HSBC UK

HSBC UK provides comprehensive banking and financial services, encompassing personal finance, commercial banking, private banking, consumer finance, and corporate and investment banking, to customers across the United Kingdom from its headquarters in Birmingham, England. As a wholly owned subsidiary of the global HSBC group, it serves a diverse base of personal, wealth, and corporate clients through approximately 1800 physical sites and extensive digital channels. The bank is an integral part of the larger HSBC entity, which collectively serves 41 million customers across 56 countries and territories worldwide. Key figures in its lineage include Thomas Sutherland, who established the original HSBC, Clara Furse, the inaugural Chairwoman of HSBC UK, and influential early Chief Manager Thomas Jackson. HSBC UK's deep roots in the UK market stem from Midland Bank, founded in 1836, while the overarching HSBC group was established in 1865 by Thomas Sutherland.