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The appointment comes as part of a sweeping overhaul by new CEO Georges Elhedery, who has made a raft of leadership changes and split the lender's geographic footprint into East and West
HSBC has stopped issuing new cards and is working towards winding down the service offered to a large part of China onshore customers
HSBC aims to double assets under management in its British wealth business to 100 billion pounds
HSBC's revenue grew 5 per cent in the quarter ended September to $17 billion from a year earlier, with volatile market conditions supporting higher customer activity in wealth products
Reported $300 million in savings would be a fraction of group costs that reached $16.3 billion in the first six months this year, 5 per cent higher than in the same period a year ago
Since 2020, Elhedery had been the co-head of the Global Banking and Markets business
HSBC's net interest income, which accounts for half its revenues, rose $5.4 billion in 2023 to nearly $36 billion. But it is expected to fall back to $33 billion this year
The rupee inched up 1 paisa to 83.43 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday on the back of a weak American currency and positive domestic equity markets. Forex traders said an upward movement in the crude oil prices resisted a sharp rise in the Indian currency even as investors moved cautiously ahead of the RBI's monetary policy decision to be announced on Friday. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 83.40 and slipped to 83.43 against the greenback, trading 1 paisa higher from its previous close. On Wednesday, the domestic currency settled 7 paise higher at 83.44 against the dollar. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.15 per cent lower at 104.06. Analysts attributed the weakness in the dollar index to a sharp fall in US Treasury yields after the latest data showed private sector job growth in May was slower than estimated, raising expectations of an interest rat
The final HSBC India Services purchasing managers' index, compiled by S&P Global, fell to 60.2 last month from April's 60.8, confounding a preliminary reading for a rise to 61.4
One of the main tasks for Quinn after he took over was to improve returns for shareholders, and he sought to do that by shrinking the bank's footprint in non-profitable markets
Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain founded Ather in 2013 after graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras
India's trillion-dollar sovereign bond market is gearing up for a rush of foreign money in the run-up to inclusion in JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s emerging markets bond index in June
HSBC India on Wednesday announced opening of its largest branch in the country in a bid to tap growing affluent customers. Located in Whitefield, Bengaluru, the branch is spread across 8,300 square feet, HSBC India said in a statement. This marks a significant milestone as HSBC India continues to solidify its strong presence as the leading international bank in the country, it said. Bengaluru South, which now has easier connectivity to Whitefield, has a per capita income of USD 11,305 (Rs 9,36,983), one of the highest in the country and over four times that of India's per capita income of USD 2,610 (Rs 2,16,316), it said. The new branch in the heart of technology hub will cater to the financial needs of the growing tech community, offering them an extensive international network, breadth of products, bespoke wealth solutions, specialized relationship managers, and global private banking expertise. "Entrepreneurialism and innovation are fuelling wealth creation and at HSBC India, w
The HSBC India Services Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by S&P Global, rose sharply in December to 59.0 from November's one-year low of 56.9
HSBC's ongoing pivot to Asia has already triggered planned sales of all or parts of its businesses in France, Greece, Russia, and Canada
Banking giant HSBC said that its profits got a $1.5 billion boost from the purchase of collapsed Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) British business (SVB UK)
The shortlist has not yet been finalized and HSBC may also choose to stay at its existing HQ and carry out a refurbishment while remaining in occupation, sources said
HSBC's plans reflect an increasing competition to manage the growing wealth in India among both global and local firms, which has enticed the London-based bank
Foreign lender HSBC on Tuesday reported a 15.04 per cent jump in its pre-tax profit from operations in India at USD 1.277 billion for 2022. The bank had reported a pre-tax profit of USD 1.11 billion from its operations in India, which continues to be fourth largest contributor for group profits, in 2021. It has added 1,000 people to its India headcount in 2022, to take the total employee strength to 39,000, its biggest in any market. The bank, like many peers in the foreign lenders space, has huge back office operations in India. In a statement, the bank said it has become the largest foreign lender in the country by both advances and deposits as of March 2022. It also handles 9 per cent of traded forex and 15 per cent of foreign investor custody assets. Among its business lines, the largest segment of global banking and markets saw an uptick in profit before tax at USD 622 million in 2022 up from USD 593 million, while the commercial banking segment delivered profit before tax of
It also plans to launch an onshore private banking service in the South Asian country this year