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Fraud report involves HSBC Auto Finance

Here is a report that details how HSBC Auto in San Diego actually conducts business. Since HSBC decided to exit the auto financing business, we say “good riddance.” This is a shabby way of doing business. We have many reports on file from years past, and little has changed. The following […]

HSBC HELOC letter sent or not sent?

HSBC made the news again. This time it was an article about home equity lines of credit — or the fact that such credit lines are frozen or gone all together. When Denise Lopez bought two new tables, a floor lamp and a chair recently, her intent was to finance it with her […]

More wedding and bridal problems for HSBC

According to the Guardian: “Couples who lost their wedding presents when online gift service Wrapit went into administration are planning to demonstrate outside the head office of HSBC this afternoon. The gift list firm closed on Monday after it failed to find a rescue deal, leaving up to 2,000 couples without presents that […]

Lawmakers send a letter to HSBC

It is one thing to buy a predatory lender — Household International — but quite another to cotinue the business practices almost unchanged. HSBC is still one of the biggest subprime lenders in the United States. As a result, lawmakers sent a letter to HSBC asking the lender and mortgage servicer to help […]

India currency conversion is HSBC problem

A customer in India (Madhya Pradesh) thinks HSBC has hidden international currency conversion charges. The customer claims he cannot get a straight answer. Here is his report so you can decide for yourself:

“I purchased an item using my HSBC credit card in US dollars on the Internet. The seller turned out to be […]

HSBC spent $660,000 for 3 months of lobbying

Once upon a time — back before the crying, wailing, and sobs of subprime lending — HSBC plc said the bank did not spend money on lobbying and attempts to influence legislation. Certainly William F. Aldinger spent money to do so in the United States, as his predaotry little company (Household International) was purchased […]

Talbots to lose HSBC LOC, but is there more?

Shares of Talbot’s Inc. were battered early Wednesday following its disclosure that HSBC is no longer prepared to continue making letter of credit facilities available to the company. A letter of credit essentially substitutes the credit of a third party (usually a large bank) for that of a borrower. Did HSBC Finance attempt […]

Dismissive tone of HSBC letter to Knight Vinke common in U.S.

HSBC and activist investor organizaiton Knight-Vinke have been challenging each other for quite some time. This past weekend Knight-Vinke said “‘The dismissive comments in your letter conveyed a worrying degree of complacency. I hope this is just a matter of tone and not of substance.” The same United States division of HSBC […]

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 , […]

How predatory mortgage lenders escape regulation

This is a classic example of how the subprime mess spun out of control. It is a classic example of how state regulators are continually frustrated by federal regulators and their desire to overrule state-level laws. Anyone who thinks they can get results from a local Better Business Bureau, when federal and state […]