Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) (Xiānggǎng-Shànghǎi Huìfēng Yínháng 香港上海汇丰银行)|Xiānggǎng-Shànghǎi Huìfēng Yínháng 香港上海汇丰银行 (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC))

JI Zhaojin

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation headquarters in Shanghai. The building is the centerpiece of the Bund, Shanghai’s famous waterside promenade.

The Hongkong (spelled as one word) and Shanghai Banking Corporation has been a leading foreign bank in China since 1865. HSBC was a quasi-official bank during the later Qing dynasty and lent money to the Qing government for political indemnities, national railways, and military campaigns by using China’s customs revenues