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May 23, 2024 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined HSBC £6,280,100 for the poor treatment of its customers. According to the FCA, HSBC failed to properly consider people’s circumstances when they had missed payments. This transgression took place between June 2017 and October 2018. The FCA… Read More

April 8, 2024 @ 9:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading enterprise businesses, today announced its partnership with PayMe by HSBC in Hong Kong to become an acquirer for the mobile payment service. Through this partnership, Adyen’s merchants can now accept PayMe as “a payment… Read More

February 11, 2024 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) announced a partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate climate mitigation and resilience through financing and support for companies in the Google Cloud Ready – Sustainability (GCR-Sustainability) program. GCR-Sustainability is a validation program for companies with solutions available on Google Cloud that help… Read More

January 3, 2024 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dwayne Gefferie, a strategist helping payments companies with scaling operations, has commented on why he thinks UK Fintech Wise (LSE:WISE) and Revolut need to take HSBC‘s new initiative seriously. According to Gefferie, if HSBC‘s announcement of their new venture Zing teaches us anything, it is… Read More

November 8, 2023 @ 7:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC (NYSE: HSBC)  intends to introduce in 2024 a custody service for storing blockchain-enabled assets, which excludes cryptocurrency, the banking institution revealed on Wednesday. The newly announced service, which is through a partnership with digital asset service provider Metaco, will enable financial institutions to store… Read More

September 20, 2023 @ 8:38 am By Michael Wong  |  

In a significant move towards bolstering the global fight against climate change, HSBC announced today its commitment to allocate $1bn in financing to early-stage climate tech startups worldwide. This ambitious initiative aims to accelerate the development of innovative solutions in various domains, including electric vehicle… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 10:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Terra Quantum, a quantum technology firm, and HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) are partnering to explore hybrid quantum technology applications, according to a company statement. As quantum technology evolves, early adopters like HSBC are poised “to explore the potential benefits of increased efficiency, cost reduction, and a… Read More

August 26, 2023 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) announced that HSBC Innovation Banking, a business division with services provided by HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and its affiliates, has “expanded its venture debt offering in the U.S. to support companies from Series A through scaled multi-national enterprises.” While HSBC has been… Read More

August 20, 2023 @ 9:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Atome Financial has announced that it has renewed and expanded its partnership with HSBC Singapore to include the Philippine market to its US$100m debt facility. At the moment, Atome has reportedly “disbursed more than US$4b in loans.” Atome Financial and HSBC Singapore had “entered into… Read More

August 3, 2023 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) and B2B fintech Tradeshift have announced an agreement to launch a new, jointly-owned business focused on the development of embedded finance solutions and financial services apps. As part of this agreement, HSBC will reportedly “make a $35 million investment into Tradeshift in… Read More

June 2, 2023 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantinuum, which claims to be one of the world’s largest quantum computing companies, and HSBC are pleased “to announce a series of exploratory projects that exploit the potential near- and long-term benefits of quantum computing for banking with specific projects in cybersecurity, fraud detection, and… Read More

April 15, 2023 @ 2:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, a global fintech platform driving access to alternative investment products in the wealth management industry, announced a collaboration with HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) “to widen access to its climate technology venture capital strategy (climate tech VC) for wholesale clients.” Using its technology, iCapital… Read More

February 1, 2023 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The crypto-asset industry might have been struggling during the past year, however, global banking institution HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) is looking to enhance its expertise in the area, advertising for senior digital assets and tokenization professionals. The new roles, both at HSBC‘s Global Private Banking and… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest (LSE:LINV) has announced a partnership with the British Business Bank to aid in the building of more homes, financed by HSBC, according to a note from the Fintech. LendInvest states that HSBC will provide £100 million for LendInvest’s development finance program. The project is… Read More

December 14, 2022 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Extend, a virtual card and spend management platform, announced a partnership with HSBC (NYSE: HSBC), one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations. HSBC will offer Extend solutions “to its commercial card clients in the U.S. to help companies manage spending with the… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 9:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) and HSBC Bank plc announced that the blockchain-based solution they are using for bilateral FX settlements is “expanding to include the offshore yuan (CNH).” The offshore yuan “marks the fifth currency to be settled between the two banks using… Read More

November 9, 2022 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC is pleased to partner with Marketnode, a SGX Group and Temasek joint venture and digital markets infrastructure operator, and UOB in order “to pilot fully digital issuance of wealth management products as part of a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)-led collaboration on asset tokenisation,… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global banking firm HSBC is having some issues with its online banking service as well as some credit cards, according to multiple reports and Tweets. The issues kicked up last week and appear to be ongoing today. As far as we know, the problems are… Read More

October 8, 2022 @ 6:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) has launched HSBC Trade Solutions (HTS) to customers in its two largest markets – the UK and Hong Kong. Whilst making trade simpler, faster, and safer for customers through integrated digital journeys, HTS will “power commerce that is rapidly evolving across different… Read More

September 29, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nova Credit, which claims to be one of the world’s leading consumer-permissioned credit bureaus, announced that it has partnered with HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) in order “to provide the bank with global access to its cross-border credit data product, Credit Passport, creating more opportunities for credit… Read More