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Origins of HSBC: After the British established Hong Kong as a colony in the aftermath of the
First Opium War, local merchants felt the need for a bank to finance the growing trade between
China and
Europe (with traded products including
opium).
[2][3] They established the
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Company Limited in Hong Kong (March 1865) and Shanghai (one month later).
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