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Abbreviation Brief description
HELoC Home equity lines of credit
HFC HFC Bank Limited, the UK-based consumer finance business acquired through the
acquisition by HSBC of HSBC Finance
HIBOR Hong Kong Interbank Offer Rate
HKMA Hong Kong Monetary Authority
HKSE The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
HSBC HSBC Holdings together with its subsidiary undertakings
HSBC Assurances HSBC Assurances, comprising Erisa S.A., the French life insurer, and Erisa I.A.R.D., the
property and casualty insurer (together, formerly Erisa)
HSBC Bank HSBC Bank plc, formerly Midland Bank plc
HSBC Bank Argentina HSBC Bank Argentina S.A.
HSBC Bank Brazil HSBC Bank Brasil S.A.–Banco Múltiplo
HSBC Bank China HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited, HSBC’s banking subsidiary in mainland China
which was incorporated in March 2007
HSBC Bank Malaysia HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad
HSBC Bank Middle East HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, formerly The British Bank of the Middle East
HSBC Bank Panama HSBC Bank (Panama) S.A., formerly Grupo Banistmo S.A.
HSBC Bank USA HSBC’s retail bank in the US. From 1 July 2004, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. (formerly
HSBC Bank USA, Inc.)
HSBC Direct HSBC’s online banking and savings proposition
HSBC Finance HSBC Finance Corporation, the US consumer finance company (formerly Household
International, Inc.)
HSBC France HSBC’s French banking subsidiary, formerly CCF S.A.
HSBC Holdings HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of HSBC
HSBC Mexico HSBC México S.A., the commercial banking subsidiary of Grupo Financiero HSBC,
S.A. de C.V.
HSBC Premier HSBC’s premium global banking service
HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) S.A., HSBC’s private bank in Switzerland (merged with
HSBC Guyerzeller Bank in 2009)
IAS International Accounting Standard
IASB International Accounting Standards Board
IFRSs International Financial Reporting Standards
IFRIC International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee
Industrial Bank Industrial Bank Co. Limited, a national joint-stock bank in mainland China in which
Hang Seng Bank currently has a 12.78 per cent interest
IPO Initial public offering
IRB1 Internal ratings-based
KPI Key performance indicator
KPMG KPMG Audit Plc and its affiliates
LIBOR London Interbank Offer Rate
Madoff Securities Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities LLC
Mainland China People’s Republic of China excluding Hong Kong
Malachite Malachite Funding Limited, a term funding vehicle
MasterCard MasterCard Inc.
Mazarin Mazarin Funding Limited, an asset-backed CP conduit
MBS1 US mortgage-backed security
Metrovacesa Metrovacesa, S.A.
Monoline1 Monoline insurance company
M&S Money Marks and Spencer Retail Financial Services Holdings Limited
MSCI Morgan Stanley Capital International index
MTN1 Medium-term note
NA Nationally Chartered, a designation for certain categories of banks in the US
NYSE New York Stock Exchange