HSBC

Exec departures at Deutsche Bank, SoFi; N.Y. Fed chief warns on 'bad apples'

06/05/19

The chief operating officer for the Americas at Deutsche Bank, as well as SoFi's heads of marketing, risk and capital markets, are all moving on; John Williams tells bankers they need to do more to clean up misconduct at their companies.

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Robots, smart watches, fintech partners: How HSBC's Jeremy Balkin is innovating

06/04/19

On his watch, the $170 billion-asset HSBC USA became the first bank in the world to deploy a customer-facing robot in a branch. It's also the first bank to use wearable technology to help front-line branch staff.

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Regulation key to systemic health, Quarles says; HSBC plans cuts

05/31/19

Stress tests, capital buffers and liquidity levels are best ways to make financial system safe; HSBC plans to layoff “several hundred” from investment bank.

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Small-business fintech launches lending platform for banks

05/21/19

Biz2Credit is offering its Biz2X platform to all banks after gaining HSBC and Popular Bank as clients.

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HSBC sexual harassment case shows banks' struggles in MeToo era

04/12/19

In the MeToo era, financial firms the world over are struggling to handle complaints of sexual harassment. A case in point: HSBC.

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HSBC urges staff to speak up on incidents after misconduct case

03/15/19

HSBC's new head of global markets is encouraging a speak-up culture, months after his predecessor left the bank amid a misconduct claim from a junior female employee.

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Money keeps flowing to fintechs

03/14/19

Chime, Chart IQ, Starling Bank and several other startups have raised millions of dollars from venture capital and private-equity firms this year. Here's what they plan to do with their haul.

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HSBC: Fintech deal will provide access to midsize businesses in U.S.

02/26/19

Neptune Financial, an online business lender, will help the global bank reach commercial customers it was missing before and could ultimately be a $1.5 trillion opportunity, an HSBC executive says.

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PayPal CEO's lofty digital payments vision; Danske’s troubles grow

02/20/19

Dan Schulman predicts digital payments market may reach $100 trillion; the bank exiting Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia.

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Citi plans machine takeover of call centers; Shareholders bail on two foreign banks

02/19/19

CEO Corbat says “thousands” of call center jobs may be lost; Barclays shareholder sells all stock in the bank and Deutsche’s biggest slashes its stake.

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