Unicredit boss Mustier ‘a main contender’ to become HSBC chief February 21, 2020 Unicredit Spa boss Jean-Pierre Mustier is a leading contender to become HSBC’s new chief executive officer. Mustier has been credited with turning around the biggest bank in Italy over the past four years and is now one of the main external candidates being considered by HSBC, according to Bloomberg. He has been in discussion with [...]
HSBC courts the globally mobile with new $1.4 trillion wealth business February 20, 2020 Banking giant HSBC plans to invest heavily in its newly merged retail and private banking businesses, the unit’s chief executive has said, targeting internationally minded customers in markets including China and the US. Charlie Nunn, a former McKinsey consultant, took control of the new division, which has $1.4 trillion (£1.1 trillion) of client assets, following [...]
Five things you need to know about HSBC’s radical overhaul strategy February 18, 2020 Banking giant HSBC today launched one of the most radical strategic overhauls by a blue-chip lender in the past decade in a bid to revitalise its stuttering operations. HSBC is seeking to slash annual costs by $4.5bn and shed $100bn of assets by 2022 in a bid to keep pace with leaner and more focused [...]
HSBC: Profit plunges as bank plans 35,000 job cuts February 18, 2020 HSBC has outlined plans to offload $100bn (£77bn) of assets and dramatically downsize its investment banking arm in a restructure that will cost 35,000 jobs over the next three years. Profit before tax tumbled by a third to $13.6bn in 2019, HSBC said as it revealed its most radical overhaul since the financial crisis in [...]
Former US financial regulator ‘to step down’ from HSBC’s board February 17, 2020 A former senior US financial regulator is set to step down as a director of HSBC, as the chairman of Europe’s biggest lender continues a board shakeup. Kathleen Casey, a former commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, will leave HSBC’s board at its annual general meeting in the spring, Sky News reported. Casey’s [...]
HSBC will not appoint new boss until after strategy shake-up February 6, 2020 HSBC will not name a permanent chief executive when it unveils a major strategic overhaul later this month, despite investor expectations that a new boss would be in place before the plan is announced. Noel Quinn, who was appointed interim chief executive of the bank six months ago, is preparing to announce the strategic shake-up [...]
HSBC reportedly set to cut around 100 jobs in equities business January 17, 2020 HSBC is reportedly cutting around 100 roles in its equities business, with the bulk of the layoffs expected to fall on continental European trading floors. The cuts will be across the bank’s equities research, sales, trading, and back office businesses, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The lender is planning to refocus its [...]
HSBC and First Direct IT glitches leave customers unable to access online and mobile banking December 20, 2019 HSBC and First Direct have resolved issues causing intermittent problems for customers accessing online and mobile banking over the past 24 hours. Customers were unable to access their online or app banking from around 7:40pm last night and then again throughout today despite claims the issues had been resolved in the early hours of the [...]
FCA overdraft rules: What they mean and which banks have hiked fees December 18, 2019 Millions of people may see changes to their available bank balances today as new overdraft rules from the financial watchdog covering how overdrafts are displayed come into effect. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has ordered UK banks to stop including overdrafts in funds marked as “available” to customers, in a move designed to make it [...]
HSBC Swiss unit fined $192m over US tax evasion December 11, 2019 HSBC’s Swiss private banking arm will pay $192.4m (£146.7m) to resolve a US investigation into its role in helping wealthy Americans evade taxes using undeclared Swiss bank accounts. The US Department of Justice filed a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States against HSBC Private Bank (Suisse), but agreed to drop the charges in [...]