Household HSBC Watch

HSBC eliminates 1700 UK jobs

Volunteer — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:01:37 +0000

HSBC is cutting 1,700 administrative jobs in U.K., more than 4 percent of its workforce in Britain. HSBC will eliminate the roles in Southampton, Sheffield and Southend, England, “over the next...

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Insight on how HFC changed Beneficial Finance

Volunteer — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:58:10 +0000

In our ‘Afterthoughts’ category we present a report from a former employee: “I worked for Beneficial Finance and the company was purchased by HFC (Household International). I know...

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Aldinger leaves trail of failures with Capmark Financial bankruptcy

Volunteer — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:11:35 +0000

2006 - 2008 — William F. Aldinger, 61, retired as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Capmark Financial Group Inc., a commercial real estate finance...

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HSBC missing deadline for debit cards in UAE

Volunteer — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:44:09 +0000

HSBC Middle East apparently missed its own deadline for issuing debit cards to 400,000 UAE customers. It’s not as if debt cards are a mystery or difficult to control from a software...

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Consumer Financial Protection Agency passes, more HSBC pressure

Volunteer — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:09:38 +0000

By a vote of 39-29, mostly along party lines, the House Financial Services Committee approved a measure establishing a Consumer Financial Protection Agency to monitor mortgages, credit cards and...

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Woman claims HSBC has no right to HRS

Volunteer — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:56:16 +0000

I’m just going to post this as it was received: HSBC is dba HRS which is me. I am Honey Robin Siegal. I am trying to stop the global meltdown due to fraudulent records of my death. They did it...

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HSBC breach of trust alleged by customer

Volunteer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:26:23 +0000

HSBC customers often ask difficult questions - but questions demand answers. Specifically, we want to know the number of days in the HSBC billing cycle. For over ten years we have had questions...

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Former HSBC employee reports lost stock options, cobra

Volunteer — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:34:00 +0000

I used to work for Beneficial, my branch closed Oct 2008. One of the upper level executives actually came to KY and walked into our branch with our DM. I got my severance, I got my pay. What I...

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HSBC Leaves Bank’s Doors Open All Night

Volunteer — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:33:19 +0000

The door of a Devon bank was left open all night, it has emerged. The alarm was raised by worried employees when they arrived for work at the HSBC in Newton Abbot on Thursday morning and found the...

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HSBC facing lawsuits in Ireland related to Madoff

Volunteer — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:59:14 +0000

HSBC Holdings Plc is facing lawsuits in Ireland by investors faulting the lender for how it performed as custodian for money lost in Bernard Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme. A Dublin court will...

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