4th Quarter - Report

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

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$656,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

2 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. HR 5016 - 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations (cross border derivatives, swap push out) Large bank regulation including structure, prudential regulation and resolution authority CFTC and SEC regulations related to proposal to regulate cross border swaps and interaffiliate swaps.

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: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 5016 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) - need for signed IGAs and need for determination of permissibility of use of third party information providers Exclusion from income of mortgage debt forgiveness in mortgage modifications

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: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

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.