What is HSBC?
{{Infobox company |name = HSBC Holdings plc |logo = HSBC logo (2018).svg |type = [[Public limited company]] |image = 8-Canada-Square_(cropped).jpg |traded_as = {{LSE|HSBA}}<br>{{SEHK|5}}<br>{{NYSE|HSBC}} ([[American depositary receipt|ADR]])<br>[[FTSE 100 Index|FTSE 100 Component]] (HSBA)<br>[[Hang Seng Index|Hang Seng Component]] (0005) |founder = [[Thomas Sutherland (banker)|Sir Thomas Sutherland]] | image_size = 300px |area_served = Worldwide | key_people = {{Ubl | [[Mark Tucker (business)|Sir Mark Tucker]]<br>{{small|([[Chairman|Group Chairman]])}} | [[Georges Elhedery]]<br>{{small|([[Chief executive officer|Group Chief Executive]])}} }} |industry = [[Banking]], [[Financial services]] |products = |services = Retail banking, corporate banking, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, wealth management, [[Credit card|credit cards]], [[finance and insurance]] |revenue = {{decrease}} {{USD|47.96 billion|link=yes}} (2016)<ref name=results>{{cite web|url=http://www.hsbc.com/~/media/hsbc-com/investorrelationsassets/hsbc-results/2016/annual-results/hsbc-holdings-plc/170221-annual-report-and-accounts-2016|title=Annual Report 2016|publisher=HSBC|accessdate=15 March 2016|archive-date=23 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223212256/http://www.hsbc.com/~/media/hsbc-com/investorrelationsassets/hsbc-results/2016/annual-results/hsbc-holdings-plc/170221-annual-report-and-accounts-2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> |operating_income = {{decrease}} {{USD|7.112 billion}} (2016)<ref name=results /> |net_income = {{decrease}} {{USD|2.479 billion}} (2016)<ref name=results /> |assets = {{decrease}} {{USD|2.374 trillion}} (2016)<ref name=results /> |equity = {{decrease}} {{USD|175.38 billion}} (2016)<ref name=results /> |num_employees = {{augmentation}} 235,175 (2016)<ref name=results /> |subsid = * [[The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]] * [[HSBC Bank