2nd Quarter - Report

HSBC TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES USA INC. for HSBC TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES USA INC.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$640,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Banking BAN

Volcker Rule as it relates to foreign funds. Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization (cross border derivatives and internal risk management transactions). Large bank regulation including structure, prudential regulation and resolution authority. SEC cross border rules. Redefinition of "fiduciary" as it applies to investment advice.

Foreign entity interest: As the parent of HSBC-North America, HSBC Holdings, plc, has interests in the issues above.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MONIQUE FRAZIER —
THOMAS ROSENKOETTER —
JANET G ST AMAND —

Contacted: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) - particularly the need for signed intergovernmental agreements. Tax Reform - particularly as affecting financial products, interest deduction for banks, bank tax,financial transaction tax Tax Extender - limit tax withholding for foreign nationals on certain mutual fund dividends.

Foreign entity interest: As the parent of HSBC-North America, HSBC Holdings, plc, has interests in the issues above.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MONIQUE FRAZIER —
THOMAS ROSENKOETTER —
JANET G ST AMAND —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization. Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).

Foreign entity interest: As the parent of HSBC-North America, HSBC Holdings, plc, has interests in the issue above.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MONIQUE FRAZIER —
THOMAS ROSENKOETTER —
JANET G ST AMAND —

Contacted: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Treasury, Dept of

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.