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Legal action against HSBC Mortgage Services Inc

This is another update from our friend Curtis: “Please be advised of the following. I am currently involved in taking legal action against HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. in Brandon Florida.

My current mortgage was audited and found to be in violation of TILA, RESPA, HOPA and the Fair Trade Practices Act. The loan as […]

HSBC hidden holding companies exposed

On the legal front it appears as though HSBC USA and HSBC North America Holdings have some explaining to do. In a recent court document it was discovered that the are actual two additional holding companies as part of HSBC in the United States. Why is that?

There are actually two additional US holding […]

Appeals court decision goes against HSBC

The theory is to snowball the court with fluff, chatter, a mountain of documents, and very boring testimony. Such was the case when HSBC and Decisioning tried to convince the court that Macy’s / Federated department stores held invalid patents. The appeals court saw it differently. The U.S. Court of Appeals […]

Connecticut resident makes headway against HSBC

A person who communicates with us quite often sent this latest update concerning his battle with HSBC: “In my on going battle against HSBC it seems it is beginning to heat up. The government works slowly but sometimes it works.

Please be advised that today April 22nd, 2008, I did receive a letter from the […]

HSBC and customer’s right to recind

The following information pertains to the right to recind an agreement between HSBC and a customer. It is quite lengthy, but very interesting. The information comes from the FTC and OCC, respectively, according to the submitter. Case law is included:

I. TILA & Res Judicata
(Analogous to Mr. Curtis xxxxxx , […]

Neiman Marcus customers and HSBC credit do not mix

Neiman Marcus is facing off with HSBC Finance - formerly known as predatory lender Household International. What do Neiman Marcus customers have in common with subprime, predatory lending, and late application of payments? Absolutely nothing, but Neiman Marcus selected HSBC Finance as their private label credit card processor. We questioned the move […]

State AG’s barred from investigating federal banks

How was the subprime crisis facilitated by lack of regulatory action? This report speaks to the situation quite loudly:

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s 2005 decision that barred the New York attorney general’s office from subpoenaing documents and instituting enforcement actions against national banks as part of an investigation into […]

National Assn of Attorney’s General asked to revisit Shea vs Household

The final outcome of Shea vs Household was as follows, and is filed in Superior Court for the State of California, Case Number 00CC12585, published March 19, 2004. The Honorable Stephen J. Sundvold presided.

The lawsuit alleged that Household imposed certain finance charges, late fees, a overlimit fees between October 20, 1994 and March 18, 2004 […]

NAACP Sues HSBC Holdings Plc, Others

LOS ANGELES, July 11 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Wednesday filed a class action lawsuit against 14 subprime mortgage, lenders alleging they engaged in institutionalized, systematic racism.

Lenders named in the lawsuit, filed in a Los Angeles federal court, include Ameriquest, Wells Fargo & Co, Fremont General Corp, Countrywide […]

More Fraud at CompUSA and Best Buy

A Washington man is charged with racking up more than $75,000 in fraudulent charges over the past year by applying for and using credit cards for businesses he claimed to work for. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the man — Shane Michael Renecker, 33, used the credit cards to buy computers and other items […]