Household HSBC Watch

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, CitiBank and Natwest were the top three brands targeted by phishers last month, according to an internet security report. In a previous article we indicated that HSBC has the highest rate of identity theft. Do you think the two subjects are related? We certainly do, as do many that we questioned. […]

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 […]

AT&T Corp. said Thursday it will unleash the biggest ad campaign in the company’s 120-year history to strengthen its famous brand name. The old Ma Bell was recently acquired by SBC Communications Inc. in a $16 billion deal. SBC, itself once part of the old AT&T, then took on the AT&T name. The […]

In an article by Andrew Ellson, Times Online, he said “Research seen by Times Online shows that the public is getting increasingly reluctant to use internet banking as they become more concerned about the risk of identity theft.” In response to the article consumer watchdog organization Household - HSBC Watch said HSBC consumers would […]

The following was sent to the OCC and FBI on behalf of consumers:
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
1301 McKinney Street
Suite 3450
Houston, Texas 77010-9050

And
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Attn: RICO Investigations
1300 Summit
Kansas City, Missouri 64105-1362
SUBJECT: HSBC NORTH AMERICA AND HSBC FINANCE CORPORATION
The purpose of this communication is to confirm the accuracy of consumer complaints relative to Household […]

Seems that the general public is very aware of identity theft, credit card issues and the need to do Internet research. We restarted our server yesterday - actually 27 hours ago. Over 1 million queries have already been sent to the database server, as shown here:

This MySQL server has been running for 1 days, […]

HSBC North America Holdings Inc is the holding company for all of HSBC’s U.S. and Canadian businesses, including Household International.

1. HSBC Bank USA, National Association
2. HSBC Bank Canada
3. HSBC’s consumer lending business operates in the United States under the HFC and Beneficial names.
4. HSBC Mortgage Services purchases and services non-conforming residential […]

Alan and Linda Townsend were unhappy with the sprayed-on siding applied to their house, the frustrated couple launched a Web site to complain. They provided a format for others to complain as well.

Their efforts resulted in legal efforts against the couple. Companies routinely go after individuals when they feel people are maligning them […]

Letter to Confirm a complaint about Household Retail Services
To: < Insert your data >
Subject: Household Retail Services

Allow me to send supporting documentation for this case. We collect information about this company and their business practices. As the lead investigator I also reference Federal Trade Commission case reference number 1782918 in this on-going investigation. I am […]