Question: Republic New York Corporation was the holding company for the Republic National Bank of New York and the Safra Republic Bank, Republic New York Corporation was sold shortly after its chairman's death to HSBC Bank USA, the US subsidiary of which British multinational banking and financial services holding company, tracing its origin to a hong in Hong Kong?
Context: Republic New York Corporation was the holding company for the Republic National Bank of New York and the Safra Republic Bank.  The company was controlled by billionaire Edmond Safra, who was killed in a fire in his Monte Carlo penthouse apartment by his nurse Ted Maher.  Republic New York Corporation was sold shortly after its chairman's death to HSBC Bank USA, the US subsidiary of HSBC of the UK. Wells Fargo & Company is an American international banking and financial services holding company headquartered in San Francisco, California, with "hubquarters" throughout the country.  It is the world's second-largest bank by market capitalization and the third largest bank in the U.S. by assets.  In July 2015, Wells Fargo became the world's largest bank by market capitalization, edging past ICBC, before slipping behind JP Morgan Chase in September 2016, in the wake of a scandal involving the creation of over 2 million fake bank accounts by Wells Fargo employees.  Wells Fargo surpassed Citigroup Inc. to become the third-largest U.S. bank by assets at the end of 2015.  Wells Fargo is the second-largest bank in deposits, home mortgage servicing, and debit cards.  The firm's primary U.S. operating subsidiary is national bank Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., which designates its main office as Sioux Falls, South Dakota. HSBC Private Bank is the principal private banking business of the HSBC Group.  HSBC Private Bank's holding company is HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) S.A..  The holding company is wholly owned by British HSBC Bank plc and its subsidiaries include HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) S.A., HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited, HSBC Private Bank (C.I.) Limited, HSBC Private Bank (Luxembourg) S.A., HSBC Private Bank (Monaco) S.A. and HSBC Financial Services (Cayman) Limited. American Fletcher National Bank was an Indianapolis-based bank founded in 1839 that was eventually absorbed by Bank One and later Chase Bank.  Since the merger of the Fletcher Trust Company with the American National Bank to form the American Fletcher National Bank and Trust Company at the end of 1954, it had been the largest or the second largest bank in the state of Indiana, often changing places with its Indianapolis-based rival Indiana National Bank for the top spot.  From the mid-1950s through the late 1980s, American Fletcher National Bank and Trust, along with Indiana National Bank and Merchants National Bank, was one of the top three largest banks within Indianapolis and its holding company, American Fletcher Corporation, was one of the top three largest bank holding companies within the state, along with INB Financial Corporation (formerly Indiana National Corporation) and Merchants National Corporation. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., doing business as Chase Bank, is a national bank that constitutes the consumer and commercial banking subsidiary of the U.S. multinational banking and financial services holding company, JPMorgan Chase.  The bank was known as Chase Manhattan Bank until it merged with J.P. Morgan & Co. in 2000.  Chase Manhattan Bank was formed by the merger of the Chase National Bank and The Manhattan Company in 1955.  The bank has been headquartered in Columbus, Ohio since its merger with Bank One Corporation in 2004.  The bank acquired the deposits and most assets of Washington Mutual. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a U.S. multinational banking and financial services holding company headquartered in New York City.  It is the largest bank in the United States, the world's sixth largest bank by total assets, with total assets of US$2.5 trillion, and the world's second most valuable bank by market capitalization, after ICBC.  It is a major provider of financial services, and according to "Forbes" magazine is the world's sixth largest public company based upon a composite ranking.  The hedge fund unit of JPMorgan Chase is the second largest hedge fund in the United States.  The company was formed in 2000, when Chase Manhattan Corporation merged with J.P. Morgan & Co. Siddharth N. "Bobby" Mehta was former CEO and vice chairman of HSBC North America.  Mehta served as an Advisor of TransUnion since December 31, 2012.  Mehta serves as consultant of TransUnion.  He served the chief executive officer and president of TransUnion from August 2007 to December 31, 2012, and Transunion Financing Corp. until December 31, 2012.  From May 2007 to July 2007, he served as a consultant to the board of directors at TransUnion.  He served as the chief executive officer and president of TransUnion until December 31, 2012.  He served as the chief executive officer of TransUnion LLC.  He served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of HSBC Finance Corporation from April 2005 to February 2007.  He served as chief executive officer and president of TransUnion LLC from 2007 to 2012.  From 1998 to 2007, he held a variety of positions with HSBC Finance Corporation and HSBC North America Holdings, Inc.  Mehta served as chief executive officer of HSBC North America until February 2007.  Mehta served as consultant of TransUnion since May 2007 until July 2007.  Mehta served as group managing director of HSBC Holdings PLC of HSBC Finance Corp. since April 30, 2005, and its unit chief executive officer since March 2005.  He served as the chief executive of HS BC North America Holdings Inc., of HSBC Finance Corp., from March 2005 to February 15, 2007.  He served as an executive chairman of HSBC Financial Corporation Limited since April 2005 and served as its chief executive officer from April 2005 to February 15, 2007.  He served as the chief executive officer of HSBC Bank USA, N.A. until February 2007.  He served as the chief executive officer of HSBC North America Holdings Inc. since March 2005.  He served as chairman and chief executive officer of HSBC Financial Corp., Ltd.  He oversaw HSBC's global credit card services, its North American consumer lending and mortgage services businesses and its first mortgage operation.  He was also responsible for corporate marketing, strategic planning and corporate development for HSBC North America Holdings Inc. and had responsibility for the strategic management of credit cards throughout the HSBC Group.  Mehta served as group executive of Credit Card Services, Auto Finance and Canada of Household International Inc., since July 2002.  He worked at MasterCard’s U.S. region board since March 2000.  Mehta joined Household International Inc., in 1998.  He served as senior vice president of The Boston Consulting Group in Los Angeles and co-leader of Boston Consulting Group Financial Services Practice in the United States.  Mehta served as a director of Global Board of MasterCard Incorporated since March 17, 2005.  He served as unit chairman of HSBC Holdings PLC and served as its board member since March 2005.  He served as vice chairman and director of HSBC Financial Corporation Limited., (Formerly Household International Inc.).  He has been a director of Avant Credit Corporation since December 18, 2014.  He has been an independent director of The Allstate Corporation since February 19, 2014.  He serves as a member of the advisory board at Core2 Group, Inc.  He has been non-executive independent director at Piramal Enterprises Ltd since April 1, 2013.  He serves on the boards of Datacard, Chicago Public Education Fund, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, The Economic Club of Chicago, The Field Museum and Myelin Repair Foundation.  He serves as a director of TransUnion Corp. and TransUnion LLC.  He served as a director of MasterCard International Inc. (also known as MasterCard Worldwide) (formerly, MasterCard Inc.), since March 17, 2005.  He served as a director of HSBC Financial Corp.  Ltd.  He has been a director of TransUnion since April 2012.  Mehta serves on the board of international advisors for the Monterey, California, Institute of International Studies and is a member of the Financial Services Roundtable.  He also serves on the board of advisors for the Myelin Repair Foundation.  Mehta holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the London School of Economics and Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.  He stepped down as head of the North American unit after the lender raised its forecast for bad loans in the U.S.  He is of Indian descent. HSBC Holdings PLC is a British multinational banking and financial services holding company, tracing its origin to a hong in Hong Kong.  It is the world's seventh largest bank by total assets and the largest in Europe with total assets of US$2.374 trillion (as of December 2016).  It was established in its present form in London in 1991 by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited to act as a new group holding company.  The origins of the bank lie mainly in Hong Kong and to a lesser extent in Shanghai, where branches were first opened in 1865.  The HSBC name is derived from the initials of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.  The company was first formally incorporated in 1866.  The company continues to see both the United Kingdom and Hong Kong as its "home markets". Grupo Banistmo was a Panamanian financial services company, and the largest in Central America.  It was founded in 1984.  In 1999 it began an expansion strategy that has resulted in the acquisition of banks in several Central American countries, as well as Colombia and the Bahamas.  It was the holding company of Primer Banco del Istmo, S.A. or Banistmo, the largest bank in Panama.  Its President and Chief Executive Officer was Alberto Vallarino.  In November 2006 it was acquired by HSBC Holdings plc, and merged with HSBC Bank (Panama) S.A., the bank’s existing subsidiary in 2007.  In 2013 Bancolombia Group acquired HSBC Panama and renamed it Banistmo. HSBC Bank USA, National Association, an American subsidiary of UK-based HSBC, is a bank with its operational head office in New York City and its nominal head office in McLean, Virginia (as designated on its charter).  HSBC Bank USA, N.A. is a national bank chartered under the National Bank Act, and thus is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.  The company has 230 branch locations.
Answer: HSBC Holdings PLC