Household HSBC Watch

It is tax time again, and when people Google the search term ‘household bank ral’ Household - HSBC Watch comes in at the top spot with our article ‘HSBC Bank Charged With Racketeering’. We make every effort to level the playing field, given that we are all volunteers and HSBC is one of the […]

This is the Household - HSBC Watch year end update on H&R Block, Household International, and HSBC tax refund loans. Racketeering charges against HSBC and H&R Block still remain, mostly in part to HSBC’s predatory lending subsidiary formerly named Household International.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha Circuit judge gave preliminary approval Friday to a $62.5 […]

A Tuesday night episode of Boston Legal exposed the credit card industry for what they really are. When any industry goes beyond what is reasonable and prudent in the interest of profit it is a travesty. Boston Legal put the industry on prime time for what they really are, but the show contained […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 17, 2005–H&R Block Inc. (NYSE:HRB) today reported a net loss of $72.2 million, or 22 cents per share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2006 compared with a loss of $49.9 million, or 15 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenues in the quarter rose 14 percent to $620.4 million […]

September 29, 2005 Credit card delinquencies shot to a record high in the second quarter, as consumers tried to keep up with rising gas prices and increasing interest rates without curtailing spending, a report showed yesterday. The percentage of credit card accounts that were 30 days or more past due rose to 4.81 […]

A consumer reported today: “Recently, I was denied a car loan because they said my credit rating was very low. I applied for a credit report from EqiFax and found out to my surprise that a company named HSBC TAXMASTERS said I owed a debt of over two hundred dollars and was delinquent. […]

Financial service agencies push RALs as a way of making ends meet sooner, but in reality, say consumer advocates, these loans are far from a good deal, or even a fair one. In 2003, consumers took out more than 12 million RALs, costing over $1 billion in loan fees alone, not including other processing payments […]

HSBC Halbis Partners is a trading name of HSBC Investments (USA) Inc. HSBC Halbis Partners is a specialized fundamental active investment business, focusing on delivering sustainable value-added performance in areas including fixed income, emerging markets equities, European equities and some alternative strategies. It has investing professionals based in London, New York, Paris and Hong Kong. […]

09/06/2005 - 13:18:29 - British bank HSBC’s UK customers are to get the chance to tap their feet to music as they stand in queues for cashiers’ desks, it emerged today. Breaking with the tradition of a noiseless atmosphere in banks, HSBC is employing DJs to draw up playlists to be broadcast in 400 […]

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“I received a letter from my house insurance agent that I could not receive the best price because of my bad credit rating. I didn’t understand because we had not too long ago refinanced our house loan to get a better rate and they said our credit was A1. […]