HSBC pushes back climate targets by 20 years and blames ‘lag’ in government policy UK head office to bear brunt of job cuts as bank aims to slash staffing costs by £1.2bn The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2025
HSBC reveals plans to cut jobs amid bid to slash costs by £1.2bn The banking group said it will reduce its global staff costs by around 8% under the overhaul. Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2025
FTSE 100 Live 19 February: Glencore and airline stocks fall, BAE and HSBC in results spotlight A jump in UK inflation to a 10-month high of 3% today dealt a blow to hopes of early further interest rate cuts. Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2025
HSBC Targets $1.5 Bn In Annual Cost Savings After Revamp Banking giant HSBC said Wednesday that CEO Georges Elhedery's plan since October to simplify the company's structure and geographic setup will yield $1.5 billion in annual cost savings by the end of 2026. International Business Times · Feb 19, 2025
HSBC announce major cost-cutting drive including job losses as pre-tax profits top £25bn The UK’s largest bank announced a pre-tax profit of $32.3bn (£25.2bn) The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2025
HSBC announces reduction in costs amid rise in profits The UK’s largest bank announced a pre-tax profit of 32.3 billion dollars (£25.2 billion) for 2024 on Wednesday. Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2025
Best and Worst Banks Revealed – And Lloyds and NatWest Didn’t Make the Cut The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has released its latest survey rankings, spotlighting the banks that are excelling and those that are falling short. The Fashion Central · Feb 18, 2025
HSBC set to unveil bigger profits as cost-cutting overhaul in focus Rivals Barclays and NatWest set the tone for the banking sector when they reported stronger earnings this week. Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2025
Why are U.S. banks flying gold from London to New York? About 8,000 gold bars have been moved out of the Bank of England’s vaults in recent months The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025
Trump tariffs: Why is JPMorgan flying gold from London to NYC? Fears that Trump could impose a blanket tax on all imports from Europe, including gold, has prompted a massive influx of the metal into the U.S. Fortune · Feb 14, 2025
HSBC online and mobile banking working again after service outage It follows recent outages at other major banks in recent weeks. Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025
HSBC hit by outage as users complain of being unable to log on It follows recent outages at other major banks in recent weeks. The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025
HSBC down: Online banking and app not working in major outage Outage comes after high-profile problems at banks across the high street The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025
Lewisham incident LIVE: Armed police lock down London high street in stand-off with knifeman Police are at the scene alongside the London Ambulance Service Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025
Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025 MPs quiz bank bosses over scale of IT failures after Barclays outage The Treasury Committee, a cross-party group formed of 11 members, wrote to banks including Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and Nationwide on Monday.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025 Will the bonus bubbly still flow as reality bites for British banks? Job losses, shakeups and the motor finance commission scandal will cast a shadow over lenders when they start reporting results this week
The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2025 HSBC considering boosting new CEO’s pay package to £15m Planned overhaul would see Georges Elhedery’s salary cut, with bonuses potentially raising maximum pay by 43%
The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2025 Firms raising prices ahead of trade tariff hikes, report finds A poll of 1,500 businesses by HSBC found 39% of are increasing prices in anticipation of higher tariffs.
International Business Times UK · Feb 1, 2025 HSBC Makes Global Rollbacks As It Scales Down Operations and Other Financial Services The financial giant also noted that the move was aimed at simplifying its internal operations and focusing on its current key strengths.
Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025 HSBC to wind down parts of investment banking units in UK, Europe and US Georges Elhedery has overseen a significant shake-up of the London-based firm since taking over as chief executive last September.
Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025 HSBC scraps global money app Zing a year after launch The bank’s chief executive has instigated a series of changes since stepping into the role last year.
InsideEVs · Jan 22, 2025 Trump's War On EVs Is Already Off To A Bad Start Allow me to let you in on a crazy little secret about the United States: We're actually doing very well on the auto industry's ongoing electric vehicle transition. Yes, really.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2025 Citigroup commits to office working with £1bn Canary Wharf tower revamp US bank will spend almost as much to renovate Citi Tower skyscraper as it paid for site in the first place
Barchart · Jan 13, 2025 Is AMD Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold on HSBC’s Double Downgrade? AMD stock fell after an analyst slashed his price target and rating on the stock due to Nvidia competition and weak AI GPU demand.
The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2025 HSBC urges people to take up support as new figures reveal scale of housing crisis Over 67 per cent of people with housing costs such as rent and mortgages in England have reported experiencing unforeseen pressures over the last year, a survey from HSBC and Shelter shows