The HSBC Bank (HSBC Holdings plc) is, according to the CNN Global 500 list of 2011, the 46-largest companies in the world [1]. The total assets of the end of 2011 amounted to 2.556 billion U.S. dollars, the profit before tax in 2011, 16.797 billion U.S. dollars. By market capitalization in 2011 of 102.72 billion euros, it is the largest bank in Europe. [2]
In Germany, HSBC is represented by HSBC Trinkaus.
The bank is one of the major banks, which...
