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Company announcement/sustainable

HSBC sends 500 staff to sustainability school

The Chartered Banker Institute (the Institute) and HSBC UK are working together to develop the knowledge and expertise of the bank’s commercial banking team to better support UK businesses navigate a transition to net zero.

01 July 2021

News/regulation

HSBC joins UAE KYC Blockchain platform

HSBC has signed on as the fourth founding member bank of a blockchain-based KYC data sharing coalition in the UAE.

01 July 2021

News/payments

EBAday 2021: Modernisation, a catalyst for payments utopia

With day two now under our belt, we are only just beginning to digest the eyewatering number of insights shared across six panel sessions, two roundtables, a lively chatroom forum and of course, non-stop networking on the EBAday platform.

29 June 2021

News/payments

EBAday 2021: Payments transformation and the road to success

Finextra Research and the Euro Banking Association today welcomed the global banking community to EBAday 2021. Running from 28-30 June, the virtual conference is being led by some of the most influential leaders and practitioners in the financial services sector, and dives into the current and future trends of the European and international payments landscape – as well as the latest developments across digital banking, liquidity management, open banking, real-time payments, and more.

28 June 2021

Company announcement/retail

Scouts launch first-ever financial education badge

The Scout Association is today launching its new Money Skills Activity Badge, developed with HSBC UK to help Beaver and Cub Scouts – that’s over 200,000 girls and boys aged 6 to 10 – build important financial literacy skills for a changing world.

18 June 2021

Finextra TV/payments

HSBC pinpoints top transformations across the correspondent banking business

Akshat Saharia, Head of European Financial Institutions Product and Propositions, HSBC Europe speaks to FinextraTV in the lead-up to EBAday 2021 about the major transformations we're seeing in the correspondent banking business, the impact of ISO20022 on the payments landscape, the benefits and challenges involved and how these can be overcome.

14 June 2021

News/markets

HSBC unveil AI-powered equity index structured product

HSBC has added an AI-powered equity index structured product to its wealth offerings in Hong Kong.

09 June 2021

News/devops

HSBC opens API developer portal

HSBC has opened an API developer portal for firms to try out and integrate the bank's suite of application programming interfaces.

07 June 2021

News/security

HSBC UK launches fraud awareness app for businesses

HSBC has launched a fraud awareness app to provide businesses with up-to-the-minute news on emerging scams.

03 June 2021

News/payments

HSBC and ING invest in BNPL firm Divido

White label buy now, pay later player Divido has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by HSBC and ING.

02 June 2021

News/payments

HSBC to take on fintech rivals with multi-currency digital wallet

HSBC is taking the fight to fintech rivals like Wise with the launch of a multi-currency digital wallet that enables businesses to make international payments simply and securely.

18 May 2021

Company announcement/retail

HSBC UK and first direct increase gambling block feature to 72-hours

With lockdown causing an increase in gambling, HSBC UK and first direct have today announced an increased cooling off period to their gambling block feature, from 24 hours to 72 hours.

13 May 2021