HSBC says the launch of an online property buying advice centre will not be used merely as a means to push HSBC products on first-time buyers.
The lender says the website, launched today, has been designed to provide an online advice centre for first-time buyers, offering what it says is access to “free, independent advice on the home-buying process” from an estate agent, solicitor, surveyor and a HSBC financial adviser. Katherine Kowalski, a spokeswoman for HSBC, says it is “absolutely not” the case HSBC will be using the website to push its own products, but adds: “Of course, if people want to then go to our website and look at our products they are free to do so.” That said, the website contains a link to both HSBC's product...
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