HSBC
SMEs to get their hands on banks' £20bn
News The banks that expect to participate in and administer the schemes are Barclays, Clydesdale/Yorkshire Bank, HBOS, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, RBS/Natwest and Northern Bank. The government has introduced measures to give small and... [14 Jan 2009]
Faster payments system hits new £26bn heights
News FPS was supported at launch by thirteen founding banks, including Barclays, Citi, HBOS, HSBC and Loyds TSB, with other financial services institutions since coming on board. December was a bumper month for the Faster... [02 Jan 2009]
Mobile banking customers hit 1m
News According to a report from Monitise and consumer forecasting consultants Future Foundation, 11 per cent of 35 to 44 year olds already use their mobile to manage their money, either by getting text updates or transferring money between... [08 Dec 2008]
IT staff hit by 1,150 job cuts at HSBC, Credit Suisse
News IT workers will be among 1,150 staff to lose their jobs at financial giants HSBC and Credit Suisse. Most of HSBC's cuts will take place at the bank's London headquarters in Canary Wharf but regional... [02 Dec 2008]
UK consumers worth £14k each to cyber criminals
News The value of the average UK person's salary and credit card details to online fraudsters was revealed in the 2008 report by the secure computing initiative Get Safe Online (GSO), whose members include HSBC, Microsoft and... [17 Nov 2008]
"A fraud ring or social networking - it's the same thing"
Comment As we move towards more 'globalness', quite frankly, if SAS as a company needs to have credit card fraud experts to help us sell credit card fraud [products] which we've done for HSBC all over the world - if we sell to... [03 Nov 2008]
Cisco gives Joe Public a go on TelePresence
News There are now 1,000 Cisco videoconferencing suites in use in companies and other organisations worldwide, including at the Belgian base of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe and at several HSBC offices. [17 Oct 2008]
How financial turmoil will shape outsourcing
Comment HSBC is an example of a firm that has gone down the offshore captive route (where a company will take advantage of a lower paid workforce employed overseas within its own global group), leveraging their substantial... [14 Oct 2008]
Met Office strikes data deal with HSBC
News The Met Office has struck an agreement with HSBC to provide weather and climate change data to the bank's fund managers.silicon.com Financial Services The Met will be providing HSBC fund managers with... [13 Oct 2008]
Greg Wyler
AS Profile Now that Wyler has secured backing for the O3b service from Google, HSBC and Liberty Global, his next challenge is overseeing the expected 2010 launch. Greg Wyler is the founder of O3b Networks, which aims to make the... [07 Oct 2008]
HSBC in CIO-COO mash-up
News HSBC is combining its CIO and Group COO roles into a single position, a move that comes as the bank unites technology and global operations in the hunt for cost savings. A spokesman for the bank added: "By bringing... [30 Sep 2008]
HSBC job cuts to hit techies
News HSBC has confirmed IT workers will be hit by the 1,100 job cuts the bank announced on Friday, as fallout from the global credit crunch continues. A spokesman for the HSBC told silicon.com he could not... [26 Sep 2008]
Google, HSBC back 'internet-for-all' start-up
News Google, Liberty Global, and HSBC are backing a start-up called O3b Networks named for its ambition to bring internet access to the "other three billion" people who lack it today. The effort has begun initial production... [10 Sep 2008]
TelePresence saves HSBC money - and airmiles
News HSBC is on course for big savings and to slash its air travel by millions of miles as it begins a global rollout of Cisco's videoconferencing system, TelePresence. The system has already proven successful for... [05 Sep 2008]
Microsoft pumps $100m into Novell Linux deal
News Microsoft and Novell said that customers taking advantage of the partnership include BMW, HSBC Holdings, Southwest Airlines and Wal-Mart. Microsoft on Wednesday extended its existing partnership with Novell with a pledge... [21 Aug 2008]