Household HSBC Watch

HSBC is interested in HBOS but does not want to pay for it. Perhaps HBOS should pay HSBC for the “high honor” of HSBC’s interest? According to a report on website www.Telegraph.co.uk, Lloyds TSB Group is in talks to acquire HBOS, Britain’s biggest mortgage lender. The article says the prime minister has […]

The Manchester Evening News (see) reported something we already knew. BARCLAYS, HSBC, Lloyds TSB and NatWest all offer below average customer service, according to the latest Which? Money current account survey. They also continue to offer paltry amounts of interest on credit balances. Just look at our own survey, located to […]

Here is another case of lack of attention to detail by HSBC. It is a security risk and should never happen. I have never heard of this happening on a professional banking website:

HSBC has reassured business customers that a message on its internet banking site is not a security risk after an SSL […]

We have many questions lately about an article we ran a few days ago. According to insiders there have been layoffs at two HSBC locations. Reports are still unconfirmed, thus you should consider this to be rumor or speculation until we see it in the news. Here is what we were told […]

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’. […]

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Over 420 votes are in and HSBC credit cards are ranked as poor or unprofessional by 80 percent of those who voted. See the survey here. However, Ken Harvey, HSBC’s chief information officer, told analysts at a presentation the bank would reap the rewards of its global scale as well as its […]

With only 194 votes so far, a disturbing trend can be seen. A full 78 percent rate their HSBC credit card as either “poor” or “totally unprofessional”. A Household - HSBC Watch poll simply asked people to rate their HSBC backed credit card. The poll is shown on each article and […]

One of our tireless volunteers now has a new web site of her own. Drew’s Midwest Orchids is now live online with a gardening section and various sections about orchids. You may have talked with Drew if you called our helpline. An orchid enthusiast, she is knowledgeable about all aspects of orchid growing. […]

British banks will not face any action over an alleged data breach in an Indian call center last year, the U.K.’s data protection watchdog has said. In the breach, an undercover newspaper reporter was allegedly able to buy the bank account, credit card, passport and driving license details of 1,000 British bank customers for […]