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| 05 May 2026 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc 1Q 2026 Earnings Release
We delivered another quarter of positive performance, which reflects the progress we¡¯re making in creating a simple, more agile, growing Ä¢¹½´«Ã½. |
| 23 Mar 2026 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ announces David Rice as its first Chief AI Officer
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc today announced David Rice will be appointed as Ä¢¹½´«Ã½¡¯s first Chief AI Officer, effective 1 April. |
| 02 Mar 2026 |
Dame Carolyn Fairbairn to be appointed chair of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ UK Bank plc
Dame Carolyn Fairbairn will assume the role of non-executive Chair of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ UK Bank plc by the end of 1H26, subject to regulatory approval, replacing Dame Clara Furse. |
| 25 Feb 2026 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Annual Results 2025
¡°2025 was a year of decisive action and swift execution, which is reflected in our strong performance,¡± Group CEO Georges Elhedery said. |
| 12 Feb 2026 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Orion awarded DIGIT platform mandate
The UK Treasury has chosen Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Orion as the platform provider for its Digital Gilt Instrument pilot issuance. |
| 20 Jan 2026 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ announces Harvey AI for their legal AI platform
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ has announced a strategic AI partnership with legal services provider Harvey AI as part of a shift towards embedding AI across the bank¡¯s operations. |
| 08 Jan 2026 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½¡¯s proposal to privatise Hang Seng Bank approved by Hang Seng Bank shareholders
¡°The approval reflects strong confidence in Hang Seng Bank¡¯s franchise and in the opportunities that full ownership within the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Group can unlock,¡± said Group CEO Georges Elhedery. |
| 15 Dec 2025 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ and Hang Seng Bank announce despatch of Scheme Document on proposed privatisation of Hang Seng Bank
An Independent Financial Adviser to Hang Seng Bank and the Independent Board Committee of Hang Seng Bank have both concluded that the privatisation proposal is fair and reasonable. |
| 01 Dec 2025 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ and Mistral AI join forces to accelerate AI adoption across global bank
The partnership aims to improve business processes, save employees time and help to better serve our customers globally. |
| 28 Oct 2025 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Earnings Release 3Q25
The intent with which we¡¯re executing our strategy is reflected in our third quarter performance. |
| 09 Oct 2025 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ proposes to privatise Hang Seng Bank by scheme of arrangement
The proposal reinforces Ä¢¹½´«Ã½¡¯s strategic priorities and long-term investment in Hong Kong and preserves Hang Seng Bank¡¯s brand, heritage, and distinct customer proposition. |
| 25 Sep 2025 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ demonstrates world¡¯s first-known quantum-enabled algorithmic trading with IBM
We teamed up with IBM to deliver a world-first trial that explored how quantum computing can boost algorithmic bond trading. |
| 30 Jul 2025 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Interim Results 2025
We performed strongly in the first half of 2025, with revenue growing in each of our four businesses. |
| 03 Jul 2025 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ agrees to sell its UK life insurance manufacturing business to Chesnara
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ has entered into a binding agreement to sell its UK life insurance entity, Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Life UK, to Chesnara, a UK-based life and pensions business. |
| 06 Jun 2025 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Group Chair Succession
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc (the ¡®Company¡¯) today provides an update on the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Group Chairman succession process. |
| 01 May 2025 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Group Chairman announces retirement plans
Sir Mark Tucker has advised the Board of his intention to retire as Group Chairman before the end of 2025. |
| 29 Apr 2025 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc 1Q 2025 Earnings Release
¡°Our strong results this quarter demonstrate momentum in our earnings, discipline in the execution of our strategy and confidence in our ability to deliver our targets,¡± said Group CEO Georges Elhedery. |
| 04 Mar 2025 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ announces appointment of Group Customer and Culture Director
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ today announces that Ian Stuart has been appointed as Group Customer and Culture Director. |
| 19 Feb 2025 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Annual Results 2024
"Our strong 2024 performance provides firm financial foundations upon which to build for the future," said Group CEO Georges Elhedery. |
| 05 Dec 2024 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ announces completion of next stage of global reorganisation
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ announces the completion of the next stage of its plans to simplify the Bank¡¯s organisational structure to accelerate the delivery of its strategy. |
| 05 Dec 2024 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ announces completion of next stage of global reorganisation - addendum
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ details the senior management changes which form part of its global reorganisation. |
| 25 Nov 2024 |
Senior Management Changes
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ announces updates to its senior leadership team. All appointments are effective 1 January 2025. |
| 29 Oct 2024 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc 3Q 2024 Earnings Release
¡°We delivered another good quarter, which shows that our strategy is working,¡± said Group Chief Executive Georges Elhedery. |
| 22 Oct 2024 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc - Simplified organisational structure to accelerate strategic execution
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc (the ¡®Company¡¯) today announces that it is simplifying its organisational structure into four businesses to accelerate delivery against its strategic priorities. |
| 22 Oct 2024 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ announces appointment of Pam Kaur as Group Chief Financial Officer
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ has announced the appointment of Pam Kaur as Group Chief Financial Officer and an Executive Director of the Board effective 1 January 2025. |
| 03 Oct 2024 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ launches new embedded finance venture
SemFi by Ä¢¹½´«Ã½, which will deliver embedded finance solutions to business clients, is a joint venture with B2B fintech Tradeshift. |
| 19 Sep 2024 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ pilots quantum-safe technology for tokenised gold
The successful trial marks the latest step by Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ in pioneering the protection of critical applications from potential future quantum computing attacks. |
| 29 Aug 2024 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc - Senior Management Changes
We¡¯ve announced changes to our senior management team which will help position the Group for the next phase of development and growth. |
| 31 Jul 2024 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Interim Results 2024
¡°We had another strong profit performance in the first half of 2024, which is further evidence that our strategy is working,¡± said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn. |
| 17 Jul 2024 |
Georges Elhedery appointed as Group Chief Executive
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc today announces that Georges Elhedery has been appointed as Group Chief Executive, with effect from 2 September 2024. |
| 11 Jun 2024 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ completes the acquisition of Citi¡¯s retail wealth management portfolio in mainland China
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Bank (China) Company Limited has completed the acquisition of Citi¡¯s retail wealth management portfolio in mainland China. |
| 30 Apr 2024 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc 1Q 2024 Earnings Release
¡°I¡¯m pleased with our start to 2024. Our good profit performance has enabled us to continue the trend of rewarding our shareholders,¡± said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn. |
| 21 Feb 2024 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Annual Results 2023
¡°Our record profit performance in 2023 enabled us to reward our shareholders with our highest full-year dividend since 2008,¡± said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn. |
| 01 Jan 2024 |
Completion of the sale of Retail Banking Business in France
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Continental Europe (HBCE) has completed the sale of its retail banking business in France to CCF. |
| 06 Dec 2023 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ pioneers Quantum protection for AI-powered FX trading
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ has become the first bank to pioneer quantum protection for AI-powered foreign exchange trading. |
| 30 Oct 2023 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc 3Q 2023 Earnings Release
¡°We¡¯ve had three consecutive quarters of strong financial performance and are on track to achieve our mid-teens return on tangible equity target for 2023,¡± said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn. |
| 09 Oct 2023 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ signs agreement to acquire Citi¡¯s retail wealth management portfolio in China
¡®This investment will allow us to further build out our core wealth business in Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Bank China,¡¯ said Nuno Matos, CEO, Wealth and Personal Banking. |
| 20 Sep 2023 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ plans climate tech funding push
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ has announced plans to make available $1bn of financing to early-stage climate tech companies around the world. |
| 01 Aug 2023 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Interim Results 2023
¡°We have delivered a strong first half performance and are confident of achieving our revised mid-teens return on tangible equity target in 2023 and 2024,¡± said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn. |
| 01 Aug 2023 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ announces plans for new joint venture with Tradeshift
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ and B2B fintech Tradeshift have today announced an agreement to launch a new, jointly-owned business focused on the development of embedded finance solutions and financial services apps. |
| 05 Jul 2023 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ becomes first bank to join the UK¡¯s pioneering commercial quantum secure metro network
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ is the first bank to join BT and Toshiba¡¯s pioneering commercial quantum secure metro network, working in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). |
| 12 Jun 2023 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Innovation Banking launches at London Tech Week
New standalone entity, formerly Silicon Valley Bank UK, will be core to Ä¢¹½´«Ã½¡¯s strengthened global innovation economy proposition. |
| 02 May 2023 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc 1Q 2023 Earnings Release
¡°Our strong first quarter performance provides further evidence that our strategy is working,¡° said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn. |
| 19 Apr 2023 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ response to statement by Ping An Asset Management Company
The Board of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ believes a structural reconfiguration of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Asia Pacific would result in material loss of value for Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ shareholders. |
| 14 Apr 2023 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Continental Europe: update on sale of retail banking business in France
Significant interest rate rises since the sale terms were agreed and the related fair value accounting treatment on acquisition have made completion by the Purchaser Group less certain. |
| 13 Mar 2023 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ acquires Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc announces that its UK ring-fenced subsidiary, Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ UK Bank plc, is acquiring Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited (SVB UK) for ?1. |
| 21 Feb 2023 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Annual Results 2022
¡°2022 was another good year for Ä¢¹½´«Ã½,¡± said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn. ¡°We completed the first phase of our transformation and our international connectivity is now underpinned by good, broad-based profit generation around the world.¡± |
| 29 Nov 2022 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ agrees to sell its business in Canada to Royal Bank of Canada
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc announces its wholly owned subsidiary, Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Overseas Holdings (UK) Limited, has today entered into an agreement to sell its banking business in Canada (¡®Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Canada¡¯) to Royal Bank of Canada, subject to regulatory and governmental approvals. |
| 25 Oct 2022 |
Leadership changes
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc announces Georges Elhedery appointed as Group Financial Officer and Executive Director, Greg Guyett appointed CEO of GBM - Ewen Stevenson to step down. |
| 25 Oct 2022 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc 3Q 2022 Earnings Release
¡°We maintained our strong momentum in the third quarter and delivered a good set of results,¡± said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn. |
| 22 Sep 2022 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Asset Management to phase out thermal coal investments
22 September 2022 ¨C Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Asset Management (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ AM), has announced its policy to phase out coal-fired power and thermal coal mining (¡®thermal coal¡¯) from its listed holdings. |
| 01 Aug 2022 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Interim Results 2022
¡°Our first-half performance reflects the continued impact of our strategy, with gathering revenue momentum and tight cost control,¡± said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn. |
| 26 Apr 2022 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc 1Q 2022 Earnings Release
¡°Our strategy is on track, with organic growth and good momentum across most parts of the Group,¡± said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn. |
| 16 Mar 2022 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ announces net zero steps
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc (¡®Ä¢¹½´«Ã½¡¯) today announces plans to continue our leadership on climate change and outlines three steps we will take to turn our net zero ambition for our portfolio of clients into business transformation across the bank. |
| 22 Feb 2022 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ sets net zero aligned targets to reduce financed emissions from oil and gas, power and utilities sectors
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½) today publishes ambitious new 2030 targets for reductions in financed emissions from two carbon intensive sectors, Oil and Gas, and Power and Utilities. |
| 22 Feb 2022 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Annual Results 2021
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc reported profit before tax of USD18.9bn in 2021, up USD10.1bn on 2020. ¡°We have good momentum coming into 2022,¡± said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn. |
| 11 Feb 2022 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ completes acquisition of AXA Singapore
Further to the announcement on 16 August 2021, Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holdings Limited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½), has completed the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of AXA Insurance Pte Limited (AXA Singapore). |
| 31 Jan 2022 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ becomes partner in Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc (¡°Ä¢¹½´«Ã½¡±) is today announcing it is investing USD100m as an anchor partner in Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, (¡°Catalyst¡±), a groundbreaking programme that leverages private-public capital to accelerate the development of clean technologies that will help achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. |
| 30 Dec 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ receives regulatory approval to acquire remaining 50% stake in Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ life China
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Insurance (Asia) Limited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½), has received approval from the Shanghai office of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission to acquire the remaining 50% equity interest in Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Life Insurance Company Limited (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Life China), which would allow Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ to take its shareholding to 100% upon completion. |
| 23 Dec 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ to acquire L&T Investment Management
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Asset Management (India) Private Ltd, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½), has entered into an agreement with L&T Finance Holdings Limited (LTFH) to fully acquire L&T Investment Management Limited (LTIM) for US$425 million. |
| 14 Dec 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ announces thermal coal phase-out policy
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc (¡°Ä¢¹½´«Ã½¡±) is today setting out a detailed policy to phase out the financing of coal-fired power and thermal coal mining by 2030 in EU and OECD markets, and worldwide by 2040. |
| 13 Dec 2021 |
Statement on the Bank of England 2021 stress test results
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc (¡®Ä¢¹½´«Ã½¡¯ or together with its subsidiaries, the ¡®Group¡¯) notes the publication today of the Bank of England¡¯s 2021 Solvency Stress Test (¡®SST¡¯) results. |
| 25 Oct 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc 3Q 2021 Earnings Release
¡°We had a good third-quarter performance, with strong growth in profits supported by additional credit provision releases,¡± said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn. |
| 30 Sep 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ and Temasek Launch Partnership to Catalyse Sustainable Infrastructure Projects in Asia
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc (¡°Ä¢¹½´«Ã½¡±) and Temasek today announced a partnership to establish a debt financing platform dedicated to sustainable infrastructure projects with an initial focus on Southeast Asia, as part of efforts to reduce climate change. |
| 17 Sep 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ appoints Senior Adviser to the Group Chairman
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ announces the appointment of Lord Udny-Lister as Senior Adviser to Mark Tucker, Group Chairman, Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings, with effect from 27 September 2021. |
| 16 Aug 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ to acquire AXA Singapore
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ has agreed to acquire AXA Singapore for USD575 million - a key step in supporting its ambition to be Asia¡¯s leading insurance and wealth provider. |
| 02 Aug 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Interim Results 2021
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc reported profit before tax in 1H21 of USD10.8bn, up from USD4.3bn in 1H20. All regions were profitable and there was continued strength in Asia. |
| 18 Jun 2021 |
Sale of retail banking business in France
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Continental Europe (¡®HBCE¡¯) has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (¡®MOU¡¯) with Promontoria MMB SAS (¡®My Money Group¡¯), its subsidiary Banque des Cara?bes SA (the ¡®Purchaser¡¯) and My Money Bank (¡®MMB¡¯), regarding the potential sale of HBCE¡¯s retail banking business in France. |
| 07 Jun 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ appoints David Liao and Surendra Rosha as Co-Chief Executives for Asia Pacific
David Liao and Surendra Rosha have been appointed as Co-Chief Executives of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Asia Pacific, taking over from Peter Wong with immediate effect. |
| 26 May 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ exits US mass market retail banking
Strategically repositions US retail business towards international banking and wealth management. |
| 20 May 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ partners with WRI and WWF to scale next generation solutions to climate change
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½, in partnership with WRI and WWF, today unveils their Climate Solutions Partnership to unlock barriers to finance for companies and projects that tackle climate change. |
| 27 Apr 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc 1Q 2021 Earnings Release
¡°We had a good start to the year in support of our customers, while achieving materially enhanced returns for our shareholders,¡± said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn. |
| 23 Feb 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Annual Results 2020
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc reported profit before tax of USD8.8bn, down 34%, from higher expected credit losses and other credit impairment charges and lower revenue, partly offset by a fall in operating expenses. |
| 22 Feb 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc Senior management changes
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ has today announced a number of changes to its senior management team. |
| 16 Feb 2021 |
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ announces appointment of Celine Herweijer as Group Chief Sustainability Officer
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Holdings plc announces the appointment of Dr Celine Herweijer as Group Chief Sustainability Officer, effective July 2021. |