Company Profile for HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsbc
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
HSBC Headquarters
452 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Customer service: 1-800-975-4722
TTY/TTD: 1-800-898-5999
HSBC Bank, NA
PO Box 2013
Buffalo, NY 14240
While you’re here, check out JustAnswer. JustAnswer (see below) is in the business of connecting people like you with lawyers for one-on-one answers, which is great if you have a question that would benefit from professional input.*
If it helps you, it helps us. If you pose a question, are happy with the answer, and choose to pay JustAnswer for it, The Consumerist will receive a small commission, which helps us to run our site. We do not accept any advertising whatsoever, which means we do not receive money for simply offering this service to you. We happen to like what they do, and hope you do too.
*Just know: The Consumerist and JustAnswer are unrelated companies; as much as we want you to have a good experience, we have no control or responsibility for what happens when you leave our site and use JustAnswer.
(emseearr)
Banks To Offer Foreclosure Reviews To More Than 4 Million People
By Chris Morran on November 1, 2011 11:30 AM
17 Comments
Millions of Americans have lost their homes in the last few years and — as any reader of Consumerist knows — the banks who foreclosed on those properties have also made more than their fair share of errors. Thus, starting today, 14 of the country's largest mortgage servicers are contacting millions of foreclosed-upon former homeowners to offer them the opportunity to have their cases independently reviewed. More »
Got An HSBC Credit Card? It Will Soon Be A Capital One Card
By Chris Morran on August 10, 2011 8:30 AM
38 Comments
Two months after upsetting ING Direct customers by agreeing to buy the online bank for $9 billion, the Capital One vikings/barbarians have announced a deal to purchase HSBC's credit card division for $2.6 billion. More »
Judge Orders HSBC CEO To Explain "Frivolous" Foreclosure Motion
By Chris Morran on July 6, 2011 2:15 PM
55 Comments
When HSBC failed to prove it even owned the Brooklyn home it was attempting to foreclose on, the judge in the case not only dismissed the bank's foreclosure motion but also ordered the CEO of its North American division to give an in-person explanation of why he shouldn't penalize HSBC for what he calls a "waste of judicial resources." More »
9 Of The Most Annoying Bank Fees
By Chris Morran on June 13, 2011 3:30 PM
81 Comments
The banks of America are breaking new ground every day in the science of nickel-and-diming consumers with fees that start from the second you open an account to the moment you angrily close your account... only to move it to another bank with a different set of fees. But since there are so many ways in which financial institutions can bleed your account dry, the folks at CNN Money have come up with their list of the most annoying fees. More »
(Neubie)
Maine Supreme Court Reverses HSBC Foreclosure On "Untrustworthy" Paperwork
By Marc Perton on May 25, 2011 12:45 PM
38 Comments
Maine's Supreme Judicial Court has overturned a foreclosure brought by HSBC against a local homeowner, citing affidavits submitted by the bank as "inherently untrustworthy." In vacating an earlier decision, the court declared that HSBC's records "are not of the quality that would be admissible at trial." More »
Middlemen Blocking Mortgage Mods
By Ben Popken on April 1, 2011 10:00 AM
14 Comments
Homeowners trying to get loan mods often run into resistance by banks who say they're powerless because they need to protect the interests of investors. But ProPublica reports a recent lawsuit uncovered a document where, when HSBC polled investors, a majority of those responding say they favored letting the loans being modified. More »
(Royce R)
HSBC Joins List Of Banks Warning It Will Probably Get Fined For Improper Foreclosure Practices
By Ben Popken on February 28, 2011 5:00 PM
23 Comments
HSBC is the latest in a string of banks who warned investors via their SEC filing that they expect to get fined after getting a letter from regulators chastising their improper foreclosure practices. On Friday, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial (formerly GMAC) and SunTrust banks made similar announcements. More »
Subprime Credit Cards Are Back, Now With Extra Interest!
By Chris Morran on January 13, 2011 4:30 PM
35 Comments
After a couple years of hiding in the shadows, credit cards targeted at consumers with less-than-stellar credit ratings are once again making a push to gain new customers. More »
(Neubie)
HSBC Just Assumes You Want The $90 Check-Printing Service
By Laura Northrup on January 13, 2011 8:00 AM
85 Comments
Adam never received checks for his new HSBC account, so he stopped by his branch to order some. He must have struck bank employees as the kind of guy who demands nothing but the best, since branch employees handed him the order form for the most expensive checks. The ones that cost $90. More »
(Kevin)
Know Your Bank's New Checking Fees To Avoid Getting Slammed
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 10, 2011 11:15 AM
57 Comments
The first reaction to your bank instituting new fees on your "free checking" account in 2011 might be sheer, overwhelming panic, or maybe rage, indignation, or some combination thereof. But don't be afraid, fee-haters, there are ways around extra charges to your account. More »
