HSBC Securities Services is known to be Lehman’s trustee across multiple jurisdictions, said Asian Investor. “The current crisis will no doubt put its trustee function to its most strenuous test to date. After multiple calls to various business heads of the group, no one has been able to respond to AsianInvestor’s question on what […]
A drug dealer spreads poison through the neighborhood while encouraging thefts, robberies, and burglaries to pay for the drugs. Drugs poison our neighborhoods, cities, and towns. Investment banks and global banks are no different if they sold poisoned merchandise. Take the case of Lehman Brothers. Lehman was the dominant marketer of […]
Rep. Brad Miller, who—along with a handful of other Democrats—is urging the mortgage industry to delay certain foreclosures until the FHA’s “Help for Homeowners” gets going. The program is a key component of the new housing legislation and is intended to help struggling barrowers stay in their homes. Brad Miller contacted HSBC Finance. […]
A former employee of HSBC in Florida sent us this opinion: “Ex-employee from HSBC, parent company of HFC/Beneficial collections team. First I would like to straighten some facts about prior to my bashing. This company is a pay for performance company and each employee has the bonus options. The better you […]
Should the government investigate current conditions? Will a free economy poison itself, and the rest of the world, as it did with subprime mortgages? Are banks and institutional investors trying to recap $385 Billion dollars (USD) in collaterized debt obligation losses? These questions and many more are being discussed at Crazy Speculators (www.crazyspeculators.com) and we […]
HSBC leaders in the UK think the U.S. subprime disaster has subsided. Mr. Geoghegan acknowledged that some homeowners are still having difficulty repaying their mortgages, and the situation in the U.S. is complicated by market volatilities resulting from the upcoming presidential election and inflationary pressures. Presidential election? How about a doubling […]
In 2003 consumer advocates at Household - HSBC Watch knew nothing of Knight-Vinke and Eric Knight. The organization was known only as Household Watch. But just this morning HSBC might be planning more acquisitions in the United States. “We may consider acquiring banks linked to Spanish and Asian communities,” the South China […]
Consider the direction taken by Wells Fargo which insulated Wells from the current subprime mess. Now consider the position of HSBC Plc, and specifically HSBC Finance. Consider, if you will, the people facing uncertainty and rumors of layoffs. HSBC Plc failed the employees of HSBC Finance and former Household International employees. […]
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 […]
Analysts at Household - HSBC Watch think HSBC learned from the recent subprime crisis, regardless of what they tell Knight Vinke and other activists. After studying HSBC and Household International for many years Household - HSBC Watch thinks HSBC will make a move soon. Changes must look like they are HSBC’s idea, […]
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