HSBC

Serving more than 40 million customers across a network of 64 countries, HSBC has become one of the largest banking and financial services organizations. Derived from the initials of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1991, it was formally incorporated in 1866. Organized within four business groups - commercial banking, global banking and markets, retail banking and wealth management, and global private banking, HSBC has become the second-largest company listed on the London Stock Exchange, after Royal Dutch Shell. It also has secondary listings on the New York Stock Exchange, Euronext Paris, and Bermuda Stock Exchange.