holdings plc industry finance and insurance founded 1894 headquarters paris france key people jean beunardeau ceo jean manuel richier vice chairman products financial services number of employees 11 700 website www.hsbc.fr hsbc france sa is a subsidiary of hsbc headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of paris . 1 it was formed on 1 november 2005 when hsbc rebranded ccf s.a. cr dit commercial de france together with its subsidiaries ubp banque de picardie and banque hervet . hsbc had acquired ccf in 2000 ; the bank changed its name to hsbc s.a. and then to hsbc france . about half of the former networks of ccf union de banques paris banque hervet banque de picardie and banque de baecque beau now trade as hsbc . this represents a 380 strong network of branches in france with a very strong presence in the paris region . other group operations in france include a significant hsbc private bank presence along with a major corporate institutional banking and markets operation . the paris trading floor is the group s second largest trading floor in europe . specific areas of particular expertise and responsibility are the trading of government bonds and euro interest rate derivatives arranging of corporate cash calls disintermediated and structured finance and project finance . hsbc france had seven regional subsidiaries with 420 branches but sold them to banque populaire in 2008 . these regional subsidiaries were soci t marseillaise de cr dit banque de savoie banque chaix banque marze banque dupuy banque de parseval banque pelletier and cr dit commercial du sud ouest . hsbc hq in paris 8th arr . contents 1 ccf joins the hsbc group 2 check fee collusion 3 see also 4 references 5 external links ccf joins the hsbc group edit when hsbc acquired ccf ccf was operating with 650 branches and assets of 69 billion . in april 2000 hsbc holdings plc announced its intention to acquire the bank and completed the deal in july . that month hsbc holdings plc listed on the paris stock exchange for the first time . the acquisition enabled hsbc to establish itself in one of the main european markets and to build a strong platform in the euro zone . ccf continued to expand with the purchase of banque pelletier 2000 and banque hervet 2001 . ccf won a bidding war for banque hervet which the french government was re privatizing when its bid of 480 million beat out bids from paribas credit du nord dexia and insurer groupama . with the acquisition of ccf hsbc acquired ccf s stake in lombard bank in malta . at the time hsbc already owned the largest bank in malta . in 2002 hsbc sold its shares in lombard bank malta to swiss based banca unione di credito . ccf also sold its 93.3 per cent stake in cr dit international d egypte cie an egyptian commercial bank listed on the cairo stock exchange to cr dit agricole indosuez 75 % and the el mansour and el maghraby groups 25 % . hsbc was already operating in egypt through hsbc bank egypt . in 2002 ccf acquired 11 branches outside paris from banque worms deutsche bank . check fee collusion edit in 2010 the french government s autorit de la concurrence the department in charge of regulating competition fined eleven french banks including hsbc france the sum of 384 900 000 euros for colluding to charge unjustified fees on check processing especially for extra fees charged during the transition from paper check transfer to exchanges check image electronic transfer . 2 3 see also edit paris portal companies portal hsbc holdings plc hsbc bank plc references edit contact us . hsbc . retrieved on 12 september 2011 . hsbc francehsbc france paris address 103 avenue des champs elysees 75419 paris cedex 08 3rd update french watchdog fines 11 banks for fee cartel elena bertson dow jones news wires wall street journal online retr 2010 9 20 collusion in the banking sector press release of autorit de la concurrence r publique fran aise 20 september 2010 retrv 2010 9 20 external links edit hsbc france website hsbc france bank profile in english v t e hsbc board of directors douglas flint group chairman stuart gulliver group ceo iain mackay group finance director marc moses group chief risk officer phillip ameen kathleen l. casey safra a. catz laura cha lord evans of weardale joachim faber rona fairhead sam laidlaw john lipsky rachel lomax heidi miller sir simon robertson jonathan symonds brands first direct hang seng bank hsbc hsbc expat hsbc premier hsbc private bank hsbc trinkaus m & s money proa sabb principal local banks argentina australia canada people s republic of china egypt france germany hong kong india malaysia middle east mexico panama poland saudi arabia sri lanka taiwan turkey united kingdom united states minority stakes and joint ventures bank of communications 19 % hsbc saudi arabia 60 % sabb 40 % ping an insurance 19.9 % techcombank 15 % bank of shanghai 8 % predecessor companies grupo banistmo bank of british columbia barclays bank canada beneficial continental bank of canada cr dit commercial de france greenwich savings bank guyerzeller household imperial bank of persia lloyds bank canada marine midland bank midland bank republic new york samuel montagu & co. williamsburgh savings bank former susbsidiaries hsbc bank brazil category commons wikiversity v t e members of euro banking association austria allgemeine sparkasse oberosterreich bank f r tirol und vorarlberg ag bks bank ag erste group bank ag oberbank ag oesterreichische nationalbank raiffeisen zentralbank sterreich ag raiffeisenlandesbank ober sterreich ag raiffeisen landesbank tirol ag steierm rkische bank und sparkassen ag belgium dexia bank nv kbc bank nv bank van de post cyprus bank of cyprus hellenic bank denmark amagerbanken a s arbejdernes landsbank a s danske andelskassers bank a s danske bank a s diba bank a s djurslands bank a s jyske bank a s nordjyske bank a s n rresundby bank stjydsk bank a s ringk bing landbobank roskilde bank a s skjern bank spar nord bank sparekassen sj lland sydbank a s vestfyns bank a s vestjysk bank finland aktia bank plc bank of land plc pohjola bank plc s bank ltd. tapiola bank ltd france banque michel inchausp bami banque palatine bnp paribas sa bpce bred banque populaire cr dit agricole sa cr dit coop ratif cr dit du nord cr dit mutuel ark a credit mutuel cic banque hsbc france la banque postale natixis soci t g n rale germany berenberg bank bhf bank bremer landesbank commerzbank ag deutsche bank ag deutsche bundesbank deutsche postbank dz bank ag europe arab bank frankfurt hamburger sparkasse ag j.p. morgan chase bank ag landesbank baden w rttemberg landesbank berlin holding landesbank hessen th ringen oldenburgische landesbank secb swiss euro clearing bank gmbh the bank of new york mellon frankfurt branch vtb bank deutschland ag greece alpha bank sa eurobank ergasias sa national bank of greece sa piraeus bank sa hungary magyar nemzeti bank otp bank fhb mortgage bank merkantil bank kereskedelmi s hitelbank magyar takar ksz vetkezeti bank mkb bank porsche bank hungaria kinizsi bank magnet bank hanwha bank budapest hitel s fejleszt si bank ireland allied irish banks bank of ireland italy banca agricola popolare di ragusa banca del fucino banca del piemonte banca delle marche banca di imola banca monte dei paschi di siena banca nazionale del lavoro banca popolare del lazio banca popolare dell emilia romagna banca popolare di milano banca popolare di sondrio banca popolare di vicenza banca sella banca tercas banco popolare cassa di risparmio della provincia di chieti cassa di risparmio di cesena cassa di risparmio di fermo nuova cassa di risparmio di ferrara cassa di risparmio di loreto cassa di risparmio di ravenna credito emiliano credito valtellinese iccrea banca intesa sanpaolo istituto centrale delle banche popolari italiane raiffeisen landesbank s dtirol cassa centrale raiffeisen dell alto adige s dtiroler volksbank banca popolare dell alto adige ubi banca unicredit veneto banca luxembourg banque et caisse d pargne de l 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