Protect

We help you stay productive and protected
We tailor solutions to your needs by offering over 100 trade and receivables products in five key areas:
- Working Capital Optimisation
- International Trade Growth
- Trade Risk Management
- Supplier Finance Management
- Sales Finance Management
Your safety is a part of our strategy
HSBC has implemented Safeguard, a series of initiatives directed against financial crimes.
Information is key to protection,
This is why we may ask you to do one or all of the following:
- confirm and update your existing personal and/or business details
- provide some new personal and/or business information
Risk Management
Fraudsters are attempting to scam businesses by impersonating members of upper management, suppliers, partners or even members of the IT support team by email, phone or text. These scams can be financial, where the cybercriminal requests urgent payments, or to gain access to secure business networks and data.
All businesses need to ensure that employees are well aware of these attacks and mitigate for them in the following ways:
- Consider implementing additional payment verification processes
- Advise staff to phone the requesting party directly using a verified phone number
- Similarly, employees should check email addresses against company records for an exact match
- Staff should only use authorised channels to exchange sensitive business information
- Home-workers need to use a VPN to access business networks and follow all company security protocols
- Everyone should be vigilant for any payment requests that are unexpected or irregular
In addition, employees need to be aware of phishing attacks that target them personally. Cyber criminals are sending phishing emails posing as organizations such as banks, Government, the World Health Organization or other health service providers, and pretending to offer a safe haven for money or medical guidance. Their goal is to trick people into sharing personal, professional or financial information.