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The merger of HSBC Panama and Grupo Banistmo was successfully completed in 2007. But the subsidiary of Grupo Banistmo, Primer Banco del Istmo, was retained until it merged into HSBC Panama in 2009. In 2012, HSBC Holdings plc faced significant challenges due to flawed anti-money laundering controls, resulting in a $1.9 billion fine. [1]
In 1997 a merger between Banco O'Higgins and Banco de Santiago created Banco Santiago, one of the largest local banks in Chile and one in which HSBC continues to have a 7% shareholding. The acquisition of the former Republic National Bank of New York returned HSBC to Chile through two full service branches of HSBC Bank USA, in addition to a ...
In 2006, HSBC announced that it had signed an agreement with Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA to acquire the latter's banking operations in Argentina, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.A. (BNL), for US$155 million. BNL had started operating in Argentina in 1960 and had 91 branches in 18 provinces, 700,000 active personal customers and 26,700 ...
In July 2012, the US Senate accused HSBC of breaching safeguards that should have stopped the laundering of money from Mexico. HSBC had laundered over $800 million dollars for the Sinaloa cartel and the Norte del Valle cartel. HSBC agreed to pay a 1 Billion dollar fine and separate itself from former executives Sandy Flockhart and Michael ...
HSBC ceased banking operations in Nicaragua in 2009, [169] Georgia in 2011, [170] Slovakia in 2012, [171] and Palestine in 2015. [172] HSBC disposed of its 70.1% stake in the Dar Es Salaam Investment Bank, a bank based in Iraq, in 2013. [173] HSBC Bank (Turkey) transferred its operations in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to ALBANK in ...
HSBC retail branch in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The HSBC Group traces its presence in Brazil to 1976 when Samuel Montagu and Midland Bank opened offices there. What started as a 6.14 per cent shareholding in Banco Bamerindus do Brasil in 1995 led to the Group's acquisition of selected assets, liabilities, and subsidiaries of Banco Bamerindus do Brasil in 1997 and the establishment of Banco HSBC ...
Estructuradores del Mercado de Valores Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. 607 TIBER Casa de Cambio Tiber, S.A. de C.V. 608 VECTOR Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. 610 B&B B y B, Casa de Cambio, S.A. de C.V. 614 ACCIVAL Acciones y Valores Banamex, S.A. de C.V., Casa de Bolsa 615 MERRILL LYNCH Merrill Lynch México, S.A. de C.V. Casa de Bolsa 616 FINAMEX
HSBC has made significant contributions to the establishment of solid foundations for Thailand's financial and banking sectors. For example, in 1889 HSBC issued the first banknotes in Thailand. HSBC also issued the first foreign loan to the Thai government for its railroad construction project. HSBC's main branch office in Thailand is situated ...