalf of Aldinger while paid by HSBC […]

About 300 consumers had filed complaints with the attorney general’s office accusing AOL of ignoring demands to cancel service and stop billing. The result was that the 300 were noticed among AOL’s estimated 21 million U.S. customers. It resulted in AOL paying USD 1.25 million as reported on August 24, 2005. For […]

Thursday August 18, 11:25 am ET - PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ — HSBC Finance Corporation announced today that its board of directors declared the first regular quarterly cash dividend on the company’s Series B preferred stock of $0.3621667 per depositary share payable September 15, 2005, to shareholders of record on August 31, […]

The bank reporting season threw up mixed views on Britain: HBOS dismissed fears that the country was facing a consumer debt crisis while HSBC, the world’s second biggest bank, branded the UK its most difficult market due to a weaker economy and an increasing number of borrowers struggling to pay off loans. “In the […]

“If, having decided to take out a store card operated by GECF consumers are dissatisfied, GECF offers a “No quibble guarantee” which means that for 60 days, they are able to cancel the card merely by paying off the value of the original purchase. Any charges or fees will be refunded without question.” — […]

Insurance is offered through insurance agents of HSBC Insurance Agency (USA) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Bank USA, National Association, and an indirectly wholly owned affiliate of HSBC Holdings plc. Products and services may vary by state and may not be available in all states.

“This is a little clearer than some of […]

HSBC Bank USA, National Association, with its main office in Delaware, has nearly 400 branches in New York State, as well as 11 branches in Florida, five in California, one branch in Pennsylvania, Washington and Oregon, and 15 in Panama. It is the principal subsidiary of HSBC USA Inc, an indirectly-held, wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC […]

In the poll conducted for The Associated Press and AOL News, 64 percent said gas prices will cause money problems for them in the next six months. In April, 51 percent expressed such concerns. Those most likely to be worried were people with low incomes, the unemployed and minorities. However, the level […]