News Release
HSBC Officially Opens Irvine and Torrance, CA Branches
Grants Presented to Local Organizations at Grand Opening Celebrations
7 August 2007
New York -- HSBC Bank USA, N.A. today announced the official grand openings of two California branches in Irvine and Torrance. The Irvine branch is located at 15315 Culver Drive, Suite 187 and the Torrance branch is located at 21842 Hawthorne Boulevard. To celebrate both openings, HSBC will host a welcome reception at each branch for guests including customers, community leaders, employees and other VIPs.
During the Irvine Grand Opening reception being held on Wednesday,
"As HSBC continues to expand throughout the U.S., California is and will remain a very important market for us," according to David Tunnicliffe, HSBC Executive Vice President and Regional President. "We are especially thrilled to build on HSBC's significant presence in the state and to continue to offer customers a wide mix of products and services. Furthermore, as a global organization, we are committed to the local communities where we work, live and do business and are proud to support these three local organizations."
In order to serve the surrounding community's needs the Irvine office speaks Mandarin, Taiwanese and Spanish in addition to English. The Torrance branch speaks the following languages in addition to English, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Cantonese, Japanese, Vietnamese and Spanish. Amenities available at each branch include ATMs, safe deposit boxes, on-site parking, Premier relationship managers, mortgage specialists and financial advisors. In addition, the Torrance branch will have an on-site business relationship manager. Joyce Guerard is the branch manager for the Torrance branch and Wendy Zimmerman is the branch manager in Irvine.
HSBC currently has 21 branches in California and plans to double this number by 2009.
About HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
HSBC Bank USA, N.A. has nearly 450 bank branches throughout the United States, with about 400 in New York State and a growing network of branches in New Jersey, Florida and California. The bank also has branches in Delaware, Washington, D.C., Washington state, Pennsylvania, and Oregon. It is the principal subsidiary of HSBC USA Inc., an indirectly-held, wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings Inc. HSBC USA Inc. one of the nation's 10 largest bank holding companies by assets.
Media inquiries to:
Francine Minadeo
francine.v.minadeo@us.hsbc.com
