Household HSBC Watch

Bankruptcy laws were changed and strengthened in 2005. Then greedy banksters, mortgage brokers, and lending companies felt safe. They could do whatever they wanted to do, since it was harder to declare bankruptcy. Nationally, the total number of bankruptcies filed in the first half of 2008, however, rose 29.2 percent, to 522,205, […]

We received this report today. That is all we are going to say about the origin.
“I am unfortunately a current employee of HSBC working in the HFC division. Let me say that I apologize to all of you out there that have unknowingly fallen into the hands of this evil company. As […]

A tenacious reader of our website, and an angry mortgage customer of HSBC sent some good advice. This gentleman is a planner, and he organizes meetings to get the desired results. It is very true that HSBC Finance does not know where a telephone call is coming from. The HSBC guidebook says […]

There is a vast difference between true global bankers who once had branches aboard the luxurious Cunard Lines, and the finance company logic of embarassed former predatory lenders. I am old enough to remember true bankers in England, the Cunard Steamship Lines, and such professionalism. I am also old enough to remember when […]

Going through all the complaints on the website fills me with despair. I am an Indian citizen and an employee of the auto finance department. For years I have been working with the customers based in the US. Prior to joining this business I was in sales although the customer base was same. But I […]

An HSBC Finance employee advised us of this frightening move by HSBC, saying “As a current employee I am appauled to see Beneficial and HFC’s latest trick which seems to be avoiding federal caps on interest rates. As of May 5th they rolled out their new pricing sheets with rates set above the […]

In January HSBC had a problem with transactions when their system went down and credit card purchases were disabled. It happened again over the weekend. Angry retailers have launched a tirade against HSBC after its e-payments system fell over on Friday and stayed down for the whole weekend. Retailers were unable […]

As HSBC seeks to raise money in the United States, primarily through HSBC Finance, the number of complaints continues to rise. Advocates at Household - HSBC Watch say the number of complaints received on a daily basis is at the highest in five years. Disappointment with HSBC credit cards and merchant credit cards […]

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 […]

True to form and following rules set up by former predatory lender Household International, HSBC rejects any ideas and suggestions other than their own. HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe’s biggest bank, rejected a call from the California State Teachers’ Retirement System for an outside strategic review. At Household - HSBC Watch - a […]