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HSBC pioneers Quantum protection for AI-powered FX trading
December 6 2023
HSBC has become the first bank to pioneer quantum protection for AI-powered foreign exchange trading. […]
Global Centre launched to accelerate climate finance
December 4 2023
Abu Dhabi will host a pioneering Global Climate Finance Centre (GCFC), that will accelerate the […]
HSBC Supports Launch Of Asia’s First ETF Tracking Saudi Arabian Equities
November 29 2023
HSBC announced that it has been appointed as the ETF partner of Asia’s first ETF […]
HSBC to appoint Vinay Mendonca CEO of new Embedded Finance Fintech
November 28 2023
HSBC is to appoint Vinay Mendonca as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its recently-announced joint […]
Taulia and Mastercard Partner to Launch Virtual Card B2B Payments Solution
November 21 2023
Taulia, a leading provider of working capital management solutions, has partnered with Mastercard to launch […]
HSBC Next Client to Go Live on Broadridge’s Newly Launched Distributed Ledger Sponsored Repo Solution
November 15 2023
Further expanding the network across the global repo market, Global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, […]
Announcing HSBC’s New Digital Assets Custody Service
November 8 2023
HSBC announced today that it plans to launch a new digital assets custody service for […]
HSBC is the First Bank in the World to Offer Tokenized Gold
November 2 2023
HSBC announces the first trades tokenising the ownership of physical gold held in HSBC’s London […]
HSBC Builds Tokenised Deposit-Based Treasury Management Capabilities
November 1 2023
HSBC announced today it had successfully tested the use of tokenised deposits in intra-group payment […]
Revolutionising Banking: Unveiling the Secrets of Customer Transparency and Control! | FF News at Sibos 2023
October 25 2023
Join Suntec’s Amit Dua and HSBC’s Nadya Hijazi for our Sibos Series. In this video, […]
HSBC is Restacking for the Future | FF News at Sibos 2023
October 20 2023
From Sibos 2023 in Toronto we bring you this interview with Vinay Mendonca from HSBC. […]
Citi Announces Agreement to Sell Onshore Consumer Wealth Portfolio to HSBC
October 9 2023
Citi today announced that it has agreed to sell its onshore consumer wealth portfolio in […]
HSBC plans climate tech funding push
September 20 2023
HSBC today announced that it plans to make available $1bn of financing to early-stage climate […]
Oracle and Mastercard Enable Customers to Get Faster Access to Working Capital
September 19 2023
Oracle and Mastercard today announced a new partnership to help enterprise customers automate end-to-end business-to-business […]
HSBC launches innovative, digital trade finance solution
September 19 2023
HSBC today announced the launch of HSBC TradePay, an industry first, document free trade finance […]
HSBC UK Partners with Nova Credit to Become First UK Bank to Offer Newcomers Option to Include International Credit History When Applying for a Credit Card
September 18 2023
Newcomers to the UK can now leverage their international credit history instantly and free of […]
HSBC launches multi-market business account opening service in 20 markets
September 13 2023
HSBC today announces the launch of a market leading digital solution which allows business and […]
BIAN develops new ‘Coreless Banking’ concept advancing banking technology
September 12 2023
BIAN, the independent not-for-profit standards association, has today announced the third iteration of its ‘Coreless […]
HSBC & Terra Quantum explore Real World Applications of Hybrid Quantum Technologies in Financial Services
September 7 2023
Terra Quantum, a global leader in quantum technology, and HSBC are thrilled to announce their […]
HSBC U.S. Innovation Banking Expands Venture Debt Offering
August 24 2023
HSBC announced today that HSBC Innovation Banking, a business division with services provided by HSBC […]
HSBC announces ETF Platform Solutions
August 17 2023
HSBC announced today the launch of ETF Platform Solutions – its new end-to-end platform for […]
HSBC Announces Plans For New Joint Venture With Tradeshift
August 1 2023
HSBC and B2B fintech Tradeshift have today announced an agreement to launch a new, jointly-owned […]
HSBC’s Global Payments business makes two new senior hires
July 21 2023
HSBC has appointed Martijn Stoker – most recently at JPMorgan – as Global Head of […]
HSBC becomes first bank to join the UK’s pioneering commercial quantum secure metro network
July 5 2023
HSBC is the first bank to join BT and Toshiba’s quantum-secured metro network – connecting […]
EXCLUSIVE: "The activist bank?" - Martin Richards, HSBC; Clinton Abbott, SunTec and Alex Garkov, EcoVadis in 'The Fintech Magazine'
July 4 2023
Short of turning off funding for fossil fuels tomorrow, Martin Richards from HSBC, Clinton Abbott […]
EXCLUSIVE: "Heroes and Villians: The UKs fincrime debate" - Eddie Vaughan, LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Jim Winters, Nationwide Building Society and David Callington, HSBC in 'The Fintech Magazine'
June 30 2023
Eddie Vaughan from LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Jim Winters from Nationwide Building Society and David Callington […]
Worldpay from FIS and HSBC UK team up with Visa to allow merchants to accept instalment payments in the UK
June 27 2023
Global financial technology leader FIS® (NYSE: FIS) has today announced a partnership with Visa to […]
Virtual Arena: Ethical AI In Fintech & Finance
June 27 2023
Welcome to another fascinating virtual arena, where we engage in a captivating discussion pertaining to […]
EXCLUSIVE: "Countering bias in financial AI" - Ash Booth, HSBC; Tanya Kopytina, ACI Worldwide and Gürer Kural, Rabobank in 'The Fintech Magazine'
June 26 2023
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has pledged to create a ‘TruthGPT’ to address the bias that […]
Financial education platform Sophia launches a programme with HSBC to empower women in UAE
June 23 2023
Sophia, a world leading financial education platform for women, is excited to announce its collaboration […]
Google Cloud Launches AI-Powered Anti Money Laundering Product for Financial Institutions
June 21 2023
Google Cloud today announced the launch of Anti Money Laundering AI (AML AI), an artificial […]
HSBC Innovation Banking launches at London Tech Week
June 12 2023
HSBC today unveiled HSBC Innovation Banking, which includes the former Silicon Valley Bank UK (SVB […]
HSBC UK Commits £500m Funding Boost For Tech Firms
June 1 2023
HSBC UK has committed £500m of business funding to help boost resilient British technology businesses […]
HSBC to Rebrand UK Division of Silicon Valley Bank as HSBC Innovation Banking
May 30 2023
Next month, HSBC plans to rebrand the UK branch of SVB (Silicon Valley Bank) as […]
HSBC Launches ESG Risk Improvers Index
May 30 2023
HSBC announced today the launch of the HSBC ESG Risk Improvers Index, in partnership with Arabesque AI […]
RFI Foundation announces innovation challenge to find FinTech companies working on the blue economy
May 17 2023
RFI Foundation is excited to announce a competition to find technology companies working on the […]
Mastercard to eliminate first-use PVC plastics from payment cards by 2028
April 26 2023
Mastercard today announced it is accelerating efforts to remove first–use, PVC plastics from payment cards […]
FF Virtual Arena: The Climate Crisis - How Corporates and Banks Can Work Together to Tackle Climate Change
April 25 2023
Welcome back to another insightful virtual arena from FF News. In this episode, we’ll be […]
Two-Thirds Unlikely to Invest This Year Amid Fears of Losing Money – Despite Record High Inflation Eroding Cash Purchasing Power
April 20 2023
HSBC UK’s recent customer insight study unveils the complex relationship UK consumers have with investing, […]
The Fintech Show 6.07: The Implementation of AI In Banking & Insurance
April 18 2023
Welcome back to another exciting episode of the Fintech Show. In today’s episode, we’ll be […]
HSBC Invests £30m in Smart Home Device Firm Myenergi
April 14 2023
HSBC UK is investing £30m into the Stallingborough, North East Lincolnshire headquartered smart home device […]
FF Virtual Arena: The Cost of Compliance - Balancing the Books - Tech or Talent?
April 13 2023
Welcome back to another exciting Virtual Arena from FF News. In this episode, we’ll be […]
Juicy Facts, Soothing Voices and Awkward Questions at Lending 3.0
April 11 2023
We sent journalist Hannah Duncan to scope out this iconic event, and report back on […]
EXCLUSIVE: "Truth, Accuracy and AI" - Ash Booth, HSBC in 'The Fintech Magazine'
March 24 2023
HSBC’s Ash Booth on the possibilities and perils inherent in a new generation of generative […]
Bank of England Confirms Sale of Silicon Valley Bank UK to HSBC
March 13 2023
Silicon Valley Bank (UK) Ltd has today been sold to HSBC. HSBC is headquartered in […]
Banks See “Clear Potential and Value” in Swift’s Experimental CBDC Connector After Sandbox Collaboration
March 9 2023
Swift today announced further progress on its experimental solution for interlinking Central Bank Digital Currencies […]
HSBC Expands Digital Capabilities With New Multi-Currency Payment Platform
February 9 2023
HSBC has unveiled a new one-stop digital payment solution for small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) in Hong […]
HSBC Partners With Extend, Accelerating Availability of Expense Management Solutions for Commercial Card Clients in the U.S.
December 14 2022
Extend, a leading virtual card and spend management platform, today announced a partnership with HSBC, […]
HSBC's Natalie Blyth on Sustainability and Persuading Corporates to Change
December 2 2022
At Sibos 2022, we caught up with Natalie Blyth, the Global Head of Commercial Banking […]
EXCLUSIVE: "Reconciled to the Future" - Michael Klopchic, HSBC Canada in 'The Fintech Magazine'
November 8 2022
Why HSBC Canada’s Michael Klopchic believes management accounting is on the verge of a new […]
HSBC announces HSBC Orion
November 4 2022
HSBC today announced that it will launch Orion – its new proprietary tokenisation platform that […]
EXCLUSIVE: "Grabyourwallet!" - Alex Bowen, HSBC Hong Kong; Kurt Schmid, Netcetera and Alex Gatiragas, Giesecke + Devrient in 'The Fintech Magazine'
October 27 2022
Could digital wallets put banks back at the centre of their customers’ universe? We hear […]
HSBC launches Digital Receivables Finance capability
October 11 2022
HSBC has cut the approval process for new Receivables Finance (RF) customers from one to […]
HSBC launches HSBC Trade Solutions
October 7 2022
HSBC has launched HSBC Trade Solutions (HTS) to customers in its two largest markets – […]
HSBC and Nova Credit Launch Partnership to Offer Customers Borderless International Credit Checking
September 30 2022
Nova Credit, the world’s leading consumer-permissioned credit bureau, today announced that it has partnered with […]
Predictive Data Intelligence Removes Hurdles to Instant Cross-border Transactions Over SWIFT
September 25 2022
As part of its ambitious strategy for instant and frictionless transactions, SWIFT today announces a new […]
Funding Societies signs US$50 million credit facility with HSBC to drive SME growth in Southeast Asia
September 25 2022
Funding Societies, Southeast Asia’s largest Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) digital financing platform, today announced […]
HSBC Ventures invests $35m in Monese
September 20 2022
Monese, the leading pan-European fintech, today announces a $35 million investment by HSBC. The investment […]
Funding Societies signs US$50 million credit facility with HSBC to drive SME growth in Southeast Asia
August 22 2022
Funding Societies, Southeast Asia’s largest Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) digital financing platform, today announced […]
KPMG & HSBC’s Emerging Giants in Asia Pacific report identifies potential regional unicorns and their growth drivers
August 12 2022
KPMG and HSBC have released the Emerging Giants in Asia Pacific report, which examines new […]
EXCLUSIVE: HSBC Leading The Path To Inclusivity With Gender Neutral Banking
August 2 2022
In recent times, the concept of gender and how we, as a society, approach it, […]
EXCLUSIVE: FinTech Week London 2022: Do you speak Finance?
July 19 2022
Last week was Fintech Week London 2022, a five-day event where fintech heads gathered to […]
Finastra and HSBC collaborate to bring Banking as a Service FX capability to mid-tier banks
July 14 2022
Finastra and HSBC announced today that they are working together to distribute HSBC’s FX services […]
FF Virtual Arena: Reclaiming The Wallet - Putting Banks Back At The Centre Of The Consumer's Digital Universe
June 29 2022
In today’s Virtual Arena, we take a deep dive into a key question – how […]
Fintech Finance Presents: The Fintech Show 5.10 - The Future Of Payments, Automation & ISO20022
June 22 2022
Payment systems are essential to the effective functioning of financial systems worldwide, but the payments […]
HSBC delivers new solution powered by Google Cloud
April 6 2022
HSBC delivers new counterparty credit risk (CCR) and derivative valuation adjustment (XVA) engine with in-house built […]
Banking as a Service gains unstoppable momentum, Finastra research shows
March 28 2022
Finastra today published a market assessment report: “Banking as a Service: Outlook 2022 | Paving […]
Mastercard Track Card to Account Transfer launches in the UK with HSBC to offer improved payment options and working capital benefits for businesses
March 21 2022
Today, Mastercard launches a new business-to-business (B2B) payment solution in the UK – Mastercard Track […]
Embedded Finance Network mmob Closes £5 million Seed Round
March 9 2022
mmob, the UK’s first embedded finance network has today announced the successful completion of a […]
EXCLUSIVE: “The future of finance is open”: The Finastra Forum Europe and why banks need BaaS
February 25 2022
By Aniqah Majid, Fintech Finance Finastra Forum Europe 2022 presented interesting insight into the world of […]
EXCLUSIVE: “Bricks and Clicks” – Christopher Pearson, HSBC; Tom Hodgson, Trussle and Laurean Herepean, FintechOS in ‘The Fintech Magazine’
February 15 2022
Everybody agrees that the home-buying experience can be improved upon. But, as HSBC’s Christopher Pearson […]
HSBC Hong Kong Appoints Veteran Banker Luanne Lim as Its Chief Executive
February 14 2022
HSBC Hong Kong has announced the appointment veteran banker Luanne Lim as its Chief Executive […]
Third anniversary of Episode Six and HSBC’s partnership shows the power of banks and fintechs working together
January 18 2022
Episode Six and HSBC are celebrating the third anniversary of a technology partnership that has […]
FCA fines HSBC Bank plc £63.9 Million for Deficient Transaction Monitoring Controls
December 17 2021
The FCA has fined HSBC Bank plc (HSBC) £63,946,800 for failings in its anti-money laundering […]
FF Virtual Arena: The Future of Mortgages: Digital or Hybrid?
December 15 2021
Digital Mortgages: A Transformation Into the Future Mortgages. A vast loan used for acquiring property. […]
SWIFT delivers major milestones in strategy for instant and frictionless transactions, and sets the stage for global adoption in 2022
December 14 2021
A year after sharing a bold vision to enable instant and frictionless transactions from one […]
Wells Fargo and HSBC Establish Bilateral Agreement to Settle FX Transactions Through a Blockchain-based Solution
December 13 2021
Wells Fargo and HSBC Bank plc today announced an agreement to use a blockchain-based solution […]
CloudBees Signs Multi-year Deal With HSBC to Provide Fast, Secure, Continuously Compliant Software Delivery
November 1 2021
CloudBees has been selected by HSBC as its software delivery platform provider, supporting the bank to provide faster, […]
HSBC Research - Nigeria and the eNaira: Africa's first digital currency
November 1 2021
Nigeria launched the eNaira on 25 October, putting the country among the global first movers […]
Napier names ex-HSBC COO, Andy Maguire, as its new Chair
October 27 2021
Napier, provider of advanced anti-financial crime compliance solutions, has announced that former HSBC Chief Operations […]
HSBC to launch Banking as a Service
October 20 2021
HSBC is to launch a Banking as a Service (BaaS) offering that will enable customers […]
EBA CLEARING, SWIFT and The Clearing House join forces to speed up and enhance cross-border payments
October 11 2021
With the support of banks from both sides of the Atlantic, EBA CLEARING, SWIFT and The Clearing […]
HSBC launches new scenario risk tool on Google Cloud for risk and trading teams
October 1 2021
HSBC today announced it has launched a new innovative solution on Google Cloud to manage […]
HSBC to Acquire AXA Singapore
August 17 2021
HSBC Insurance (Asia-Pacific) Holdings Ltd, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC), has […]
Jenela Gunasekaran joins Paydock as Chief Product Officer
July 13 2021
Paydock, an enterprise-grade payments orchestration platform appoints Jenela Gunasekaran as its Chief Product Officer. This […]
Swift goes live with payment pre-validation service
July 9 2021
SWIFT today announced the go-live of a service that will enable banks to verify payee […]
Scouts Launch First-Ever Financial Education Badge for Beaver and Cub Scouts
June 22 2021
The Scout Association is today launching its new Money Skills Activity Badge, developed with HSBC […]
HSBC opens up API suite with new developer portal
June 7 2021
HSBC has launched an Application Programming Interface (API) Developer Portal, providing customers with direct access to a […]
HSBC UK Is First Bank to Launch Fraud Awareness App
June 3 2021
HSBC UK has become the first high-street bank to launch a free news-style mobile app […]
HSBC Partners With Wri and WWF to Scale Next Generation Solutions to Climate Change
May 20 2021
HSBC, in partnership with World Resources Institute (WRI) and WWF, today unveils their Climate Solutions […]
HSBC launches multi-currency global wallet for international payments
May 18 2021
HSBC has launched a multi-currency digital wallet that enables businesses to make and receive international […]
HSBC Switches to Recycled Plastic Payment Cards
April 26 2021
HSBC is announcing a new programme to introduce sustainable payment cards across all its global […]
Banks Need to Navigate Their Societal Responsibility or Risk Becoming Obsolete
April 20 2021
COVID-19 has irrevocably changed banking. According to the consumer body Which?, around 4,000 banks and […]
FF Presents: The Fintech Rap Battle - Monzo Bank vs Starling Bank
April 1 2021
Fintech Rap Battle! Tom Blomfield and Monzo, take on Anne Boden and Starling in a […]
Risk Managers in Singapore Discuss Covid Challenges in Model Risk Management
April 1 2021
The Singapore Chapter of the Risk Management Association (RMA) hosted a “Thought Leadership Discussion” led by […]
How Companies Expect to Benefit from the Stamp Duty Holiday Extension
March 23 2021
Last week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the stamp duty holiday would be extended. Originally due […]
HSBC Innovates Transaction Monitoring with Featurespace
March 12 2021
Celent, the leading research, and advisory firm focused on technology for financial institutions globally, has […]
Fintech Finance Presents: The Fintech Show 3.02 – The New Way to Lend
January 30 2020
In this episode of The Fintech Show we learn about how Open Banking will soon […]
