No. Household Bank is a fairly large credit card backer/provider (and, later, loans including a buyout of Beneficial) who was bought by HSBC in order for the parent company to gain entry into the US CC market. They specialize in Sub-prime cards. Household was all American support. HSBC offshored a lot of it, though.
How do I know? My Dad, after quitting his professorship, worked for Renaissance Bank Card Services, who was bought by Household. He trained customer service and collections for both in London, KY. Now, he helps train Indian and Phillipino trainers, including trying to make them more comprehensible to Americans. --BenD Dana wrote: > it is. Though I don't think it's actually a bank. It seems to mostly > be an offshore customer service company that generates > incomprehensible but apparently irrelevant responses to email. > > I have been trying to activate a card I (regrettably) signed up for in > *February.* Since February. Silly me. > > ::mumble:: > > On 9/27/07, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> is that a small branch >> a subsidiary bank >> of HSBC? >> >>> don't you do it no >>> you'll regret >>> ever signing up >> >> -- >> will >> >> "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; >> and that would just be unacceptable." >> - Carrie Fisher >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243332 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
