page_title: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
section_title: Hong Kong banking
hierarchical_section_title: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation / Hong Kong banking
caption_attribution_description: English: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) Tai O Express Banking at 25 Market Street, Tai O, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.中文（繁體）‎: 位於香港大嶼山大澳街市街二十五號地下D座的滙豐銀行大澳理財易中心（自動櫃員機「易通財」）。
context_page_description: HSBC, officially known as The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, is a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC, the largest bank in Hong Kong, and operates branches and offices throughout the Asia 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.
  "The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank" was established in British Hong Kong in 1865 and was incorporated as "The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation" in 1866, and has been based in Hong Kong ever since. It was renamed "The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited" in 1989. It is the founding member of the HSBC Group of Banks and Companies, and, since 1990, is the namesake and one of the leading subsidiaries of the London-based HSBC Holdings PLC. The company's business ranges from the traditional High Street roles of retail banking, commercial banking, corporate banking to investment banking, private banking and global banking.
context_section_description: Under the HSBC brand, the bank maintains a network of around 220 branches throughout the Hong Kong SAR, from which it offers a wide range of financial products and services. For some time in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the bank was known by the name HongkongBank in its native city, although it now trades as HSBC. During that period, it also adopted the idiosyncratic practice of calling its ATMs Electronic Teller Card (ETC) machines.
caption: An HSBC ATM at Tai O, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
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