Household HSBC Watch

An HSBC commercial was today criticised for misleadingly claiming Bank Account Plus customers were not charged for withdrawing cash abroad. In fact, the bank charges a 2.75% exchange rate adjustment to cover card processing and handling costs. That adjustment is “essentially a transaction fee” charged to HSBC customers, the Advertising Standards Authority […]

June 28 (Bloomberg) — An employee of HSBC Holdings Plc’s Indian unit was arrested in Bangalore and accused of helping a group illegally withdraw 233,000 pounds ($424,747) from bank customers’ accounts, according to a police official. Nadeem Kashmiri, a 24-year-old employee of HSBC Electronic Data Processing (India) Private Ltd., was charged with hacking […]

Beneficial National Bank is regulated by the OCC and owned by HSBC Bank Plc. Here is your April 2006 update. The attorneys will make millions and HSBC gets another stain on its reputation, but it’s doubtful that customers will even notice the opportunity to participate in this settlement.

CHICAGO — Plaintiff class representative Lynne […]

HSBC’s Global Transaction Banking Services business today announced it will provide clients a centralized-secure payment service across Canada, the United States and Mexico. The payment service from one of the world’s largest financial institutions is geared toward clients that need to make payments to trading partners within North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries. It […]

ROTTERDAM — HSBC Bank is working with Price Chopper to resolve the rejection of their debit cards at the supermarket’s cash registers. The problem is the bank’s computer system is not aligned with Price Chopper’s system, officials said. Because of this, the registers won’t accept the card’s PIN. HSBC said it hopes […]

Becky Barrow, Daily Mail, 19 December 2005
BRITAIN’S biggest bank has slapped a ban on rival customers at peak times. HSBC has put up signs in its 1,500 branches warning that other account holders will not be served between 11am and 2pm.

It insisted yesterday that the unprecedented move was meant only to improve the service […]

HSBC Finance Corp is the new name for predatory lender Household International.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 1, 2005–HSBC Finance Corporation, (NYSE: HBC) the consumer finance arm of one of the world’s largest financial services companies, today announced the closing of its acquisition of Metris Companies Inc. (NYSE: MXT)

The total consideration paid by HSBC to Metris […]

Merger Update
On August 4, 2005, Metris Companies Inc. announced a definitive agreement for HSBC Finance Corporation to acquire Metris in an all-cash transaction. Metris will become a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Finance Corporation upon completion of the transaction. The acquisition is subject to certain conditions, including resolution of the potential civil injunctive action […]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 13, 2005–HSBC Bank USA, N.A., (NYSE: HBC) the U.S. banking unit of one of the world’s largest financial services companies, today announced it has begun issuing new debit cards that feature MasterCard(R) PayPass(TM) contactless payment technology to its new and existing customers. With the issuance of these new contactless payment cards, HSBC […]

Consumer Watchdog Organization HSBC Watch, formally Household Watch, informed news services in the United Kingdom of another article about HSBC’s troubled lender Household International.

The article entitled “Mortgage borrowers file RICO lawsuit” first appeared in the Nashville Tennessean on October 25, 2004. It is found here:
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/09/60293750.shtml?Element_ID=60293750
It is not the first time Household International […]