This article is about the HSBC Group. For individual entities of the group, see HSBC Bank.
HSBC Holdings plc
Headquarters at 8 Canada Square in Canary Wharf, London
Company type
Public
Traded as
LSE: HSBA
SEHK: 5
NYSE: HSBC
BSX: HSBC.BH
FTSE 100 component (HSBA)
Hang Seng component (5)
Industry
Financial services
Founded
First established on 3 March 1865; 159 years ago (1865-03-03) in British Hong Kong[1] (as The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank)
First incorporated on 14 August 1866; 157 years ago (1866-08-14)[2] (as The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation)
25 March 1991; 33 years ago (1991-03-25)[1][3] in London (as HSBC Holdings plc, as parent holding company to the entity in Hong Kong now as a subsidiary)
Founder
Sir Thomas Sutherland
Headquarters
8 Canada Square London, England, UK
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Mark Tucker (Group Chairman)
Noel Quinn (Group Chief Executive)
Products
Asset management
Banking
Commodities
Credit cards
Equities trading
Insurance
Investment banking
Investment management
Mortgage loans
Mutual funds
Private equity
Securities services
Risk management
Wealth management
Revenue
US$62.611 billion(2023)[4]
Operating income
US$30.348 billion(2023)[4]
Net income
US$24.559 billion(2023)[4]
Total assets
US$3.038 trillion(2023)[4]
Total equity
US$192.610 billion(2023)[4]
Number of employees
221,000 (2024)[5]
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries
Hang Seng Bank
HSBC Bank Australia
HSBC Bank Argentina
HSBC Bank India
HSBC Bank Hong Kong
HSBC Trinkaus
HSBC Bank Malaysia
HSBC México
HSBC Bank Middle East
HSBC Sri Lanka
HSBC Bank USA
HSBC Finance
HSBC UK Bank
M&S Financial Services[6]
Website
hsbc.com
HSBC Holdings plc (Chinese: 滙豐; acronym from its founding member The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) is a British universal bank and financial services group headquartered in London, England, with historical and business links to East Asia and a multinational footprint. It is the largest Europe-based bank by total assets, ahead of BNP Paribas, with US$2.953 trillion as of December 2021.[7] In 2021, HSBC had $10.8 trillion in assets under custody (AUC) and $4.9 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).[4]
HSBC traces its origin to a hong trading house in British Hong Kong. The bank was established in 1865 in Hong Kong and opened branches in Shanghai in the same year.[1] It was first formally incorporated in 1866.[8] In 1991, the present parent legal entity, HSBC Holdings plc, was established in London and the historic Hong-Kong-based bank from whose initials the group took its name became that entity's fully-owned subsidiary.[9][10][11] The next year (1992), HSBC took over Midland Bank and thus became one of the largest domestic banks in the United Kingdom.
HSBC has offices, branches and subsidiaries in 62 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America, serving around 39 million customers.[12] As of 2023, it was ranked no. 20 in the world in the Forbes rankings of large companies ranked by sales, profits, assets, and market value.[13] HSBC has a dual[14] primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Hang Seng Index and the FTSE 100 Index. It has secondary listings on the New York Stock Exchange, and the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
HSBC has been implicated in a number of controversies and the bank has been repeatedly fined for money laundering (sometimes in relation to major criminal organizations such as the Sinaloa cartel)[15] or setting up large scale tax avoidance schemes.
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^"The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Ordinance (Numbers 2 and 5 of 1866)". Legislative Council of Hong Kong (digitalised by the University of Hong Kong (Hongkong University Libraries)). Retrieved 21 June 2015.
^"Consent to Variation of Class Rights, signed, JM Gray, for and on behalf of HSBC Holdings Besloten Vennootschap [of the Netherlands], reproduced as part of Exhibit Number One in Form 20-F filed by HSBC Holdings PLC with the Securities and Exchanges Commission of the United States of America, dated March 20, 2006". HSBC Holdings PLC. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
^ abcdef"Annual Report 2023" (PDF). HSBC. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
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^UK Ring Fencing | HSBC UK Archived 24 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on 11 December 2017
^"The world's 100 largest banks, 2022". S&P Global Market Intelligence.
^Naidu, Richa (9 December 2013). "HSBC considering listing UK banking arm – FT". Reuters. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
^"Company History of HSBC Holdings plc in Fundinguniverse.com". Fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
^"HSBC Group Structure" (PDF). HSBC Holdings plc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
^"Group history 1980–1999". HSBC Holdings plc. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
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^Gangster Bankers: Too Big to Jail, How HSBC hooked up with drug traffickers and terrorists. And got away with it Archived 16 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Rolling Stone magazine, Matt Taibbi, 14 February 2013.
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