Today , the firm serves around 40 million customers through its three business divisions : Wealth and Personal Banking , Commercial Banking , and Global Banking & Markets .

Listed on the London , Hong Kong , New York and Bermuda stock exchanges , shares in HSBC Holdings PLC

WATCH are held by more than 180,000 shareholder in 128 different countries and territories .

According to the Forbes Global 2000 , the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ( ICBC ) is the largest company in the world ranked by assets ( US $ 6.12tn ).

ICBC was established back in 1984 , before being wholly restructured into a joint-stock limited company in 2005 . A year later , the firm was successfully listed on both the Shanghai Stock Exchange and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong .

In recent years , the bank has taken significant involvement in emerging sectors including green finance and sci-tech innovation , increasing performance .

30 March 2024