| HSBC Holding: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, and, despite its name, it is of Scottish origin.HSBC Holding has been able to establish its place in the sun in the banking and finance sectors. This British institution is one of the major establishments in Great Britain and is one of the "big boys" on the world stage, its presence symbolised by the successive buyouts of the Republic National Bank of New York and more recently CCF (Crédit Commercial de France).It has almost 10 000 branches in 77 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the American continent.Divided into several branches, HSBC Holding offers a broad range of services:Private Banking: private banking, namely asset and wealth management for wealthy individuals.Personal Banking: retail banking, current account services, consumer and property loans, savings, insurance and pensions for private individuals, without forgetting consumer credit, all the more important since the buying of the American company Household, one of the main specialists in the field in the United States.Commercial banking: commercial banking and financial services for businesses, including financing, factoring and cash management amongst others.Corporate and Institutional Banking: advice to businesses in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and capital-intensive partnerships at the international level. This range of services also includes financing for the afore-mentioned activities.Investment Banking and Markets: investment activity in its own name (on its own account) and trading activity on the world financial markets. |