Banks
HSBC is one of the world's largest banking groups, combining retail and wealth management with corporate, institutional and investment-banking services. Its strategy is increasingly focused on Asia, particularly Hong Kong, alongside a substantial UK banking franchise.
Personal and business banking, mortgages and lending, deposits, wealth management, insurance, payments, trade finance, corporate banking, capital markets and securities services.
Hong Kong and mainland China are central to the group's growth strategy, supported by major operations in the UK and other Asian and international financial centres.
Interest rates and net interest income, wealth-management inflows, Asian economic activity, loan growth, credit quality, trading and fee income, cost control, capital returns and continued portfolio simplification.
Credit losses, Chinese and Hong Kong economic weakness, property exposure, falling interest margins, geopolitical tension, regulation, financial crime and conduct risk, cyber security and foreign exchange movements.
4 August 2026: first-half pre-tax profit rose 23% to $19.5bn and HSBC raised its 2026 net interest income guidance to more than $46bn. It also restarted share buybacks with a programme of up to $1bn as wealth revenue continued to grow strongly.
Pays quarterly in US dollars. The 2025 fourth interim dividend of $0.45 went ex-dividend in London on 12 March 2026 and was paid on 30 April. The first 2026 interim of $0.10 went ex-dividend on 14 May and was paid on 26 June; a second $0.10 interim was declared on 4 August.
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