The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings Limited, a founding member of HSBC Group and a flagship bank in the Asia-Pacific region.
HSBC is also the largest registered bank in Hong Kong and one of the three largest note-issuing banks in Hong Kong (the other two are Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) and Bank of China (Hong Kong)). Its headquarters is located in the headquarters building of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, No.1 Queen's Road Central 1. At present, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and its subsidiaries have set up about 700 branches and offices mainly in the Asia-Pacific region.
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1865 was formally established in Hong Kong on March 3rd. One month after the opening of HSBC, the Shanghai branch of 1865 opened on April 3, and the London branch also opened in July, and set up an agency in San Francisco until it became a full-service branch of 1875.
1866, HSBC opened a branch in Yokohama, Japan, and became a consultant to the Japanese government. 1888, HSBC Thailand Branch was established, becoming the first bank in Thailand and issuing the first batch of banknotes for Thailand.
By 1900, HSBC has also set up branches in other parts of the Far East, such as India and Singapore. After 19 1 1 year, HSBC obtained the right to collect customs duties and salt taxes in China.
By the beginning of the 20th century, HSBC had become the largest bank in the Far East. The foreign exchange traded by HSBC often accounts for 60%-70% of Shanghai's foreign exchange market.
From 1960, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation took HSBC as the official abbreviation (at that time, the English official abbreviation was HongkongBank, until 1998+065438+ 10, when the unified brand was announced by HSBC Group).
199 1 year, HSBC Holdings, the parent company of HSBC, was established, and its shares were transferred to HSBC Holdings, which was wholly owned by HSBC Holdings.
Previously, HSBC has set up a number of subsidiaries around the world (such as HSBC Canada and HSBC Australia). ) and later became a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings. 1994, the business of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Malaysia was transferred to the local registered HSBC Bank of Malaysia.
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