HSBC files: international outcry over activities at bank's Swiss arm
Revelations of collusion with wealthy and criminal clients in tax malpractice trigger furious response around the worldHSBC is fighting an international firestorm over revelations that its Swiss...
View ArticleLabour keeps up pressure over lack of HSBC prosecutions
Ministers accused of not pursuing criminal prosecutions and challenged over appointment of Stephen Green in government trade postLabour is keeping up the pressure over the UK government’s response to...
View ArticleWhat ex-HSBC boss Stephen Green’s book teaches: be honest and pay what you owe
Does your bank need guidance on how to behave morally? Then learn some valuable lessons from the former HSBC chairman’s 2009 book on money and ethicsIf you were Lord Stephen Green, the multitasking...
View ArticleAs Lord Green should know, the clergy’s role is to help the poor not the rich...
Since the late 1960s, a growing number of ordained Church of England clergy have earned their livings in secular employment. The Rev Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint was one (The boss: banker, peer,...
View ArticleThe HSBC files: what we know so far
Repercussions of biggest leak of confidential banking data ever ripple around the world as governments pledge to pursue alleged tax evaders and former HSBC executives and tax officials face intense...
View ArticleCameron in gear with bus gags – but stalling on tax
Jokes mask the standoff at PMQs while serious queries on banks, revolving doors and Lord Green go unansweredYou wait half an hour for a lame gag about pink buses and then two turn up at once. “On...
View ArticleUK government should have known about HSBC tax issues, says Falciani
Bank’s former computer specialist, who stole information on 30,000 accounts, says data was in public domain in 2010Hervé Falciani, the whistleblower at the centre of the HSBC leaks, has said the...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on tax dodging: a creative industry that demands an equally...
The US, the French, the Belgians and the Spanish are all pursuing HSBC. Where’s Britain?All week, the Guardian has been reporting the findings of its investigation into the affairs of HSBC and its...
View ArticleFormer HSBC boss Lord Green quits banking lobby group
Peer to step down as TheCityUK advisory council chair amid claims HSBC Swiss subsidiary enabled tax dodging while he was in chargeLord Stephen Green, the former HSBC boss at the centre of the storm...
View ArticleFormer HSBC chairman withdraws from giving speech at Global Law summit
Following revelations about the bank’s role in tax avoidance, Lord Green also stepped down as CityUK chairStephen Green, the former chairman of HSBC, has withdrawn from giving one of the opening...
View ArticleOsborne advised using financial loopholes to avoid tax and care costs
Labour accuses chancellor of ‘political evasion’ as 2003 video surfaces of then backbencher advising TV viewers to use ‘clever financial products’ to avoid tax George Osborne once advised people to use...
View ArticleLabour quiz chancellor over knowledge of HSBC's Swiss subsidiary conduct
Ed Balls asks George Osborne whether selective prosecutions by HMRC were approved by the TreasuryGeorge Osborne has come under fresh pressure from Labour to explain his knowledge of the conduct of...
View ArticleTories do not want Stephen Green to give evidence over HSBC, Labour claims
Labour wants former HSBC boss to account for controversy at bank’s Swiss arm before MPs but claims Conservatives do notTory MPs have been accused by Labour of blocking moves to summon former HSBC boss...
View ArticleHSBC: Tory MPs accused of blocking watchdog's bid to question Green
Conservative-dominated public accounts committee rejects proposal to summon former HSBC chairman and trade minister over bank’s tax scandalConservative MPs have been accused of blocking a parliamentary...
View ArticleLord Green headed HSBC at the height of its wrongdoing. He must face MPs |...
As the bank’s boss he accepted a huge pay packet and bonuses – if he wants to maintain the credibility of the financial system he should have the integrity to explain himselfAs the Guardian has...
View ArticleHe spoke to Clough and Revie. Lord Green is proving a bit more difficult
Journalist turned MP Austin Mitchell has questions for HSBC’s former boss. But when will he get to ask them?There was a time when the most prominent names on the UK news agenda would gladly subject...
View ArticleLord Green: I was not 'asleep at wheel' at HSBC
Excerpt of interview shows former bank head denying Margaret Hodge’s accusation and insisting that it was a ‘tower of strength’ during the financial crisisLord Green, the man who headed HSBC during the...
View ArticleLord Green can’t get out of this HSBC grilling
The former trade minister will face questions from MPs on subjects he has so far been reluctant to addressThey seek him here, they seek him there … the former HSBC gaffer, Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint,...
View ArticleLord Green admits HSBC should have conducted tougher checks on Swiss arm
Speaking to Lords committee, former HSBC chairman apologises for failures but denies anyone at bank was aware of ‘industrial-scale systems of tax evasion’The former HSBC boss Lord Green has admitted...
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