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High HSBC rewards for average performance started with William Aldinger

Investors are complaining about high pay and rewards for average performance as HSBC Finance pulled down all of HSBC aorund the world once again. Throwing $17 billion (USD) down the drain has a tendency to anger investors and customers. No one likes to associated with a loser. History shows us that HSBC […]

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 […]

HSBC has highest rate of identity theft

Customers of HSBC experience the highest rates of identity theft in the banking industry, according to an investigative study released Wednesday by a UC Berkeley Law School researcher. HSBC is clearly in the lead. Through an extensive Freedom of Information Act request, Chris Hoofnagle, a staff attorney at UC Berkeley’s Boalt School of […]

Fines, forfeitures, and restitution in Connecticut mortgages

This report was submitted by a Connecticut resident. The submitter is responsible for the accuracy of this report, and personal opinions are his:

These are the attorney’s handling many HSBC Mortgage Services foreclosures in Connecticut. Looks like birds of a feather do flock together. A law firm, mortgage company and real estate broker will […]

Has HSBC poisoned U.S. economic growth?

Carrick MollenKamp of the Wall Street Journal follows HSBC closely. His recent article “HSBC a canary in US mortgage mine” appeared on 12 November. It is interesting to note that HSBC helped to start the entire worldwide credit crisis. “…HSBC said souring sub-prime-mortgage loans had forced the bank to add nearly $US2 […]

HSBC Emotional Link and Layoffs Through 2008

We received this report late Friday and will protect the writer / sender’s identity:
I am amazed that the layoffs and future layoffs of super sub prime lending giant HFC (Household/Beneficial) , also known/owned and directed by HSBC has not made more headlines.

In the state of Pennsylvania alone more than 25 offices are likely to […]

HSBC Braces for Another Big Loss

Further proof that the John Bond - William Aldinger Household International deal of almost five years ago was a stinker is about to slap HSBC hard. Left to there own predatory devices Household International would have gone bankrupt in 2003. As proof of how bad Household International was, it took most other […]

William Aldinger’s Unfair Binding Arbitration Challenged

Why is this important? Because William F. Aldinger is on the board of directors at AT&T, and was also CEO of Household International, and Chairman and CEO of HSBC USA. HSBC has the same mandatory binding arbitration, and William F. Aldinger has his law degree and thus would advise AT&T in some capacity. […]

HSBC freezes NetSurf users’ web bank accounts

NetSurf users are reeling from HSBC’s shock decision to suspend their accounts because their RISC OS computers are allegedly infected with spyware. The high street bank has confused the open source browser NetSurf with a strain of PC malware going by the same name, and has locked their customers out for security reasons, it is […]

New HSBC Award Without Merit

HSBC Group is the overall winner of the first edition of the UK’s Financial Times Sustainable Banking Awards. The award, recognising the bank’s leadership in integrating social, environmental and business objectives in to its operations, saw HSBC coming out top from a total of 49 financial services companies. Sustainable banking means meeting the needs […]