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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
- LEI
- MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39 ISO 17442 · GLEIF
- BIC
- no BIC is published on this record
- 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
- $3.2tn — balance sheet at 2025-12-31
- Website
- www.hsbc.com
- Markets profile
- finance.foundation/banks/hsbc-bank (listing, identifiers, valuation)
Retail bankingCommercial bankingGlobal banking & marketsWealth & private bankingTrade finance
Where this balance-sheet figure comes from
| As reported | 3,233bn USD |
| Balance-sheet date | 2025-12-31 |
| Filing | 20-F, filed 2026-02-26 |
| XBRL tag | SEC 20-F, ifrs-full:Assets |
| Total assets | $3.2tn |
A balance sheet is a snapshot on one day. This figure is exact as of 2025-12-31 and has moved since — banks report quarterly or half-yearly, so there is always a gap.
Graph connections
domiciled_inUnited Kingdom
jurisdiction_regulatorsPRA
FCA
instant_railFaster Payments
Commercial peers
Approximate reference data from public sources · seed-0.1 · 2026-08-28 · not real-time, not advice. See data & methodology.
# this page as data
GET https://banking.foundation/api/v1/banks/hsbc