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Britain’s bank tax jump threatens to push HSBC, StanChart to new home
April 20th, 2015
HSBC and Standard Chartered are looking at the viability of quitting London for a new home in Asia because a big jump in a tax on UK banks makes staying in Britain increasingly painful. Several investors told Reuters they ...
HSBC under criminal investigation
April 10th, 2015
HSBC Holdings plc was informed that it has been placed under formal criminal investigation (‘mise en examen’) by the French magistrates in connection with the conduct of HSBC’s Swiss Private Bank in 2006 and 2007 for alleged tax-related offenses. A ...
HSBC switches auditors to PwC after decade with rivals KPMG
March 19th, 2015
HSBC yesterday announced plans to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as its auditor, replacing KPMG which had held the position since 1991. Europe’s biggest bank said the appointment would be put to shareholders at its 2015 annual general meeting on 24 April, ...
HSBC closing Britons’ Jersey accounts amid ID checks
March 17th, 2015
HSBC is closing all accounts on Jersey belonging to customers living in the UK. It is part of a move by UK banks carrying out checks on the identity and addresses of thousands of their customers on the Channel ...
HSBC accused of incompetence by MPs in tax scandal
March 10th, 2015
HSBC executives have been accused by MPs of incompetence for saying they were unaware of tax evasion activities in their Swiss private bank. Chris Meares, the ex-head of HSBC’s private banking division: “I absolutely take responsibility for the control failings ...
HMRC confirms HSBC Suisse bank data can now be shared
February 26th, 2015
HMRC‘s Chief Executive, Lin Homer, today announced in a Treasury Select Committee hearing that the French authorities have formally agreed that HMRC can share stolen HSBC Suisse customer account data with other law enforcement agencies and regulators, for the ...
HSBC bosses Stuart Gulliver and Douglas Flint apologise to MPs over Swiss private banking scandal
February 26th, 2015
Stuart Gulliver, HSBC‘s chief executive and Douglas Flint, the embattled bank’s chairman, have apologised for “unacceptable” practices at its Swiss private banking arm. During questioning by the Treasury Select Committee, Gulliver admitted the scandal had caused “damage to trust” in HSBC, ...
HSBC bosses to answer MPs’ questions
February 25th, 2015
The chairman and chief executive of HSBC will appear before a panel of MPs today to answer questions about a tax scandal at the banking giant. Chairman Douglas Flint and chief executive Stuart Gulliver will appear before MPs on ...
HSBC share price closes 4.6 per cent lower after full-year profits tank due to “challenging year”
February 24th, 2015
HSBC ended the day with its shares at 577p, 4.6 per cent lower than Friday’s closing price. Having announced that profits fell 17 per cent during 2014, it admitted its US arm had also been subpoenaed by the US Commodity ...
HSBC files: bank chief Stuart Gulliver holds secret Swiss account
February 23rd, 2015
CEO drawn into tax scandal as calls grow to prosecute HSBC for ‘cheating’ the British tax system HSBC’s chief executive Stuart Gulliver sheltered millions of pounds in bonuses in a Swiss bank account, leaked documents have revealed. The 55-year old ...
