HSBC Holdings plc (Chinese: 滙豐), originally The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, and known locally as HongkongBank in Hong Kong during the 1980s-90s, is a British universal bank and financial services group headquartered in London, England, with historical and business links to East Asia and a multinational footprint. It is the largest Europe-based bank by total assets, ahead of BNP Pari...