SS9079 : HSBC Bridgend
taken 8 years ago, near to Bridgend/Pen-y-Bont ar Ogwr, Wales
HSBC is a British multinational banking and financial services company with headquarters in London. As of 2011 it was the world's second-largest banking and financial services group.
It has around 7,500 offices in 87 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America and around 100 million customers.
HSBC was founded in London in 1991 by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation to act as a new group holding company and to enable the acquisition of UK-based Midland Bank. The origins of the bank lie in Hong Kong and Shanghai, where branches were first opened in 1865.