Matthew Colebrook

HSBC Bank Plc provides commercial banking and financial services. It operates in four businesses: Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Global Private Banking. The Retail Banking and Wealth Management business offers personal banking, mortgages, loans, credit cards, savings and investments and insurance services. The Commercial Banking business offers financial products and services to enable them to operate efficiently and meet their business aspirations. The Global Banking and Markets business offers capital financing, transaction and advisory banking services, trade, research, securities services and global liquidity and cash management. The Global Private Banking business offers investment management, incorporating advisory, discretionary and brokerage, private wealth solutions, comprising trusts and estate planning services. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Founded in 1969, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) Inc. is an SEC-registered brokerage firm and registered futures commission merchant located in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is HSBC Holdings Plc. (NYSE: HBC). HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) is a member of FINRA, the NYSE and the SIPC. Their securities and annuity products are provided by registered representatives and insurance agents of HSBC Securities (U.S.A.). In California, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) conducts insurance business as HSBC Securities Insurance Services. Insurance products are offered through insurance agents of HSBC Insurance Agency (U.S.A.) Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Bank U.S.A. NA and an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. The company also engages in investment banking underwriting, dealing and brokering of debt and equity securities and futures contracts and is a primary dealer in U.S. Government and federal agency securities.

HSBC Continental Europe provides banking and asset management services. The firm offers corporate finance, treasury, capital markets, new issues and origination, and security services. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

KPMG LLP (United Kingdom) provides audit, advisory, and tax services. Its audit and assurance services encompass accounting advisory, financial reporting publications, financial state audit, internal audit, and revenue recognition. The firm's tax and pension services include statutory residency test, pension, personal tax investigations, tax management consulting, tax technology, legal services, tax value chain, employment issues, indirect tax, and tax policy cycle. KPMG was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in London, the United Kigdom.

First Direct Ltd. is a British financial services company that offers a range of products and services to its customers. These include a Cash ISA for tax-free savings, a Fixed Rate Savings Account with a guaranteed rate, personal loans and credit cards, savings accounts, and a Sharedealing service for buying and selling shares. Customers can also sign up for Paym to send and receive money using their mobile number. The private company has a transaction history policy and does not pressure customers to stay if they choose to leave.

Minnesota Steel Industries LLC manufactures steel. It incorporated the commercially available technology in mining, concentrating, pellet plant, DRI and electric arc steelmaking on a single site, making it one of the lowest cost steel producers in the world. The company is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

KPMG (Malta) provides audit, accounting, advisory, and tax services. The private company is based in Pieta, Malta.

HSBC Bank (China) Co. Ltd. provides banking and financial services. It offers retail banking and wealth management, commercial banking, global banking and markets, and global private banking. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Pudong, China.

MeDirect Bank (Malta) Plc engages in the provision of wealth management, savings, and investment service. The firm offers fixed term deposits, savings accounts, legacy savings account, consumer banking, corporate banking, and private banking. The company was founded in June 2004 and is headquartered in Valleta, Malta.

Part of Global Payments, Inc., Global Payments UK Ltd. is a company that provides financial technology services. The company is based in Leicester, UK and was founded in 2008.

The UK Cards Association Ltd. provides a dedicated representative voice for the card payments industry. Its priorities are promoting good outcomes for consumers through choice and transparency, ensuring consumer protection, with extra support for vulnerable customers, facilitating payments innovation, and providing leadership in fraud management. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.