Household HSBC Watch

HSBC plans to put a big chunk of its New York headquarters up for lease, vacating more than 200,000 square feet at its 29-story building at 452 Fifth Avenue. The bank, which occupies the tower in its entirety, is opening up floors 12 through 29, a spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday evening, making available a […]

There is more to HSBC’s subprime fallout around the world. The American dollar is tumbling around the world. On Thursday it reached parity with the Canadian dollar for the first time in 30 years and hit its lowest level yet against the euro, also dipping relative to the British pound and hitting […]

With 900 votes so far, a Household - HSBC Watch poll which asks people to rate their HSBC credit card does not look good for HSBC. Here is how people answered, grouped by response, percent, and number of votes for each choice:
The best: 10% (88)
Good: 6% (56)
Fair: 5% (42)
Poor: 16% (148)
Totally Unprofessional: […]

As we near the end of 2006 and holiday spending increases a recent poll at consumer advocacy website Household - HSBC Watch asks visitors to rate their HSBC-backed credit card. With over 500 participants responding to the poll question an astonishing 79 percent rated their HSBC backed credit card as ‘poor’ or ‘totally unprofessional’. […]

A poll of user satisfaction shows 80% of Household - HSBC Watch visitors rate their HSBC backed credit card as poor or totally unprofessional. The poll can been seen here, or with any article.

Problems persist with HSBC in the United States, in part because the company still has Household International employees, attitudes, […]

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See the latest about Bobby and TransUnion

Household International’s political action website at HSBC Government Relations now has Chairman Siddharth N. (Bobby) Mehta’s picture to greet web visitors which are supposed to be HSBC employees, but the site is available to everyone around the world. “Dear Colleague” says the website. William F. (Bill) Aldinger’s […]

A recent visit to Household International’s political action website at www.hihsbcgr.com shows that William F. (Bill) Aldinger’s photograph no longer greets web visitors. Still bearing the HI name, this part of HSBC was, and still is, in violation of HSBC corporate policy according to Sir John Bond. In fact Bond said HSBC does […]

Did HSBC’s purchase of predatory lender Household International have an effect on perceptions of HSBC? Household - HSBC Watch says it is is possible as they report a 600 percent increase in visitors from Asia and the Pacific Rim.

March 21 (Bloomberg) — HSBC Holdings Plc, the biggest corporate lender in the Asia-Pacific […]

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 […]