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Thursday, 1 August 2013
Looky Looky what HSBC owns!!!
This lovely bit of information came to me by way of a little birdy flying on by. This is a list of some of the companies that HSBC owns- not all, because even more are hidden behind other ghost corporations and shells, and there are those companies that are owned by these companies listed below, and the joint ventures between these companies with other shell corporations..... I will say that I find it quite interesting that the USA list is divided into USA (Delaware) and USA (Not Delaware)..... don't you find that interesting?
But you know what's W A Y more interesting? If you scroll down to the very very bottom of the page, you'll see that the last "Subsidiary Name" is listed under Viet Nam, shows 100% "percentage held" by HSBC..... and it's S.W.I.F.T. Now.... anyone who knows banking, anyone who knows finance at all, knows S.W.I.F.T.
SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)provides a network that enables financial institutions worldwide to send and receive information about financial transactions in a secure, standardized and reliable environment. Swift also sells software and services to financial institutions, much of it for use on the SWIFTNet Network, and ISO 9362. Business Identifier Codes (BICs) are popularly known as "SWIFT codes".
Basically- SWIFT codes move ALLLL the money allllll over the world.
...and HSBC owns it. Nifty eh?
If you want to have some fun, pick a couple of these purported "companies" and so do a little searching. I've only spent about 30 minutes and I've already spotted at least 5 different "shell" corporations. Have Fun!!! :>D
I had to adjust the cells of the spread sheet so that I could fit them all onto the page - sorry the info is a bit squished, LOL! (I've readjusted the table and sorted by percent held and jurisdiction. Note percent held indicates the amount of direct ownership of the subsidiary, secrecy score 0=transparent 100=opaque -AK)
