Other possible contenders might include an attempt to poach HSBC finance director Douglas Flint, or the reappointment of Thiam's predecessor Mark Tucker, possibly as an interim chief executive.

其他可能的竞争者包括把汇丰银行的财务总监道格拉斯·弗林特挖过来，或者重新任命西亚姆的前任马克·塔克作为临时首席执行官。

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The largest of them, HSBC, and Standard Chartered, the fastest growing, were both founded in Asia a century and a half ago to finance trade across seas policed by the Royal Navy.

其中最大的同时也是增长速度最快的银行：汇丰和渣打，一个半世纪前在亚洲成立时就在皇家海军监管下进行海外金融贸易。

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HSBC is sticking with well-off customers but has gone off mass-market consumer finance.

汇丰银行坚持做富裕客户的生意，却也驱走了大量的消费金融。

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Cross border equity tie-ups between financial firms have enjoyed mixed success to put it mildly (think HSBC and Household Finance in the 2000s, or Deutsche Bank and Morgan Grenfell in the 1990s).

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Analysts say the problem that firms such as HSBC are facing in expanding their Islamic finance business is that different Muslim countries interpret Islamic law differently.

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It was taken from HSBC bank and handed to the then French Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde.

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