HSBC Holdings is a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales.
Headquartered in London, the HSBC group operates in five regions: Europe; Hong Kong; the rest of Asia Pacific; including the Middle East and Africa; North America; and South America.
The entities which form the HSBC Group provide a comprehensive range of financial services to personal, commercial, corporate, institutional and investment, and private banking clients. To more easily promote the Group as a whole, HSBC was established as a uniform, international brand name in 1999. In 2002, HSBC launched a campaign to differentiate its brand from those of its competitors by describing the unique characteristics which distinguish HSBC, summarised by the words 'The world's local bank'.
References to HSBC on this website refer to the HSBC Group of discrete legal entities, each of which is wholly or partly owned by HSBC Holdings plc. HSBC’s largest and best-known subsidiaries and their primary areas of operation are:
| Subsidiary | Primary area of operation |
|---|---|
| The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited | Hong Kong SAR, with an extensive network throughout Asia-Pacific. |
| Hang Seng Bank Limited | Hong Kong SAR |
| HSBC Bank plc | United Kingdom |
| HSBC France | France |
| Household International, Inc. | US |
| HSBC Bank USA N.A. | New York State in the US |
| HSBC Bank Brasil S.A.- Banco Múltiplo | Brazil |
| HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) S.A. | Switzerland, Hong Kong SAR, Monaco, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Singapore and the Channel Islands. |
| Grupo Financiero HSBC, S.A. de C.V. | Mexico |