HSBC Bank USA has opened a new branch in the Daly City, California, as part of strategy to expand the services to selected locations. With the addition of this facility HSBC now has a total of 29 branches across California. The bank said that it initially operates with a staff of seven locally employed banking professionals.

The new branch provides a full range of financial services to both businesses and individuals including Premier, HSBC’s global personal banking service, which provides international recognition, worldwide support, a credit card, access to a relationship manager and ‘Global View,’ an online service which allows customers to access and manage all of their international Premier accounts in one place. Also offered are mortgages loans, wealth management and insurance.

Newly appointed branch manager, Samantha Lee, is a career banker with over 10 years business experience in and around the San Francisco and San Mateo County areas. Ms Samantha and team will serve customers in Cantonese, Mandarin and Tagalog as well as English.

Dominic O’Hagan, EVP and regional president of West coast at HSBC Bank USA, said: “Daly City, with its strong cross-border connections, was the obvious place in which to expand our branch network. As ‘The world’s local bank’, we fully understand the importance of serving the Daly City community locally while helping them to make the most of opportunities globally.”