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HSBC

A London-headquartered global banking group founded in Hong Kong in 1865 to finance trade between Europe and Asia. It remains one of the world's largest banks, with a strong presence in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Legal name: HSBC Holdings plc
Type: Commercial
Headquarters: London
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
Ownership: Public (listed)
Founded: 1865
Primary regulator: PRA / FCA
Licensing: UK-incorporated holding company supervised by the PRA and FCA, with major licensed subsidiaries including The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation regulated by the HKMA.
Total assets ≈: $3.0tn (approx., seed-0.1 · 2026-08-28)
Website: www.hsbc.com
Markets profile: finance.foundation/banks/hsbc-bank (listing, identifiers, valuation)

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Commercial peers

JPMorgan Chase · Bank of America · Citigroup · BNP Paribas · Deutsche Bank · UBS

Approximate reference data from public sources · seed-0.1 · 2026-08-28 · not real-time, not advice. See data & methodology.

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