Household HSBC Watch

As many as 8,000 employees of Catholic Health System have been unable to get their paychecks through direct deposit this morning due to the ongoing computer problems at HSBC Bank USA. Do you have direct deposit of your paycheck or retirement check at HSBC? There is a chance you may not have […]

Another HSBC merchant is going out of busiiness. CompUSA, the computer retailer that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim owned since 2000, will shut its doors after 23 years, succumbing to competition from Best Buy Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. On the CompUSA website it says “Same as Cash offer on approved purchases made on […]

Computer retailer CompUSA also finances with former disgraced predatory lender Household International, now called HSBC Finance Corporation. Also, because competitor Best Buy also uses this demonic source of financing for private label credit cards. Complaints about both credit cards are received daily at Household - HSBC Watch, but CompUSA complaints have increased […]

Another of troubled predatory lender Household International and HSBC’s merchants, CompUSA Inc., has agreed to settle a government complaint charging the company with deceiving consumers who bought computer products but failed to receive promised cash rebates from $15 to $100 each, the Federal Trade Commission said Friday March 11, 2005. The FTC said CompUSA […]

The alure of the new lineup from Hewlett Packard might look intriguing at Best Buy, but Household Watch has over 1600 horror stories in the consumer reports database, the large majority of which concern possible questionable dealings between predatory lender Household International (HSBC) and Best Buy.

Our suggestion: “Don’t finance your new HP system through […]