HSBC Bank USA has opened a new retail branch in California extending its West Coast network to 40 branches.

Operating initially with a staff of 10 locally employed banking professionals, the new retail branch will provide a full range of financial services to both businesses and individuals including Premier, HSBC’s global personal banking service.

Premier offers international recognition, worldwide support, wealth management, insurance, mortgages, 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.

Branch manager Aimei Chen, is a career banker with over 14 years professional experience in and around the San Gabriel Valley area. Ms Chen and her team are able to serve customers in Mandarin and Cantonese as well as English.

HSBC Bank USA is the principal subsidiary of HSBC USA, an indirectly-held, wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings.