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Fast facts
- HSBC has over 100 million customers around the world across its four Customer Groups and Global Businesses;
- HSBC has around 9,500 offices in 85 countries and territories;
- 45 million of our customers have registered for internet banking;
- We have over 335,000 staff in 85 countries and territories;
- And we have over 200,000 holders of record of our ordinary shares;
Please note figures are rounded
- In February 2008, HSBC was named the world's most valuable banking brand according to The Banker magazine's Top 500 Financial Brand Listing.
- Whilst HSBC's lead regulator is the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom, our businesses around the world are regulated and supervised by approximately 510 central banks and regulatory authorities;
- HSBC’s earnings are diversified geographically and by Customer Group:
Geographical Contribution* Europe 50.5% Hong Kong 30.% Rest of Asia Pacific 35.4% Latin America 12.3% North America (28.2)%
Customer Group contribution* Commercial Banking 45.0% Global Banking and Markets 26.2% Personal Financial Services 22.6% Private Banking 8.0% Other (1.8)% (*Pretax profit for the first half of the year ended 30 June 2008)
- HSBC's dividend has grown at a compound annual rate of 17.3% over the last 15 years;
- Over the same period the total return to shareholders has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 28.5% - or stated in simpler terms, £100 invested in HSBC on 31 December 1990 would have been worth £4,281 at the end of 2005.
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