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An Overview of HSBC Group: The HSBC Group is named after its founding member, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, which was established in 1865 in Hong Kong and Shanghai to finance the growing trade between China and Europe. Thomas Sutherland, a Hong Kong Superintendent of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company helped to establish this bank in March 1865. Throughout the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, the bank established a network of agencies and branches based mainly in China and South East Asia but also with representation in the Indian sub-continent, Japan, Europe and North America. The post-war political and economic changes in the world forced the bank to analyze its strategy for continued growth in the 1950s. The bank diversified both its business and its geographical spread through acquisitions and alliances. HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of the HSBC Group, was established in 1991 with its shares quoted on both the London and Hong Kong stock exchanges. The HSBC Group now comprises a unique range of banks and financial service providers around the globe. HSBC maintains one of the world’s largest private data communication networks and is reconfiguring its business for the e-age. Its rapidly growing e-commerce capability includes the use of the internet, PC banking over a private network, 1 | Page
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Page 1: An Overview of HSBC Group

An Overview of HSBC Group:

The HSBC Group is named after its founding member, The

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, which was

established in 1865 in Hong Kong and Shanghai to finance the

growing trade between China and Europe.

Thomas Sutherland, a Hong Kong Superintendent of the

Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company helped to

establish this bank in March 1865. Throughout the late

nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, the bank

established a network of agencies and branches based mainly in

China and South East Asia but also with representation in the

Indian sub-continent, Japan, Europe and North America.

The post-war political and economic changes in the world

forced the bank to analyze its strategy for continued growth

in the 1950s. The bank diversified both its business and its

geographical spread through acquisitions and alliances.

HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of the HSBC Group, was

established in 1991 with its shares quoted on both the London

and Hong Kong stock exchanges. The HSBC Group now comprises a

unique range of banks and financial service providers around

the globe.

HSBC maintains one of the world’s largest private data

communication networks and is reconfiguring its business for

the e-age. Its rapidly growing e-commerce capability includes

the use of the internet, PC banking over a private network,

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interactive TV, and fixed and mobile, including wireless

application protocol or WAP-enabled mobile, telephones.

HSBC Mission Statement:

“We aim to satisfy our customers with high quality service

that reflects our global image as the premier international

bank”

 Objectives of HSBC:

HSBC’s objectives are to provide innovative products supported

by quality delivery of systems and excellence customer

services, to train and motivate staffs and to exercise social

responsibility. By combining regional strengths with group

network HSBC’s aim is to be the one of the leading banks in

its principle markets. HSBC’s goal is to achieve sustained

earnings growth and to continue to enhance shareholders value.

 HSBC History:

The HSBC Group has a history, which is unique. Many of its

principal companies opened for business over a century ago and

they have a history rich in variety and achievement.

Foundation and Growth:

The inspiration behind the founding of the bank was Thomas

Sutherland, a Scot who was then working as the Hong Kong

Superintendent of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation

Company. Realizing the considerable demand for local banking

facilities both in Hong Kong and along the China coast and he

helped to establish the bank in March 1865. Then, as now, the

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bank’s headquarters were at 1 Queen’s Road Central in Hong

Kong and a branch was opened one month later in Shanghai.

Throughout the late nineteenth and the early twentieth

centuries, the bank established a network of agencies and

branches based mainly in China and South East Asia but also

with representation in the Indian sub-continent, Japan, Europe

and North America. In many of its branches the bank was the

pioneer of modern banking practices. From the outset, trade

finance was a strong feature of the bank’s business with gold

bars, exchange and merchant banking also playing an important

part. Additionally, the bank issued notes in many countries

throughout the Far East.

During the Second World War the bank was forced to close many

branches and its head office was temporarily moved to London.

However, after the war the bank played a key role in the

reconstruction of the Hong Kong economy and began to further

diversify the geographical spread of the bank.

The Making of the modern HSBC Group:

The post-war political and economic changes in the world

forced the bank to analyze its strategy for continued growth

in the 1950s. The bank diversified both its business and its

geographical spread through acquisitions and alliances. This

strategy culminated in 1992 with one of the largest bank

acquisitions in history when HSBC Holdings acquired the UK’s

Midland Bank plc (now called HSBC Bank plc). However, it

remained committed to its historical markets and played an

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important part in the reconstruction of Hong Kong where its

branch network continued to expand.

Banks under the HSBC Group:

Many of the members have changed their name into HSBC, The

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited to introduce

the whole group under one brand name.

Midland Bank HSBC Holdings acquired Midland Bank one of the

principal UK clearing banks in 1992. Headquartered

in London, the bank has a personal customer base of

five and a half million, business customers of over

half a million, and a network of almost 1,700

branches in the United Kingdom. Midland has offices

in 28 countries and territories, principally in

continental Europe, with a number of offices in

Latin America.

Hang Seng

Bank

Hang Seng Bank, in which Hongkong Bank has a 62.1%

equity interest, maintains a network of 146

branches in the Hong Kong SAR, where it is the

second largest locally incorporated bank after

Hongkong Bank. Hang Seng Bank also has a branch in

Singapore and two branches and two representative

offices in China.

Marine

Midland Bank

Marine Midland Bank headquartered in Buffalo, New

York, has 380 banking locations statewide. The bank

serves over two million personal customers and

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120,000 commercial and institutional customers in

New YorkState and, in selected businesses,

throughout the United States.

Hongkong

Bank of

Canada

Hongkong Bank of Canada is the largest foreign-

owned bank in Canada and the country’s seventh-

largest bank. With headquarters in Vancouver, it

has 116 branches across Canada and two branches in

the western United States.

Banco HSBC

Bamerindus

Banco HSBC Bamerindus was established in Brazil in

1997. The bank has network of some 1,900 branches

and sub-branches, the second largest in Brazil.

Hongkong

Bank

Malaysia

Hongkong Bank Malaysia is the largest foreign-owned

bank in Malaysia and the country’s fifth-largest

bank, with 36 branches.

The British

Bank of the

Middle East

(British

Bank)

The British Bank of the Middle East (British Bank)

is the largest and most widely represented

international bank in the Middle East, with 31

branches throughout the United Arab Emirates, Oman,

Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinian

Autonomous Area, including an offshore banking unit

in Bahrain. The bank also has branches in Mumbai

and Trivandrum, India, and Baku, Azerbaijan, as

well as private banking operations in London and

Geneva.

HSBC Banco HSBC Banco Roberts was acquired in 1997. Based in

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Roberts Buenos Aires, it is one of Argentina’s largest

privately owned banks, with 60 branches throughout

the country.

Hongkong

Bank of

Australia

Hongkong Bank of Australia has 16 branches across

Australia. It is the flagship of the HSBC Group’s

businesses there, operating under the name HSBC

Australia, and providing a complete range of

financial services.

The Saudi

British Bank

The Saudi British Bank, a 40%-owned member of the

HSBC Group, has 63 branches throughout Saudi Arabia

and a branch in London.

Other associated Group banks are British Arab Commercial Bank,

The Cyprus Popular Bank and Egyptian British Bank.

Customer Segments of HSBC Group:

Personal HSBC provides a full range of personal financial

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Financial

Services

services, including current and savings account,

mortgages, insurance, credit cards, loans,

pensions and investments. In 2000, residential

mortgages across the Group – excluding Household

– grew by 15%, while non-mortgage personal

lending increased by over 20%. Credit cards in

issue grew by 20% worldwide. Sales of repayment

protection insurance and deposit growth reached

record levels. Current account balances in the UK

exceeded £ 10 billion for the first time at year-

end 2000. The number of customers registered for

e-banking services – via the internet and

telephone – more than trebled in 2000. The

internet generated sales of over 2.3 million

products and 87 million transactions.

Consumer

Finance

Through Household International, Inc., HSBC is

now a major provider of consumer finance and a

top 10 issuer of credit cards in the USA.

Household provides consumer loans, credit cards,

vehicle finance, mortgage financing and credit

insurance to middle America. During 2004,

Household achieved good organic loan growth,

which it supplemented with portfolio

acquisitions. The strongest growth was in the

real estate portfolio and the mortgage services

business, and also in branch-based consumer

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lending. Synergy benefits with HSBC included

store cards and point-of-sale financing.

Commercial

Banking

The provision of services to small and medium-

sized enterprises around the world is core

strength of HSBC. During 2000, HSBC increased its

leading position in the UK business start-up

market to 21% and attracted record levels of

business current and deposit account balances.

Business internet banking was offered in 20

countries and territories, and the number of

registered users more than doubled to 600,000.

Money transmission revenues, trade finance fees,

wealth, savings and insurance products all

showing growth during 2000.

Corporate,

Investment

Banking and

Markets

This customer group comprises four main business

lines – Corporate and Institutional Banking,

Global Investment Banking, Global Markets and

Global Transaction Banking – which focus on long-

term relationships with major international

corporations and institutions. Record results

were achieved in 2000. The Global Markets

business excelled, particularly in international

debt issuance, risk management and structured

products, and foreign exchange. Global Investment

Banking was entrusted with a number of landmark

deals in capital restructuring, corporate

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reorganization and strategic advice.

Private

Banking

This customer group provides world-class

financial services to high net worth individuals

and their families. In 2000, Private Banking

posted improved financial results in all regions,

led by Asia, which had a record year. New

business initiatives and a general improvement in

investment markets led to increased client

activity across a range of products. An increase

in discretionary mandates, together with a strong

demand for client-tailored structured products,

contributed to higher fee revenues and dealing

income. Funds under management grew by 18%,

reflecting both net inflows of client assets and

improving market conditions.

HSBC International network:

The HSBC Group’s international network comprises of some

10,500 offices in 81 countries. A brief list is presented as

of 2007 in the next page:

Europe

Armenia 2 Greece 70 Netherlan

ds

1

Azerbaijan 1 Hungary 3 Poland 5

Belgium 6 Ireland 14 Russia 3

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Channel

Islands

34 Isle of Man 6 Spain 4

Cyprus 144 Italy 5 Sweden 3

Czech

Republic

4 Luxembourg 8 Switzerla

nd

15

France 836 Malta 64 Turkey 160

Germany 11 Monaco 2 United

Kingdom

1908

Asia-

Pacific

Australia 39 Indonesia 13 New

Zealand

9

Bangladesh 9 Japan 6 Pakistan 4

Brunei

Darussalam

13 Kazakhstan 1 Philippin

es

24

China 30 Korea

Republic

12 Singapore 26

Cook

Islands

1 Macau Special

Admin.Region

5 Sri Lanka 10

Hong Kong 381 Malaysia 42 Taiwan 19

India 41 Maldives 1 Thailand 2

Vietnam 2

Americas

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Argentina 196 Canada 282 United

States of

America

3566

Bahamas 5 Cayman

Islands

6 Uruguay 6

Bermuda 9 Chile 2 Venezuela 1

Brazil 1470 Mexico 1387 British

Virgin

Islands

3

Panama 16

Middle

East &

Africa

Algeria 1 Israel 4 Palestinian

Autonomous

Area

1

Angola 1 Jordan 2 Qatar 4

Bahrain 8 Lebanon 6 Saudi Arabia 75

Cote d

Ivoire

1 Libya 1 South Africa 10

Egypt 16 Mauriti

us

14 Uganda 1

Ghana 1 Morocco 1 United Arab 16

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Emirates

Iran 1 Oman 5

Country Classifications

To ensure that the key resources (management time, capital,

human resources and information technology) are correctly

allocated and that the exchange of best practice is

accelerated between entities, the group has classified the

countries where it operates into 3 categories: the large, the

major and the international.

These classifications are a function of sustainable,

attributable earnings, the number of retail clients, balance

sheet and size of operation. A brief presentation of this

classification is shown below:

Large: United Kingdom, USA and Hong Kong SAR/Mainland China.

Definition

►   More than one million personal clients

►   Sustainable earnings greater than US$ 200 million

Business Focus

►   Concentrated group resources on wealth management

►   Be a top 10 player in any market or region served

►   Develop cross selling, loyalty programs and value added

products.

Major: Argentina, Canada, Malaysia, India, Kingdom of Saudi

Arabia, Singapore and       United Arab Emirates.

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Definition

►   Sustainable earnings between US$ 100 – 200 million

Business Focus

►   Universal bank’s (personal, corporate, and investment

banking with domestic business)

►   Platforms for international group business

►   Next generation of large companies

►   Stable self funding entities

►   Onshore HQ

International: The rest of the world.

Definition

►   Earnings below US$ 100 million

Business Focus

►   Platforms for international group business

►   Limited domestic presence

►   “Nursery” for developing management

►   Tomorrow’s major businesses

►   Supported by offshore HQ

 International Brand

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A key part of the Group’s business strategy is the creation of

a global brand featuring the HSBC name and hexagon symbol. The

symbol is now a familiar sight around the world. The Group has

embarked on the next phase — making the HSBC brand universally

synonymous with its core values of integrity, trust and

excellent customer service.

HSBC Brand & Corporate Identity:

The Hexagon logo of HSBC derives from HSBC’s traditionally

flag, a white rectangle divided diagonally. The design of the

flag was based on the cross of ST.Andrew, The Patron Saint of

Scotland.

HSBC brand & corporate identity represents what HSBC wants its

brand to mean to its customer. It is derived from the group:

Corporate Character:

HSBC is a prudent, cost conscious, ethically grounded,

conservative, trustworthy international builder of long-term

customer relationships.

Basic Drives:

HSBC’s basic drives are Higher Productivity, Team Orientation,

and Creative Organization, & Customer Orientation.

The essence of HSBC brand is integrity, trust, and excellent

customer service. It gives confidence to customers, value to

investors, & comfort to colleagues.

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Through the process of listening to individuals needs and then

acting in partnership to deliver the right solutions, HSBC is

committed to help the clients make the most of their financial

assets.

HSBC operate on a global basis, but also work on a local level

to ensure the cross-border differences are identified and any

related benefits exploited. HSBC teams of specialists ensure

that whether you need solutions across the world, regionally,

or locally, and they have the skills, expertise, and resources

to deliver them. They automate as many functions as possible,

even as ensuring retains control.

HSBC claims that they are the people to talk to if anyone

wants the following: -

Global cash flow co-ordination

Enhanced risk management

Improved security and audit controls

Minimized costs and reduced operating expenses

Maximized liquidity, returns and interest benefits

GROUP VISION:

To        – become the world’s leading financial services

company

            – balance group earnings between the OECD and

the Emerging markets

 GROUP VALUES

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             -Long term, ethical client service

             -High productivity through team work

             -Confident and ambitious sense of excellence

             -International character, conservative

orientation

             -Capable of creativity and strong marketing

 HSBC’S GOVERNING OBJECTIVES:

“We will beat the mean Total shareholder return performance of

a peer group of financial institutions over a three year

rolling average; and target to double share holder returns in

five years.”

 Group Business Principles and Value:

The HSBC Group is committed to Five Core Business Principles:

Outstanding customer service;

Effective and efficient operations;

Strong capital and liquidity;

Conservative lending policy;

Strict expense discipline;

HSBC Operates According to Certain Key Business Values:

The highest personal standards of integrity at all levels;

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Commitment to truth and fair dealing;

Hand-on management at all levels;

Openly esteemed commitment to quality and competence;

A minimum of bureaucracy;

Fast decisions and implementation;

Putting the Group’s interests ahead of the individual’s;

The appropriate delegation of authority with accountability;

Fair and objective employer;

A merit approach to recruitment, selection, promotion;

A commitment to complying with the spirit and letter of all

laws and regulations;

Promotion of good environmental practice and sustainable

development and commitment to the welfare and development of

each local community.

HSBC’s reputation is founded on adherence to these principles

and values. All actions taken by a member of HSBC or staff

member on behalf of a Group company should conform to them.

 HSBC Bangladesh:

The HSBC Group is represented in Bangladesh by its Head Office

in Dhaka (Sonargaon Road), a second full-service branch in

Chittagong (Agrabad) and another one in Sylhet and two booths

in Gulshan & Motijheel with a vision to satisfy its customer

with high quality service that reflects its global image as

the premier International Bank. The Bank has opened another

branch in Dhanmondi and will recently open a branch in Banani.

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The Bank has been serving customers in Bangladesh since 1996.

It has also an Offshore Banking Unit, which provides banking

services for foreign companies based in the Export Processing

Zones in Dhaka and Chittagong. In September 1999, it

introduced ATM and telephone banking for Personal Banking.

Five ATMs located at the five branches, there are 17 off-site

ATMs located in Uttara, Dhanmondi, Banani, Shantinagar and GEC

(Chittagong), East Nasirabad (Chittagong), Sylhet etc.

HSBC Bangladesh Overview:

Name of the

Organization

The Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation

Bangladesh LTD

Year of Establishment 1996

Head Office AnchorTower, 1/1-B Sonargaon Road Dhaka

1205, Bangladesh

Nature of the

organization

Multinational company with subsidiary

group in Bangladesh

Shareholders HSBC group shareholders

Products Savings & deposit services

Loan products

Corporate and Institutional services

Trade services & Hexagon

Management Mr. Steve Banner

Chief Executive Officer

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Mr. Shafqat Hossain

Head of Personal Financial Services

Mr. Mahbubur Rahman  

Head of Corporate Banking

Mr. Syed Akhtar Hossain Uddin

Human Resource Manager

Mr. Mostafizur Rahman

Marketing Manager

Mr. Arjun Fernando

Chief Operating Officer

Number of Offices 9 (Dhaka, Motijheel, Gulshan, Dhanmondi,,

Chittagong & Sylhet)

Number of ATM’s 22

Number of employees 750+

Technology Offers full online banking from branch to

branch and from Dhaka to Chittagong.

Service Coverage &

Customers

Serves individual and corporate customers

within Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet.

HSBC Bangladesh currently provides services from two of its

full service branches one in Dhaka and the other one in

Chittagong. Besides these offices there are two personal

banking Booth offices located at Gulshan & Motijheel, and a

new branch opened at Dhanmondi. There is currently nine ATM’s

operating in Dhaka and 1 in Chittagong.

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Different Activities in Bangladesh:

As one of the largest international banks in Bangladesh, HSBC

has a long-term commitment to its customers and provides a

comprehensive range of financial services: personal,

commercial and corporate banking; trade services; cash

management; treasury; consumer & business finance; and

securities, and custody services.

Personal Banking Services:

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited offers a

full range of personal banking products and services designed

to take care of its customers’ growing needs and requirements.

HSBC in Bangladesh has launched a number of loan products

during 2000. Personal Installment Loan is an unsecured loan

that does not require any personal guarantee or cash

security; Car Loan, also, does not require any down payment or

personal guarantee. The Bank has already launched Phone

banking, a state-of-the-art automated telephone banking

service available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days

a year, which allows customers to access their account from

the comfort of the office or home. HSBC is the market leader

in the local Auto payservice with which the company can

initiate bulk Taka payments to, or Taka collections from, any

HSBC current or savings accounts of counterparts for a

specified sum at a specified date, regardless of the branch.

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HSBC also offers Power vantage, a unique all-in-one package of

products and services designed to give total financial control

to the customer; a unique savings account, which allows the

customer to do any number of transactions without any charges

being incurred or credit interest lost. To satisfy the growing

needs of real estate HSBC Bangladesh recently launched Home

Loan Scheme and a special type of deposit product named

“Bangladesh International” for non-resident Bangladeshi.

Corporate Banking Services:

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited offers a

wide range of cash financing, working capital, short and

medium-term loans and guarantee facilities from its Head

Office and Chittagong branch. The Offshore Banking Unit (OBU)

provides US Dollar denominated working capital as well as

short-term finance for capital imports to eligible businesses.

Using high-speed communication links, HSBC connects customers

to international payment systems.

Trade Services:

As the leading provider of trade finance and related services

to importers and exporters in Asia, HSBC in Bangladesh

operates a highly automated trade-processing network and offer

an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) capability

through Hexagon. The Bank also uses SWIFT, an efficient and

secure mechanism for bank-to-bank global communications used

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for all trade related activities including fund transfers and

issuance of DC’s (Documentary Credit).

Financial Institutions:

HSBC provides global trade services and cash management

services to local banks. HSBC’s worldwide network strength,

with over 7000 offices in 81 countries and territories,

coupled with a world class reputation in Trade Finance (“Best

Trade Documentation Bank” – Euro money) and an unparalleled

presence in Asia (“Best Bank in Asia” — Euro money), places

HSBC in an ideal position to render unmatched correspondent

banking services.

HSBC’s commanding presence in the USA (5th largest USD clearing

bank globally), UK (largest GBP clearing bank globally), and

the Euro land (largest Euro clearing bank in the UK) both in

terms of network strength and clearing ability allows the Bank

to provide first class cash management solutions in 3 major

global currencies; US dollar, Pound sterling, and the Euro.

Payments and Cash Management (PCM):

HSBC is the pioneer in introducing electronic cash management

solutions in Bangladesh, by introducing its state-of-the-art

proprietary software, Hexagon, back in 1997. This was

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initially made available to corporate clients only but has

since been expanded to include banks and retail clients.

With Hexagon, the Bank’s proprietary cash management system,

corporate customers can access banking services from anywhere

in the world to view account balances and statements, make

transfers and international payments, and to open documentary

credits, by using only a PC, a modem, and a telephone line.

 Organizational Structure of HSBC Bangladesh

Importance of Organizational Design

Organizational design means selecting the combination of

organizational structure and control systems that lets a

company pursue its strategy most effectively—that lets it

create and sustain a competitive advantage. The primary role

of organizational structure is twofold:

(1) To coordinate the activities of employees so that they

work together most effectively to implement a strategy that

increases competitive advantage.

(2) To motivate employees and provide them with the incentives

to achieve superior efficiency, quality, innovation, or

customer responsiveness.

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Figure : Effect of Good Organizational Design on Profitability

Good organizational design increases profitability of a firm,

as it can be seen from the figure. Thus a well planned

organizational structure is crucial for a firm.

The organizational structure of HSBC Bangladesh has been

created, keeping these factors in mind. The structure can be

analyzed in terms of differentiation.

Vertical Differentiation in the Organizational Structure:

The aim of vertical differentiation is to specify the

reporting relationships that link people, tasks, and functions

at all levels of a company. This means that management chooses

the appropriate number of hierarchical levels and the correct

span of control for implementing a company’s strategy most

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the organization. The span of control is defined as the number

of subordinates a manager directly manages. The basic choice

is whether to select a flat structure, with few hierarchical

levels and thus a relatively wide span of control, or a tall

structure, with many levels and thus a relatively narrow span

of control.

HSBC bank Bangladesh has a flat structure, with only five

levels in the management. The top most level is the CEO (Chief

Executive Officer) level. The CEO, Mr. David J. Griffiths is

the head of the organization. The next top position is

Manager. The “Managers” of HSBC can be compared to the

departmental heads of other organizations that are doing

business in Bangladesh. The head of human resources is the HR

Manager in HSBC. In other organizations, entry level employees

are termed as “Executives”, which is a mistake. By definition,

executives should be the topmost employees of an organization.

In HSBC, CEO and the managers are called executive level

employees.

Figure: The Flat Organizational Structure of HSBC Bangladesh

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The managers report to the CEO. The managers have three levels

of non-executive employees reporting to them. When a person

first joins HSBC, in most cases, he or she joins as an

Assistant Officer. Only in extremely rare cases, where the

applicant has ample job experience, a person might join as a

Supervisor or Staff Officer. Supervisors and Assistant

Officers are required to follow a predefined dress code. The

dress code is relaxed for staff officers, the managers and the

CEO. They may or may not wear the assigned dresses.

The flat structure of HSBC helps in keeping the bureaucratic

costs low. Tall structure results in the following problems,

which leads to bureaucratic costs:

1. Too many middle managers

2. Motivational problem

3. Coordination problem

4. Information distortion

HSBC is free from these problems.

Horizontal Differentiation in the Organizational Structure:

Whereas vertical differentiation concerns the division of

authority, horizontal differentiation focuses on the division

and grouping of tasks to meet the objectives of the business.

HSBC Bangladesh uses the most popular and common structure,

the functional structure. Functional structures group people

on the basis of their common expertise and experience or

because they use the same resources.

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Functional structures have several advantages. First if people

who perform similar tasks are grouped together, they can learn

from one another and become better—more specialized and

productive at what they do.

Figure: The Organogram of HSBC Bangladesh

Second, they can monitor each other to make sure that all are

performing their tasks effectively and not shirking their

responsibilities. As a result the process becomes more

efficient, reducing manufacturing costs and increasing

operational flexibility.

 A third important advantage of functional structures is that

they give managers greater control of organizational

activities. In HSBC, every department has reports to the CEO,

COO or a manger of a particular department. Five departments

report to the COO (Chief Operating Officer), who is the second

most powerful individual at HSBC. The five departments are:

a) Financial Control Department (FCD)

b) Administration Department (ADM)

c) Hongkong Universal Banking (HUB)

f) Information Technology Department (IT)

g) Network Service Center (NSC)

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The manager, corporate banking, is responsible for the

following three departments:

a) Trade Services (HTV)

b) Payment & Cash Management (PCM)

c) Institutional Banking (IB)

All the branch managers report to the manager, Personal

Financial Services (PFS). The sales team also reports to him.

The sales team consists of MSO (Mobile Sales Officers) and

call center representatives.

The other four departments report to the CEO. These are:

1. Marketing and Public Relations (GPA)

2. Human Resource and Training Department (HR)

3. Treasury (TRSY)

4. Credit and Risk Management (CRM)

5. Internal Control (MIC)

These departments are called the “Small” departments, due to

smaller workforce.

All the departments follow the previously mentioned flat

structure. That is, there are managers, supervisors, staff

officers and assistant officers in almost all the departments.

Corporate banking and PFS—these two departments have their own

workforce. There are certain divisions within some

departments, as well, e.g. HTV is divided into HTV Import and

HTV Export.

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Functions of the Major Departments:

Information Technology (IT):

This department relates to all other departments in order to

provide technical services. This department’s job is to plan,

negotiate and purchase maintenance of IT, communications,

PABX, security system etc.

Operations:

•           Maintains communication media and security system.

•           Provides technical support to LAN communication

system.

•           Maintains database

•           Submit off-line batch run report

•           Does trouble shooting

•           Develop in-house software.

Hongkong Universal Banking (HUB):

This department is responsible for all offline branch run

report. The HUB officer is responsible for coordination with

Technical service department to ensure the system is used and

understood to HUB’s full potential and is available to end  

user for maximum available time. It ensures department

operations in accordance with group statement and procedure.

Operations:

•           Assists HUB operations operated by other staffs.

•           Execute trouble shooting

•           Generate reports

•           Controls HUB access

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•           Assists audit programs

Administration Department:

Like that of any other organizations, the Admin department of

HSBC makes sure that the organizations moves on with all its

departments and staffs operating according to all the rules

and regulations of the company. It also prevents any

bottlenecks within the work process and ensures smooth

functioning. The admin department has two divisions – General

Administration and Business Support Services.

The general admin division is pretty much similar to the admin

departments of other companies that ensure discipline and

regulatory concerns. The business support services provide

supports to the departments during employee leaves and sudden

terminations so that the department can function without

problems.

Network Service Center:

This department can be described as the ‘Power House’ of HSBC

Bangladesh. NSC does the back office job for the bank. The

main four jobs that are performed by NSC are Clearing,

Scanning of signature cards, issuing checkbooks and sending &

receiving Remittances. NSC looks after the clearing process of

HSBC and makes necessary contact with the central bank for

maintaining account flows. All the customer signatures are

scanned in this department and are entered into the system.

NSC also issues checkbook for new and old accounts based on

requisition from various branches. ‘Remittance’ is a banking

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term, which means ‘Transfer of funds through banks’. When a

bank remits on behalf of its customers, it is termed as

outward remittance. On the other hand, when the bank receives

the remittance on behalf of the bank, it is inward remittance.

The following are the methods that NSC used to remit money for

customers: Telegraphic Transfer (TT), Demand Draft (DD) &

Cashier’s Order.

HSBC is nationally on-line. Anyone having account in any

branch in Bangladesh can transact in any branch of HSBC

Bangladesh. NSC facilitates this network-service. Any type of

information about the customers are loaded or composed in the

system through NSC.

Operations:

•           Facilitates the network service.

•           Updates the information system.

•           Generate the Phone Banking PIN and the ATM PIN.

Financial Control Department:

FCD is responsible for the preparation of the Annual Operating

Plan (AOP), monitoring treasury risk limits, profit exposure

and maintaining strong liquidity. FCD is the key member of the

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Asset Liabilities Committee (ALCO), which deals with how

efficiently the bank’s assets and liabilities are managed.

Operations:

•           Annual Planning.

•           Analysis of the reports.

•           Scrutinizing daily functional statement.

•           Checking the accounts and giving necessary

feedbacks.

•           Monitoring risks and profits.

•           Analysis of the transactions.

•           Maintains bills and vouchers.

Treasury Department:

This department deals with the cash management. As continuous

cash transaction goes on and there is a limit of keeping money

in the bank-volt this department should be sincere about the

availability of money when needed. Moreover foreign exchange

rates are also monitored by this department.

Operations:

•           Monitor the call money rate.

•           Monitor the foreign exchange rate.

•           Confirm the availability of money.

•           Cash management through participating in call

money market.

•           Fulfill the requirements of Bangladesh Bank.

Human Resources & Training Department (HRD):

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The functions of Human Resources Department are strategic

planning and policy formulation for compensation, recruitment,

promotion, training, development and appraisal. This

department also contributes to employees’ performance by

providing standard of training.

Operations:

•           To assist the top level decision making process on

compensation, promotion, training,

            development and appraisal.

•           Communicate with all external and internal

entities.

•           Monitor leave, payroll, increments and allowances

etc.

•           Maintains financial flows related to HRD.

•           Plan and arrange the development training programs

for the employees.

•           Ensure the standard of the group.

•           Help to ensure the cost effectiveness.

•           Provide full logistics supports to all departments

for quality services.

•           Deals with intra and inter communication for

administrative issues

•           Ensures value actability.

•           Plan for development of the company.

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•           Facilitates admin officers’ job

•           Develop plans for support services.

•           Ensures security of the company

•           Conduct the performance evaluation.

•           Execute recruitment arrangements.

Internal Control:

Internal Service Officer is responsible for ensuring quality.

Through fulfilling audit requirements it maintains the local

and group compliance.

Operations:

•           Ensures the standard and services

•           Ensures operational responsibilities

•           Ensures group requirements.

Marketing Department:

This department is responsible for increasing public awareness

of the Bank’s name, products and services, image etc. HSBC is

giving more importance on marketing its products and services

through advertising in newspapers, billboards, banner and

publishing leaflets, newsletter etc

Operations:

•         Coming up with innovative and different promotional

approaches.

•         Conducting, Coordinating and organizing media

activities.

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Corporate Banking or Institutional Banking (CIBM):

This department deals with all types of banking with the

institution or organization rather than personal financial

services.

Operations:

•           Market risk analysis regarding assistant liability

•           Analysis of credit risk.

•           Implementation and feedback of strategic decision

•           Follow-up and facilitate documentation in

corporate customer relationship.

•           Assists the treasury department.

•           Collect information from different organizations

and maintain liaison with them.

•           To monitor the corporate accounts on daily basis.

Trade Services (HTV):

This department maintains a close relationship with corporate

banking, credit operations and personal banking for marketing

selling trade services to the existing and targeted customers.

This department handles all trade related businesses of the

bank.

Operations:

•           Deals with amendment and bills.

•           Maintains customer relation and banking

•           Maintains export and import formalities.

•           Checks vouchers

•           Process export-import documents.

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•           Ensure quality services for the customers.

Securities Department:

This department facilitates the development of money market

and investment activities of bank. This department explores

the FI (Financial Institution) market; identify customers and

FI related issues. Maintain close relation with the foreign

exchange issues. The prime duty of this department is to make

sure that the bank complies with BB (Bangladesh Bank), SEC

(Stock Exchange Commission), DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange), CSE

(Chittagong Stock Exchange) and client reporting requirements.

Operations:

•           Complies with financial institutions’ requirement.

•           Monitor feedback and supervise operation in the

financial markets.

•           Make liaison with different level.

•           Prepare the plan of activities for different

department in the financial market.

•           Facilitate the transfer of share certificate.

•           Maintain documents related to share market.

Credit Management:

This department coordinates the lending facilities. This is

also a member of ALCO. This department is responsible for all

necessary documents and securities related to corporate and

personal lending.

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Operations:

•           Prepare and supervise credit approval

•           Coordinates documents of Group and Bangladesh Bank

•           Ensure customer credit documents and necessary

papers.

•           Analyses the financial statements of the customers

and analyses the data to identify

            possible risk.

•           Conducts stock statements

•           Deals with insurance documents

•           Calculate and Analyze the profitability

There are two separate departments under Credit management:

PFS credit which deals with individual lending and CMB credit

which deals with the Commercial lending.

  Personal Financial Services (PFS):

This department supervises the Customer Service Department

(CSD), ATM (Automated Teller Machine) center & Product

Development department.

Operations:

CSD

Provides support for the customers, through phone or face to

face

Handles requests of changing of address and phone numbers

Answers customer queries regarding products and services

ATM

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Ensures the trouble free operation of all the ATM centers

Disburses money to the ATM centers

PFS Product

Conducts research on new product possibilities

Designs new products

Designs product brochures

Test markets products, internally

Business Principal and Values:

The HSBC Group is committed to five Core Business Principles:

Outstanding Customer Service;

Effective and efficient operations;

Strong Capital and Liquidity;

Conservative lending policy;

Strict expense disciplines;

Through loyal and committed employees who make lasting

customer relationships and international teamwork easier to

achieve these principles.

To conform to these principles the Group has defined value as:

•           Valuing people (Applicable to both our customers

and staff employees)

Staff: ensure amicable work environment foster trust among

colleagues allow fairness to prevail at all times demonstrate

sincerity and sense of belongingness ensure respectful

environment.

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Customer: make sure importance is assigned to each customer

courteous behavior to be provided at all times to ensure that

no tangible discrimination occurs.

 Quality First (Customer focused):

 provision of services that would be labeled as “value for

money”

 provision for effective and efficient service

priorities of customer satisfaction

 ensure commitments are met

 courage to apologies for mistakes rather than attempting to

camouflage

 avoid complacency

Professionalism (Staff focused):

 Ensure staffs are thoroughly aware of respective

responsibilities.

  Ensure job descriptions are executed properly

    Address areas where improvement may be necessary

expeditiously

  Advocate team spirit

 Profit Driven (Internally focused):

Focus on augmenting/enduring profitability of the bank through

a combination of:

1.         selection of quality accounts

2.         mitigation of avoidable expenses

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3.         remaining within compliance parameters (both local

and Group)

 Innovative:

 quick to acclimatize/adapt to changes in

test/demand/environment

 remain proactive

remain flexible

Integrity:

Ensure moral uprightness and honesty among the staff

 Ensure soundness and wholeness in the job

To conform to the stated Group principles and above definition

of value HSBC also operates according to certain Key Business

Values (KBV). Those are:

•           The highest personal standards of integrity at all

levels;

•           Commitment to truth and fair dealing;

•           Hand-on management at all levels;

•           Openly esteemed commitment to quality and

competence;

•           A minimum of bureaucracy;

•           Fast decision and implementation;

•           Putting the Group’s interest ahead of the

individual’s;

•           The appropriate delegation of authority with

accountability;

•           Fair and objective employer;

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•           A merit approach to recruitment/ selection/

promotion;

•           A commitment to complying with the spirit and

letter of all laws and regulations wherever we conduct our

business;

•         The promotion of good environmental practice and

sustainable development and commitment to the welfare and

development of each local community.

HSBC’s reputation is founded on adherence to these principles

and values. All actions taken by a member or staff member on

behalf of a Group company should conform to them.

Products and Services Provided:

  Corporate Credit

HSBC offers the convenient and flexible form of short-term

financing for routine operating expenses and overheads of the

company.

Import and Export Loans

 Loans against import are available when the company purchases

under Documentary Credit or Documentary Collections terms.

Pre-shipment finance is available to meet the working capital

requirements. Advances are granted upon production of a

buyer’s contract or export DC.

DP / DA Purchase

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A cash advance is made when a company exports goods to a buyer

through Documentary Collections, either on a Documents against

Acceptance (DA) or Documents against Payments (DP) basis.

Long-term Loans

HSBC can customize a Term Loan to finance the fixed assets

that the business needs (such as land, new premises, equipment

and machinery). It may be a green-field project or an

expansion of an existing plant that may be financed at

competitive floating rate of interest.

Guarantees and Bonds

HSBC in Bangladesh issues a full range of Performance

Guarantees, Advance Payment Guarantees, Financial Guarantees

and Bid bonds for supporting the underlying business of the

customers.

Trade Services

Export Services:

•           Pre-shipment Finance

To assist the cash-flow when companies are manufacturing or

packing the goods, HSBC can arrange pre-shipment finance

facilities. A Packing Credit (PC) can be offered which will

enable the company to purchase raw materials or other related

expenses that may require to process and export.

•           Post- shipment Finance

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If the documents, after checking, are found to contain no

discrepancies, HSBC can consider negotiating and paying the

company the discounted value of the invoice. No facilities are

required, and funds will typically be advanced on the same day

if documents are presented before noon.

•           Documentary Credit (DC) Advising

Electronic export DC Advising is a new and alternative way to

receive a full copy of the Export Documentary Credits (DCs),

amendments and export transaction advices via email. The

service brings direct benefits to the business at no extra

cost.

In this increasingly competitive environment, the Electronic

DC advising services will help by offering:

- Enhanced Accuracy in the Preparation of Documents

- Convenience

- Reduced Courier Expenses

Import Services:

•           Import bills

HSBC provides incoming documents against imports from

Bangladesh that are processed for a fee by the Bank.

•           Import Loans

HSBC provides the loans granted to importers to pay for their

imports into Bangladesh.

•           Shipping Guarantees

HSBC provides a guarantee issued to shipping companies to

allow release of goods prior to arrival of import documents.

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Payment and Cash Management:

•           Account management services

HSBC’s Global Payments and Cash Management services provide

domestic and regional transaction solutions to blue-chip

companies throughout the world. Services include a

comprehensive range of traditional account and transaction

services, augmented by HSBC’s liquidity and financial

management techniques and delivered via our global electronic

banking system, Hexagon.

HSBC’s commitment to service excellence, reputation for

stability and understanding of the region has repeatedly been

recognized through citations by major business publications.

With the local expertise in Bangladesh, HSBC is well versed in

local practices and regulations affecting the management of

cash on a domestic and regional basis.

•           Payment and collection

Country-wide Payments:

Most corporate treasurers cannot afford to spend time worrying

about routine payments. HSBC in Bangladesh has the technology

to put you in better control of routine operations and has

been successfully handling payment requirements throughout the

nation for its corporate clients. It provides the benefits,

which include:

Country-wide Collection:

As receivable management is crucial to the financial cycle,

HSBC has developed products to efficiently manage the

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requirements and reduce cost. The services and benefits

include:

This payment and cash collection service provides the customer

the following benefits:

- Reduction in payment time.

-Cost reduction through efficient fund management.

-Detailed MIS on cash collection and payment, resulting in

better management.

-Reconciliation done through Hexagon.

-Centralization of control of all your cash and instruments.

-Network coverage of almost 200 locations nation-wide.

-Quicker cash collection in a central account, resulting in

greater earnings.

•           Hexagon cheque writer

The latest addition in the Payments and Cash Management

services is Hexagon Cheque Writer. It is a cheque writer

product which is also a built-in module of Hexagon, global

electronic banking. It is designed to facilitate the corporate

customers for preparing, printing and updating the PC ledger

(ledger maintained in cheque writer). Services and benefits

include:

 Preparation of cheques through Hexagon Cheque Writer.

Reconciliation of cheques at the Hexagon ledger.

Advice along with cheque leaves.

No further installation required since it is built in our

Hexagon module.

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Recurrent payments can be stored and printed.

Convenience of in-house cheque printing.

Personal Financial Services

Banking Across the Country

The organization’s computer system provides the customer the

opportunity to make transaction between accounts at different

branches. No matter where the organization’s account is held

the customer can withdraw money from any HSBC branch or ATM in

Bangladesh.

Money Savings Schemes

HSBC offers both local and foreign currency current accounts

and local currency savings accounts for its customers to save

money.

Investment Schemes:

Both local and foreign currency time deposit schemes are

offered by HSBC for its individual customers.

Personal Loan Schemes

HSBC offers Personal Installment Loan (PIL), Personal Secured

Loan (PSL), Personal Installment Credit (PSC), Home Loan and

Car Loan.

More details on these products are provided in the appendix.

Car Loan

Under the car loan scheme HSBC offers a loan up to 70% of the

car value. Cash security or personal guarantee is not required

for the loan. Cars can also be insured at discounted rates.

Education Loan

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HSBC’s education loan can help the customer accomplish the

desire for higher studies. Cash security or personal guarantee

is not required.

Support Services

To make the products more attractive HSBC offers free ATM

cards and ATB pins to its customers with its products. The

benefits of ATM card are described under the description of

ATM centre in the project part and the features and facilities

provided by ATB are given below:

To avoid the long queues at the branch HSBC offers the Phone-

banking service, doing the banking is just a phone call away.

The futures of phone banking are,

 Private and Secure: Phone-banking is designed for total

privacy. To ensure the confidentiality of the transactions,

the account can be activated only by keying in both the

Phone-banking Number (PBN) and the Personal Identification

Number (PIN). User can also change the PIN as often as he or

she like for added security.

Fast and Easy: Simple-to-follow instructions, will guide the

user all the way through multiple transactions. For added

convenience HSBC has developed a Quick Search function to

speed the various transactions.

Comprehensive: The Phone-banking service allows the user to

perform a wide range of transactions, from fund transfers to

term deposit placements.

The facilities of phone banking are,

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Check balances on the primary and linked accounts

 Transfer funds between one’s own accounts

Hear the details of the last five transactions

 Order a statement

 Order a chequebook

Pay bills to pre-designated third parties in local currency

  Report a lost or stolen ATM card

Open or renew a time deposit

  Enquire about foreign exchange rates

  Promotional Activities

As discussed above the Marketing Administration Department

formulates & executes various marketing strategies of HSBC

Bangladesh. This department also administers various marketing

research activities on the existing and potential customers of

HSBC. Some such research activities are: mystery shopping,

critical incident surveys, customer suggestion surveys, etc.

The results of these surveys are integrated while formulating

various marketing strategies. This department also deals with

the billing and invoicing of various marketing & advertising

costs of HSBC Bangladesh.

The Promotion Division under the Marketing & Product

development Department of PFS deals with all the promotional

activities of HSBC Bangladesh. Prime responsibilities of this

department are: Maintaining strong public relations with

various media intermediaries, Advertising the companies

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products and services, building a strong corporate image of

HSBC in Bangladesh.

• Public Relations:

The promotion department organizes various environmental and

social activities in order to build a strong corporate image

of HSBC in the minds of customers as well as in the media.

Maintaining strong relationship with news media is another

major duty of this department.

•  Advertising:

The promotion also coordinates all the advertising of HSBC

products within Bangladesh. Some of the advertising tools that

are frequently used by the company are as follows:

a)         Newspapers Advertising: Regular advertisements of

various products and services of HSBC are given in some of the

countries most renowned daily newspapers.

b)         Billboards: Huge colorful billboards with HSBC logo

are found in various major areas of Dhaka and Chittagong.

These billboards emphasize on the needs of customers and shows

HSBC logo as solution to their needs.

c)         Road Side Signposts: Medium sized multi color

signposts focusing on various products of HSBC are found on

the roadsides of various posh areas such as, Gulshan,

Dhanmondi, Baridhara, Motijheel, etc.

d)         Mailers: various product updates and new product

information are regularly sent to existing customers of HSBC.

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e)         Brochures: Various colorful brochures featuring

specific products of HSBC are being displayed and distributed

to existing and potential customers via branch offices and

Mobile sales officers.

These are some of the promotional activities conducted and

coordinated by the Marketing department.

HSBC’s Contribution to the Society:

HSBC is not only maintaining the relationship to its customers

and employees but also with the society. It is committed to

the community to its (community) development. HSBC always

tries to contribute to the society by helping the people who

are less fortunate and are deprived of their right.

The Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF)

ASF is an organization established in May 1999 to tackle the

problem of acid violence in Bangladesh. ASF works with NGOs,

the Government of Bangladesh and the international community

to prevent future attacks, to ensure survivors have better

access to quality medical care, to provide survivors with

better access to Bangladesh’s criminal and legal justice

systems, and to assist with the survivors’ rehabilitation-

access to education, training for new skills, and finding

employment.

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HSBC Bangladesh supports the work of the Acid Survivors

Foundation in providing medical support and assistance to the

victims of this abuse.

Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP)

CRP is the most common institution where HSBC Bangladesh

constantly makes donations for different purposes. For

example, HSBC Bangladesh organized a painting exhibition of

Lovely in the Gulshan office on Thursday, 8th August 2002.

Lovely is a mouth painter and resident of the Centre for the

Rehabilitation of Paralyzed (CRP). She has no sensation or

muscle power below her neck. She suffered a cervical spinal

cord injury as a result of a fall from fourth floor of a

building in 1995 when she was about ten years of age. Her

treatment at CRP, like that of many other desperately poor

people in Bangladesh, was entirely supported by donations.

During her treatment at CRP, she developed a fascination in

painting pictures and had developed a skill to paint with her

mouth.

The proceeds from this Painting Exhibition were donated to the

Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) for the

physiotherapeutic treatment, education and occupational

development of Lovely and others like her.

  Flood Affected Victims

HSBC Bangladesh looks to areas where it can make a difference

in the community. Some of the employees came forward to help

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the flood affected victims in Bangladesh, the Bank too made a

contribution to this staff initiative.

Society for the Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled,

Bangladesh

Society for the Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled,

Bangladesh (SWID, Bangladesh) is a non-government voluntary

organization working for the cause of intellectually disabled.

It has been established in 1977 by some parents and

professionals for children with intellectual disabilities to

fill a major gap in the country for their treatment. This

charity assists mainly young people and children who are

mentally retarded by raising awareness and through 39 schools

they run throughout the country. HSBC’s donation is used for

educational material for the students.

Bangladesh Protibandhi Kallyan Samity (BPKS)

HSBC in Bangladesh is committed to directly working with these

people with disabilities and enabling them to be self-reliant

and contributive to society’s development. This charity

assists disabled people return to normal life through

provision of devices such as wheelchairs. HSBC’s donation will

help 62 men; women and children regain their physical

independence.

Computers for the students of BUET

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A number of used computers and the network devices have been

donated to Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department of

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for

demonstrations and laboratory purposes.

British Women’s Association

Women from the British Community in Bangladesh help raise

money for various charities. Our donation went towards a

Street Party they had arranged for children, Acid Survivors

Foundation (ASF), Centre for the Rehabilitation of the

Paralyzed (CRP) and the Sreepur Orphanage.

School of Hope

The School of Hope was established in January 1990 with the

general aim to provide education to economically disadvantaged

children. The school provides nearly free primary education

for children living in the slums adjacent to the school. The

school has grown from 25-30 students to 125 students, which

alone is the testimony of its success.

The school runs mainly on donations among which HSBC in

Bangladesh is one of the donors.

A few years back, as it became evident that some children did

not get anything to eat before coming to school, the school

board decided to start a snack program. The snack program

includes the following: milk-everyday, a warm meal-twice a

week and a fruit or another kind of snack once a week.When a

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child needs medical care, the headmaster usually sends the

child to a centre near by. Once a year, the students get a

dental check up courtesy of Johnson’s Place Dental Practice.

The school pays for students requiring any serious or urgent

treatment.

The school has introduced a new library project where

donations of books, appropriate for children are welcome. Also

every year the school provides warm clothes during winter.

In August 2002, HSBC in Bangladesh took the initiative of

computer training classes to those students from the top class

at the School of Hope in their training centre at Motijheel

office with HSBC volunteers as part of our commitment to help

those less fortunate.

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