HSBC Bank Argentina S.A. is the principal HSBC operating company in Argentina. The seventh-largest bank in the country, it provides a full range of banking and financial products and services, including commercial, consumer and corporate banking, to over 1.2 million customers. HSBC Argentina is one of the largest financial organizations in Argentina and comprises HSBC Bank Argentina, HSBC MAXIMA AFJP, HSBC La Buenos Aires and HSBC New York Life. Proa is a local consumer finance company set up to draw on the experience and knowledge of HSBC Finance Corporation. The group's product and service... distribution network includes 116 retail bank branches nationwide, as well as financial and pension fund offices. HSBC Argentina maintains deposits of around US$3 billion, and a lending portfolio of nearly US$2 billion . Midland Bank purchased a stake in Banco Roberts, a subsidiary established in 1903 by the historic Anglo-South American Bank, in 1987. HSBC Group acquired Midland in 1992. In 1997, the Group acquired the remaining shares in the Roberts Group holding company and re-named it HSBC Argentina Holdings SA.
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