The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (Chinese: 香港上海滙豐銀行有限公司), commonly abbreviated as HSBC and formerly known as HongkongBank (Chinese: 滙豐; Cantonese Yale: Wuihfūng; styled Wayfoong by the bank), is the Hong Kong–based Asia-Pacific subsidiary of the HSBC banking group, for which it was the parent entity until 1991. The largest bank in Hong Kong, HSBC operates branches and offices throughout the Indo-Pacific region and in other countries around the world. It is also one of the three commercial banks licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to issue banknotes for the Hong Kong dollar.
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| Native name | 香港上海滙豐銀行有限公司
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| Formerly | The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank
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| Type | Public Limited Company
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| Founded | 3 March 1865 in British Hong Kong
Incorporated on 14 August 1866 |
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| Number of employees | 68,294 (2014)
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