HSBC

HSBC has linked exclusively with wrap platform Ascentric to offer an onshore investment bond, giving IFAs access to over 2,000 funds.

HSBC overtook the Government-backed banks to become the most competitive mortgage lender during Q3 2009, according to analysis from Evaluate Technologies.

The chairman of HSBC has said the entire banking industry "owes the real world an apology".

Financial firms may be recovering, with business volumes growing for the first time in two years, a survey has shown.

Royal Bank of Scotland is to consider a £3bn-£4bn share issue to reduce the stake it would hand to the government for joining its toxic assets insurance scheme and has approached its biggest investors about the idea, the FT reports.

Financial advisers have been warned to tighten their data security as new powers mean they could be fined twice for breaches.

HSBC subsidiaries have been fined a total of £3m for failing to protect their customers' personal data.

Swiss Re's Term and Health Watch 2009 saw that income protection (IP) sales have risen in the last year. That upturn, however, has been directly attributed to the actions of HSBC. With sales of other protection products falling, what do these results...

Intermediaries have voiced their frustration after HSBC launched a pilot scheme offering "impartial" mortgage advice in-branch.

HSBC chairman Stephen Green attacked "perverse" pay practices in banking and called for a "more sober and reasonable approach to compensation" as it emerged the bank paid two senior employees almost £25m last year, The Telegraph reports.