Archive for the 'General' Category

Compliance Officer for Sherman Acquisition Named

We were provided with the list below for our who’s who section. It also shows compliance officers. Household - HSBC Watch has an extensive article about Sherman, Alegis, and what goes on behind the scenes. Part One of this article is here.

SHERMAN ACQUISITIONS JOHN LAGRANT JLAGRANT@ATTENTIONLLC.COM SR. VP
JOHN R. LAGRANT SR. VICE […]

HSBC Watch Selects Feedburner For Broadcasts

Household - HSBC Watch selected Feedburner as a common news router. “In an effort to ensure all newsfeeds are transmitted throughout the world in the same format we selected Feedburner to provide our output. In addition, our articles and news sections can now be translated into different languages as a feature for international […]

Household (HSBC) Auto Finance Compliance Department Contact Numbers

Here is new information provided to Household - HSBC Watch consumer advocates regarding the compliance department for Household Auto Finance - which is also HSBC Auto Finance.

HOUSEHOLD AUTO FINANCE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT
ATTN: JOSEPH TRUNK COMPLIANCE MANAGER
FAX (858) 492-6350
HOUSEHOLD AUTOMOTIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
200 SOMERSET CORPORATE BOULEVARD BRIDGEWATER, NJ 08807
PHONE (908) 203-2461
FAX (908) 781-4282
We are filing this […]

Bobby Mehta Has Company at the Top

See the latest about Bobby and TransUnion

Chairman and CEO of HSBC North America and successor to William F. Aldinger, Siddarth Mehta, has company at the top of the banking food chain. Many prefer to think of Mehta as a non-banker, having roots in the finance company world. A top Indian banker has been […]

HSBC Merchant Kmart Ex-CEO To Face SEC Accusations

Just one week ago, a three-member arbitration panel cleared Kmart’s former chief executive, Charles C. Conaway, of alleged fraud, mismanagement and corporate looting. Now, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Conaway and former Chief Financial Officer John T. McDonald of misleading investors about the discount retailer’s finances. Conaway and McDonald stand […]

Related Topics Now Shown in Blog

When searching HSBC, Household International, Sherman, or our most popular term - predatory lending - the Household - HSBC Watch blog now shows related topics to help you.

“We have so much data in our databases after almost six years that this new feature is a great advantage for our visitors” said programmers at Household […]

Prime time for sub-prime lending

August 23, 2005 By Joe Morgan — THE market for sub-prime mortgages is growing at double the rate of the mainstream market. Mainstream mortgage lending rose by 4.5 per cent last year, while the sub-prime market enjoyed growth of 9.1 per cent, amounting to £41.2 billion of lending, according to Datamonitor. The […]

HSBC Finance Corporation Declares Dividends

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, […]

HSBC online lets users take blame for security issues

By Lucy Sherriff, Published Tuesday 22nd August 2000 10:45 GMT
HSBC has said that it will review the wording of its terms and conditions for its Internet banking service. Further on in the Ts&Cs (terms and conditions) the company states that the customer will be liable for any losses that are the result of gross […]

Extensive Report on Debt Collectors Released

Researchers published the second part of a series of reports on Sherman Financial and debt collectors. An excerpt shows what goes on behind the scenes with pre-approved credit card applications that can be used to pay off old debt. How collection accounts are aged and re-aged, accidently brough current by the debtor, purchased […]