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HSBC China also has a range of credit card services and home loan solutions. HSBC having invested over US$ 5 billion in select mainland financial services entities and in the growth of its own operations, including a 19.90% stake in Bank of Communications , a 16.8% stake in Ping An Insurance , and an 8% stake in Bank of Shanghai .
HSBC Premier is the group's premium financial services product. [187] It has its own portfolio of credit cards around the world. The exact benefits and qualification criteria vary depending on the country. Customers have a dedicated premier relationship manager, global 24-hour access to call centres, free banking services, and preferential rates.
UnionPay decal on the door of a dining hall in Chiba, Japan. With the approval of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), China UnionPay was launched on 26 March 2002, in Shanghai by PBOC governor Dai Xianglong, The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Agricultural Bank of China, the Bank of China and the China Construction Bank served as its first members. [6]
China has six state-owned commercial banks. These banks are ranked by their Tier 1 capital amount [clarification needed] as of 2018. [citation needed] Banks with asterisks (*) are the four major state-owned banks (i.e. the "Big Four" banks). Bank of Communications was founded in 1908. On 1 April 1987, it was restructured and re-commenced ...
HSBC is pulling back from its credit card business in China eight years after its launch, as the lender struggled to expand and make the enterprise profitable in the world's second-largest economy ...
As of January 2005, 19.9% of the bank was owned by Hsbc holdings plc. An HSBC spokeswoman said HSBC and its affiliate, the Bank of Communications, would seek to acquire a brokerage to expand their operations in China. The plan was part of HSBC's broader China expansion strategy, but "there is nothing further to disclose at the present."
HSBC was the third-largest issuer of private label credit cards in the United States, including cards for more than 70 active merchant relationships, including Best Buy, GM, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Neiman Marcus, Polaris and Saks Fifth Avenue. Most of its card portfolio was sold to Capital One in 2011.
Cirrus is a worldwide interbank network that provides cash to Mastercard cardholders. As a subsidiary of Mastercard, it connects all Mastercard's credit, debit, and prepaid cards, as well as ATM cards issued by various banks worldwide bearing the Mastercard/Maestro logo.