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The Securities and Futures Commission bans former employee of HSBC for life
February 13th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Ms Li Lee, a former employee of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), from re-entering the industry for life following her criminal convictions (Note 1). The District Court earlier ...
HSBC to close 62 branches this year
January 24th, 2017
HSBC is planning to close 62 branches across the UK this year leading to 180 job losses, the Press Association has reported. The move marks the end of “HSBC’s branch restructuring programme”, Antonio Simoes, chief executive of the banking ...
HSBC voluntarily agrees to provide approximately £4m redress for historical debt collection practices
January 23rd, 2017
HSBC has voluntarily agreed to set up a redress scheme for customers who may have suffered detriment by paying an unreasonable debt collection charge imposed by HFC Bank Ltd (HFC) and John Lewis Financial Services Limited (JLFS), the Financial ...
SFC bans a former staff of HSBC for life
December 29th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Lam Yuk Wai, a former staff of HSBC Broking Securities (Asia) Limited, HSBC Broking Futures (Asia) Limited, HSBC Broking Futures (Hong Kong) Limited and HSBC Broking Forex (Asia) Limited (collectively, ...
Red alert: Prepare for severe stock market crash, warns HSBC
October 14th, 2016
The technical analysis team at HSBC is warning recent stock market moves look eerily similar to just before 1987’s ‘Black Monday’, which saw the largest one-day market crash in history. On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...
Federal Reserve Board takes action to bar two former foreign exchange (FX) traders of HSBC from employment in banking industry
October 7th, 2016
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday took action to bar two former foreign exchange (FX) traders of HSBC from employment in the banking industry. Mark Johnson and Stuart Scott, former senior HSBC managers, were recently indicted for criminal wire ...
HSBC reduces tariff for thousands of business customers
October 4th, 2016
HSBC has pledged its support for Scotland’s small business community by extending a reduced tariff applied to customers using its digital banking services. The bank’s Electronic Banking Tariff (EBT) is now available to customers with a turnover of up ...
SFC reprimands and fines HSBC $2.5 million for regulatory breaches
September 14th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) $2.5 million for regulatory breaches and internal control failings related to position limit failures. The disciplinary action follows an SFC investigation ...
SFC bans former employees of HSBC
September 7th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Ms Chau Hang Yu and Mr Steve Chow Chun Yin, both former employees of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), from re-entering the industry for life following their criminal ...
HSBC executive pleads not guilty to US charges in forex-related scheme
August 30th, 2016
A senior HSBC executive pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he participated in a fraudulent scheme to front-run a $3.5 billion currency transaction by one of the bank’s clients. The plea on wire fraud and conspiracy charges by Mark ...
