The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited opened in Hong Kong on 3 March 1865 and in Shanghai one month later. It was the first locally owned bank to operate according to Scottish banking principles.
HSBC in Belgium
Since 1991, HSBC has been supporting international companies in Belgium through its global network.
HSBC’s connectivity and worldwide footprint enables us to offer our corporate clients a global perspective combined with local knowledge and expertise. We can connect customers in Europe with opportunities across 90 per cent of the world’s trade flows.
Corporate Banking
We provide a wide range of banking services and financial solutions to large corporate clients headquartered in Belgium as well as regional treasury centres and subsidiaries of multinationals based in Belgium. From our office in the heart of Brussels, our dedicated relationship managers, along with regional and global account managers and product experts, are able to offer specialised products and knowledge to Treasurers and Chief Finance Officers of these companies.
Our services in Belgium include corporate credit and lending, trade and receivables financing, global payments solutions, interest rates and foreign exchange risk management. HSBC in Belgium is supported by a strong platform of experts specialising in full range of capital markets solutions (equity and debt), sector knowledge to support ambitions of inorganic growth i.e. mergers and acquisitions (M&A), export and project financing, economic research and others. Our account and transaction services are delivered via our online banking platform (HSBCnet), host-to-host connectivity (HSBC Connect), and the SWIFT payment system.
If you have any questions relating to our services or would like any further information, speak to your HSBC Relationship Manager or email hsbc.brussels@hsbc.com.
The office in Brussels does not offer personal or private banking services, and so cannot provide assistance to personal or private banking customers of other HSBC entities.
Key products and solutions
Investment Banking
- Financing Solutions - Leverage and Acquisition finance
- Debt and Equity Financial Markets
- Credit and Lending - HSBC offers a full lending product suite, underpinned by universal banking capabilities
Transactional Banking
- Global Payments Solutions (GPS) - we offer pan-European coverage of 34 countries
- Global Trade Solutions (GTS) - we deliver trade services through the UK and our Euro Area entities located in France, Germany and across HSBC’s EEA network. Clients can access both proprietary solutions (e.g. HSBCnet, Host to Host) and bank agnostic solutions (e.g. SWIFT for Corporates for Trade)
Global Markets
- Spot, forwards, NDFs and FX options in all major currencies and many minor/emerging market currencies. A dedicated FX team in London supports Belgian corporates and multinationals to solve issues relating to currency risk management
HSBC Group history timeline
1865
Hong Kong harbour, Chinese artist, early 1860s
Staff in Fuzhou, China, 1887
Portrait of Thomas Jackson, around 1890
Chinese railway bond certificate, 1907
Staff in military uniform, First World War
Hong Kong building, 1965
Prison camp diary of HSBC staff member Max Haymes, 1943
Hong Kong garment factory, around 1950
Persian banknote, early 20th century
UK cash machine, around 1970
HSBC office, New York, 1999
HSBC lion, London, present day
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