Hong Kong And Shanghai Bank. Like the Shanghai lions, the Hong Kong lions became objects of veneration, and foci of the Bank's perceived excellent feng shui. After the British established Hong Kong as a colony in the aftermath of the First Opium War, merchants from other parts of the British Empire, now in Hong Kong, felt the need for a bank to finance the growing trade, through Hong Kong and sometimes also through Shanghai, between China and British India, the rest of the British Empire and Europe, of goods, produces and merchandises of all kinds.
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited is the founding member of the HSBC Group. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) provides commercial banking services. HSBC was born from one simple idea - a local bank serving international needs.
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Conceived during a sensitive period in the former colony's history, the brief for the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Headquarters was a statement of confidence: to create 'the best bank building in the world'. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) provides commercial banking services. It was the first locally owned bank to operate according to Scottish banking principles.