Household HSBC Watch

WK in Illinois said: “I have followed the entries on your website for several years and I can understand why HSBC customers and employees feel the way they do. I was employed at HSBC for 10 years in the HFC and Retail Services divisions of Household International which later became HSBC Finance. […]

Here is a report that details how HSBC Auto in San Diego actually conducts business. Since HSBC decided to exit the auto financing business, we say “good riddance.” This is a shabby way of doing business. We have many reports on file from years past, and little has changed. The following […]

NEARLY half of all mortgage shoppers use the Internet to do research on mortgages. If your research got you to this website you have reached Household - HSBC Watch consumer advocates, a watchdog organization not affiliated with HSBC in any way. You are doing your homework, however, and digging deeply. Perhaps HSBC […]

HSBC said the bank would export the business model of Household International, purchased by HSBC in 2003. As disturbing as it sounds, HSBC bragged about exporting the so-called “Household Model” even though history will show the model as a predatory lender. Subprime losses in the billions of dollars showed a failure. Pragati […]

HSBC Finance Corporation’s card and retail services business has introduced a credit card that gives consumers the opportunity to use earned rewards to make a contribution to a variety of environmental causes. It does not take long to realize that 70 percent consumer dissatisfaction with HSBC credit cards (see our poll) indicates an overall […]

AK in Oregon sent this op-ed piece. We are publishing it here instead of in our complaints blog:
“HSBC- predatory lenders who slam insurance, offer over market rates and fees, and treat employees with disrespect.

When I started working at HFC I was just out of college. I was excited to have a job […]

Reuters is reporting that HSBC intends to open new branches - bank branches, not HFC and Beneficial Finance branches - across the United States. Quoting Kevin Martin, executive vice president of HSBC Bank USA, the bank inteneds to open new branches with a focus on New Jersey, California and Washington D.C. Plans […]

Solstice Capital Mortgage, owned by HSBC, has closed all but the California office. They have offered relocation packages to the few good producers but have closed their offices according to one insider. HSBC is reported as saying “…as part of our ongoing efforts to operate our business efficiently, Solstice Capital announced internally […]

Due to deterioration in HSBC’s U.S. operations Moody’s took acton today. Moody’s Investors Service said Thursday it has lowered the ratings outlook for HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe’s largest bank, and its subsidiaries to “Stable” from “Positive” due to weakness in the company’s U.S. operations. Moody’s also affirmed the company’s ratings at investment grades, […]

Here is positive proof that a person can be successful after running a subprime operation for HSBC while losing billions of dollars. Originally with Household International, which was charged with predatory lending and later purchased by HSBC, many thought Siddarth (you can call me Bobby) Mehta was in over his head. Mehta was […]