What is HSBC's current founding date?

January 1, 1865, dated January 1, 1865, from a primary source (hsbc.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 9, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).

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HSBC founding date

As of November 9, 2026, HSBC's founding date on the AsOf record is January 1, 1865, dated January 1, 1865, from a primary source (hsbc.com).

current founding date: January 1, 1865January 1, 1865 · 2 sources

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1 value · 1 current

HSBC founding date: every dated value on the record, oldest first, with its dates, status, confidence and sources
value	valid fromThe day the value took effect, not the day it was published. A period figure (a year's revenue) is dated at the period's end.More in About →	valid to	confidenceHow well the sources support the value, from 0 to 1. A single primary source is asserted from 0.7; nothing below 0.5 is asserted; a dead or disagreeing source lowers it.More in About →	sourcesPrimary: the entity's own filing, feed or site. Secondary: a publisher reporting it. Each claim links every source it has, with the passage that states the value where one was read.More in About →
January 1, 1865: founding date 1865-01-01 from 1865-01-01, claim clm_C3991DED28D0 and its sources to present · hsbc.com +1	1865-01-01	present	0.95	hsbc.com +1

Questions this record answers

What is HSBC's current founding date?: January 1, 1865, dated January 1, 1865, from a primary source (hsbc.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 9, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).

Answered from the rows above, as of November 9, 2026.

Cite HSBC founding date

Each form names the value, its as-of date (1865-01-01), the day you read it (2026-11-09), the claim's stable URL and id and its primary source. The URL never changes: a superseded claim stays at the same address.

Plain text

AsOf. "HSBC founded: 1865-01-01", as of 1865-01-01. Claim clm_C3991DED28D0, https://asof.is/claim/clm_C3991DED28D0, accessed 2026-11-09. Source: http://www.hsbc.com/about-hsbc/company-history/hsbc-history.

APA

AsOf. (1865). HSBC founded: 1865-01-01 (as of 1865-01-01) [Record clm_C3991DED28D0]. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://asof.is/claim/clm_C3991DED28D0 (source: http://www.hsbc.com/about-hsbc/company-history/hsbc-history)

BibTeX

@misc{asof_clm_C3991DED28D0,
  author = {AsOf},
  title = {HSBC founded: 1865-01-01},
  year = {1865},
  howpublished = {\url{https://asof.is/claim/clm_C3991DED28D0}},
  note = {Claim clm\_C3991DED28D0, as of 1865-01-01; source: http://www.hsbc.com/about-hsbc/company-history/hsbc-history},
  urldate = {2026-11-09}
}

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