HSBC Bank Middle East has moved its headquarters from Jersey to Dubai, and ABN Amro Bank, which is majority-owned by the Dutch government, is consolidating in preparation for a return to private ownership.
The news has emerged in the latest quarterly statistics for the Island’s financial services sector to the end of June, which shows a £20.6 billion fall in total banking deposits over the second quarter of the year, from £128.4bn to £107.8bn.
The chief executive officer of HSBC in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, Ewan Stirling, said that the move of HSBC Bank Middle East to Dubai was ‘not surprising’.
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