#banking #fareast - HSBC: Above The Law | BANKSTERS Full Documentary: DocRoom

23 July 2026

From the director of ‘Goldman Sachs: The Bank that Rules the World’ comes a major new investigation into corruption at one of the world’s top financial institutions - HSBC.

If HSBC were a country, it would be the fifth world economic power. Founded during the golden age of the Opium trade to enable the British Empire to access the Chinese market, it has created a unique network to move dirty money around the world. From tax evasion to money laundering for the mafia and manipulation of currency, “this bank had done everything bad that a bank can possibly do."

In 2012, HSBC nearly lost its license to operate in the US for laundering the money of the Mexican and Columbian drug cartels. Criminal charges were filed and HSBC’s executives hauled before a Senate committee. But George Osborne, UK’s then Chancellor of the Exchequer, wrote to his counterpart in America and to the Chairman of the Federal Reserve to plead for leniency.

He claimed that if HSBC received a harsh punishment, it would have serious repercussions on the world’s financial and economic stability. The letter worked and HSBC was fined 2 billion euros. The equivalent of one month’s profits. As the center of international finance moves to Asia, HSBC is in prime position. It is the most Chinese of Western banks and the most European of Chinese banks.

Protected by London, blessed by Beijing, who would dare attack it?

#banking #offshore #privatebanking - The New Banking Rules That Could Trap Your Money in 2026: GlobalBanks

28 March 2026

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#usa #banking #investment - FIRST US Bank Fails in 2026 - Won't Be Last, 2,000 Banks Face $1.5 Trillion Crisis: House of El

2 February 2026

The first U.S. bank failure of the year didn’t come with sirens or panic — it came with reassurances. That’s exactly how systemic crises begin. In this video, we look past the official calm and examine the patterns quietly aligning beneath the surface of the global financial system. What you’ll learn in this episode: 🏦 How the sudden closure of a mid-sized Chicago bank fits a dangerous historical pattern 📉 Why “orderly resolutions” often mask deeper balance-sheet deterioration 🏢 How commercial real estate exposure is quietly destabilizing nearly 2,000 U.S. banks 💸 Why delayed loss recognition (“extend and pretend”) is increasing systemic fragility 🌍 How Japan, Europe, and global investors are already repositioning away from U.S. risk 🏛️ Why deregulation during peak vulnerability echoes 2006 — not stability ⏳ What the $1.5 trillion CRE maturity wall means for 2025–2026 bank failures

#BankingCrisis #CommercialRealEstate #FinancialStability #USBanks #SystemicRisk #Geopolitics #DollarSystem #EconomicConfidence #HouseOfEl #CriticalThinking #AwakeBook

#Banking #Computing #HSBC - A 'Sputnik Moment' | HSBC Quantum Computing Breakthrough: Bloomberg

25 September 2025

HSBC says it's achieved a world-first breakthrough in deploying quantum computing in financial markets, as a race intensifies among some of Wall Street's biggest firms to embed the cutting-edge technology in their daily operations. "Is this a 'Sputnik moment' for quantum? 

My instinct is yes," said Philip Intallura, group head of quantum technologies at HSBC, referring to the pivotal event that sparked a space race between the US and Soviet Union during the Cold War. 

Bloomberg Tech Europe Anchor Tom Mackenzie joins Caroline Hepker on Bloomberg Radio to discuss.