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. I tried to contact this company by phone with no luck and I even wrote a letter to them at an address in Kansas. The letter was returned “Undeliverable”. I thought that HSBC TAXMASTERS were connected with the BANK with the same name but that was not the case.”
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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 that accompany tax services, according to a report issued last month by the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and Consumer Federation of America (CFA).
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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. “It is not much different from HSBC’s holding companies which hold other holding companies” said Household – HSBC Watch. “Just look at the structure of HSBC Taxmasters, Household International, and HSBC North America” the group said.
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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 of its busiest branches across the UK.
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