Global banking group with a 47,000-strong India operation spanning branches, service centres and technology hubs
hsbc.comLegal name
HSBC Holdings plc
Founded
1865
Industry
Banking and financial services (universal banking)
Headquarters
8 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, UK; India head office at 52/60 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Mumbai 400001Group CEO
Georges Elhedery
Group Chairman
Brendan Nelson
Revenue (FY2025)
US$68.3 billion
Market Cap
US$353.54 billion (July 2026)
Listed on
LSE: HSBA; NYSE: HSBC; SEHK: 5
HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational banking and financial services group founded in 1865 and headquartered at 8 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London. It's listed on the London Stock Exchange (HSBA), the New York Stock Exchange (HSBC) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (5), with a market capitalisation of about US$353 billion as of July 2026. The group reported revenue of US$68.3 billion and profit before tax of US$29.9 billion for 2025, and employs roughly 211,000 people worldwide.
The bank is organised around Corporate and Institutional Banking, International Wealth and Premier Banking, and its Hong Kong and UK businesses, and describes itself as the world's largest trade bank. Georges Elhedery has been Group CEO since September 2024, Pam Kaur is Group CFO, and Brendan Nelson serves as Group Chairman. Current strategy centres on simplification, a target of 17 percent return on tangible equity or better each year from 2026 to 2028, and heavy investment in AI, including a multi-year Google Cloud partnership announced in June 2026.
India is one of HSBC's largest markets by headcount. The bank traces its Indian roots to the Mercantile Bank of India, set up in Mumbai in 1853 and acquired by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1959, and it opened its first ATM in India in 1987. HSBC employs about 47,000 people in India across banking branches, Global Service Centres in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Gurgaon, and large technology teams in Hyderabad and Pune. Hitendra Dave is CEO of HSBC India, and the bank offers retail and wealth, commercial, trade, capital markets and asset management services, plus an international banking unit at GIFT City.
Group Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Holdings plc
Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
Group Chief Financial Officer
Chief Executive Officer, HSBC India
Interview experience
7 out of 10
Interview difficulty
Medium, 6 out of 10
Interview process length
About a week for most candidates
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Q: You are provided with numbers in the range 1 to 100 and only one number is missing. Find the number.
A: Sum the numbers you were given and subtract that from the expected total of n times n plus one divided by two. The difference is the missing number, and it runs in linear time with constant extra space.
Q: Given an array of integers, find the contiguous subarray with the largest sum.
A: Use Kadane's algorithm: walk the array once, keeping a running sum that resets whenever it drops below zero, and track the best sum seen so far. That's O(n) time and O(1) space.
Q: What is the difference between SQL and NoSQL databases, for example MySQL versus MongoDB?
A: SQL stores are relational with a fixed schema, strong joins and ACID transactions, while NoSQL stores like MongoDB use flexible documents and scale horizontally more easily. In banking you usually pick SQL where consistency and auditability matter and NoSQL for high-volume, loosely structured data.
Q: Describe the four pillars of Object Oriented Programming and how you've applied them in your projects.
A: Encapsulation, abstraction, inheritance and polymorphism. Give a short definition of each, then anchor one or two to code you actually wrote, such as an interface that let you swap payment providers without touching callers.
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July 7, 2026
HSBC narrows Türkiye focus to international wholesale clients
HSBC said it's reviewing retail banking and domestic small and mid-sized corporate banking at HSBC Bank A.S. in Türkiye. Wholesale banking for international and cross-border clients continues, and no final decisions have been made.
#Restructuring #Banking #Strategy
View postJune 17, 2026
HSBC and Google Cloud sign multi-year AI banking partnership
The two firms expect more than 200 new AI use cases within two years, starting with hyper-personalised wealth management, financial crime risk management and AI-empowered teams. More than 600 HSBC applications already run on Google Cloud.
#AI #Partnership #Banking
View postMay 5, 2026
HSBC posts $9.4bn Q1 2026 pre-tax profit as revenue rises 6%
Revenue rose to $18.6 billion while profit before tax slipped $0.1 billion year on year. The board declared a first interim dividend of $0.10 per share and kept its 17 percent return on tangible equity target for 2026 to 2028.
#Earnings #Banking #Results
View postMarch 23, 2026
HSBC names David Rice as its first Chief AI Officer
HSBC announced David Rice as Chief AI Officer with effect from 1 April 2026. The role centralises the bank's AI agenda across its global businesses.
#AI #Leadership #Appointment
View postFebruary 25, 2026
HSBC reports 2025 revenue of $68.3bn and pre-tax profit of $29.9bn
Full-year revenue rose 4 percent while reported profit before tax fell $2.4 billion on notable items. HSBC set a 17 percent return on tangible equity or better target for each year from 2026 to 2028 and declared a fourth interim dividend of $0.45 per share.
#Earnings #AnnualResults #Banking
View postHSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational banking and financial services group founded in 1865. It runs Corporate and Institutional Banking, International Wealth and Premier Banking, and large retail businesses in Hong Kong and the UK, and describes itself as the world's largest trade bank.
