HSBC México, S.A., the principal operating company of Grupo Financiero HSBC, S.A. de C.V., is one of Mexico’s four largest banking and financial service companies, with 1,400 branches and 5,200 ATMs. HSBC purchased Banco Internacional, S.A. known as Bital, in November 2002, several years after Bital participated in the controversial Fobaproa, which rescued the nation's banks from the 1994 crisis, at the cost of the Mexican taxpayers.
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Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Colonia Cuauhtémoc is a colonia in the Cuauhtémoc municipality of central Mexico City. It is located just north of Paseo de la Reforma, west of the historic center of Mexico City.
Skyscrapers along Paseo de la Reforma in the colonia
This Porfirian-era mansion was the last residence of President Venustiano Carranza before his assassination. It later hosted the Embassy of France and afterwards the Embassy of El Salvador. Since 1961 the building houses the Museo Casa de Carranza.
Home built in the colonial californiano style
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