Household HSBC Watch

It has been ten years since consumer advocates started Household - HSBC Watch. Sometimes we wonder where the years went. Ten years ago we started a single web page on a free server. Now we have over 3000 visitors every day. Part of the traffic obviously is a result of the […]

Here are the most recent complaints about HSBC, as submitted to Household - HSBC Watch by customers from around the world. Complaints, some of which read like horror stories, are listed by title with a direct link to the submission:

HSBC Orchard Bank - Rep Claims No Affiliation
Customer Claims HSBC Holds Payments Until Late
Customer Claims […]

NEW YORK, June 19 - Standard & Poor’s on Monday raised its ratings on HSBC Holdings Plc. and its subsidiaries, citing greater diversification earnings, and stabilization of its consumer finance business. “The upgrade of holdings reflects the increasingly strongly diversified earnings profile and global reach of the well-managed HSBC group, and the reduced […]

It pays - immensely - to enact state restrictions on America’s booming subprime mortgage industry, the Center for Responsible Lending reported. Consumers with marred credit or tight finances still get home loans easily and usually for a lower price when states govern subprime loans, researchers at the Durham, N.C.-based consumer advocacy group found.

Unfortunately Household International […]

One of the most profitable and largest banks in France, CCF was acquired by HSBC holding in Dec. 2000. CCF once used Click to Call to answer customer questions and expand online business.

As its name suggests, HSBC France (formerly CCF S.A.) represents the operations of big British bank HSBC in France. Rebranded in 2005, the […]

Kansas City - August 25, 2005 - News Release
Sources who prefer to remain unnamed report that William F. Aldinger’s assistant still does work for Aldinger while paid by HSBC. Whether part of Aldinger’s retirement package or for some other reason Mary Hicks continues to do work on behalf of Aldinger while paid by HSBC […]

Effective Date March 9, 2004: GSI-Chelsea Solutions, Inc. (”GSI”) operates the web site, www.lizclaiborne.com, pursuant to agreements with LCI Holdings, Inc. (”Liz”). Liz Claiborne recently signed on board with questionable credit card processor Household International, now operating as HSBC Finance Corporation. But their web site allows you to open an account […]

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - Freddie Mac - The Federal Reserve System’s (Fed) Beige Book (a periodic report on economic conditions across the twelve Fed districts) indicates that the strength of residential real estate markets is widespread, with the exception of the seventh and ninth districts (covering the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, […]

02 Aug 2005 Banks denied order against Spitzer — New York attorney-general Eliot Spitzer has won the first round in a lawsuit filed against him by a coalition of banks after a federal judge refused to order a restraining order against the attorney-general.
US Federal District Court Judge Sydney Stein refused the banking groups’ requests to […]

RIVERSIDE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 19, 2005–The American Forces Network (AFN) announced today that World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. will offer its upcoming SmackDown!® Pay-Per-View, The Great American Bash, free for broadcast on AFN as WWE’s way of thanking the troops and their families for their service to America. The Great American Bash will be broadcast from […]