The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

City banks find plenty of takers for yuan accounts

6 Aug 2012

Tourists, businessmen and overseas Chinese nationals were among the first non-residents to open yuan deposit accounts with Hong Kong banks this week.

HSBC can't avoid Senate's rocket-propelled grenade

31 Jul 2012

Banks operating in the more exciting parts of the world have always faced big risks.

HSBC's unhappy hunting ground

23 Jul 2012

To its many Hong Kong shareholders and customers HSBC remains their bank and a pillar of society, even if its identity has now been globalised. They would have been dismayed, therefore, with the...

Ex-HSBC manager called before Senate an HK veteran

22 Jul 2012

A former top executive of HSBC who told a United States senate hearing of his 'pain and embarrassment'' at the bank becoming a money-laundering conduit for drug cartels, rogue states and terrorist...

Mainland couple sue HSBC over US$5 million loss

24 May 2012

A mainland businessman and his wife are suing HSBC's Swiss private banking unit after losing more than US$5 million on high-risk investment products.

Opinion

Alex Lo

Relaxing maids' live-in rule means less room for conflict

Peter Kammerer

In Hong Kong, affordability is off the menu

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

HSBC postpones review on UK relocation

HSBC will indefinitely postpone a review on the relocation of its headquarters because of regulatory uncertainties, chief executive Stuart Gulliver said yesterday at an informal shareholders'...

A significant withdrawal

Enormous distress has been caused throughout history by unbacked currencies and the massive inflation that follows.

Increasing optimism for local, global economies sees rebound in confidence

Investor confidence has rebounded since December, according to JP Morgan Asset Management's quarterly survey on investor sentiment.

HSBC woos SMEs as loan growth slows

HSBC is offering free business information and tips to small and medium-sized enterprises worldwide in a bid to draw more loan applications ahead of an expected slowdown in commercial loan growth...

Hang Seng Bank eyes wealthy mainlanders

Hang Seng Bank plans to grow its wealth management business in Hong Kong by about 50 per cent in the next three years as it sets its sights on attracting rich clients from the mainland.

Fitch takes a dimmer view of Hongkong Bank

Credit rating agency Fitch has revised its view of Hongkong Bank to 'negative' from 'stable' yesterday, but retained the bank's long-term default rating.

This comes a day after Fitch...