Type Subsidiary Key people Tony Cripps, CEO Website www.hsbc.com.au Headquarters Sydney, Australia Founded 1965 | Industry Finance and Insurance Products Financial Services CEO Tony Cripps (Dec 2012–) Motto The world's local bank | |
 | ||
Parent organizations HSBC, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Subsidiaries HSBC Building Society (Australia) Limited Profiles | ||
Tony cripps ceo hsbc bank australia at finsia event june 2013
HSBC Bank Australia Limited (formerly the HongkongBank of Australia Limited) was granted a banking licence in 1986 having been established as HSBC Finance Company Limited in 1965. It is part of the worldwide HSBC Group. HSBC Bank Australia is a leading international bank in Australia, offering a full range of banking products and services to the retail, commercial, corporate and institutional sectors.
Contents
Australian banking
HSBC Bank Australia offers a full range of financial services through a network of 25 branches as well as via direct channels. The 25th HSBC branch was opened in North Sydney on 20 April 2010 by the Hon. Joe Hockey, Member for North Sydney and current Treasurer. The new North Sydney branch marks the start of HSBC's expansion of its Australian branch network, with media reports suggesting it will open up to 100 new branches in Australia.
History
HSBC was granted a banking licence in Australia in 1986, after the Australian federal government changed the rules to allow foreign banks into the country. HSBC was not the first foreign bank to enter Australia, the first was Chase-AMP, but HSBC was one of the first foreign entrants into the business banking sector.