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HSBC still looking for dollars at crash site

Standard Chartered bank delivered a sparkling first six months, raising profits before tax by 32 percent. Increasing costs were all but totally offset by an increase in income, driven mostly by Standard Chartered’s wholesale-banking business. It is a far cry from the 29 percent tumble in earnings reported Monday by rival HSBC. HSBC policy […]

HSBC secure website not so secure after all

HSBC has finally fixed a security problem that allowed web surfers to browse the directory structure of a supposedly secure website it helps to run. The John Lewis Partnership card secure website (a joint venture with HSBC) allowed hackers to view the directory structure, changing directories at will. Certain directories will always […]