Bend over and get ready for probing, in the nicest possible manner, with an apology in advance, from Asia's Finest Local Global Bank.
Wonder what consumers can do to detect banks who are trying to abuse their personal information.Effective immediately, retail customers must disclose how their accounts are used, in addition to providing their address, contact details, employment and income history, to qualify for an HSBC account. Corporate clients must provide information with supporting documents on the nature of their business, ownership data, the jurisdiction of their operations, source of funding and the purpose of the account, said the bank’s Hong Kong chief executive Diana Cesar.
“It’s going to be a frustrating exercise,” Cesar said. “We understand how frustrating the requests for information from banks can be, particularly for longstanding customers, and we sincerely apologise for the inconvenience they cause, but this information is essential to enabling us to detect those who are trying to abuse the financial system.”
HSBC’s new compliance rules require clients to provide more account information | South China Morning Post