I've had very good experience with HSBC in the US both as a student and later on when opening a new account in the US using my Hong Kong HSBC account as referen

I've had very good experience with HSBC in the US both as a student and later on when opening a new account in the US using my Hong Kong HSBC account as reference. I do agree though that even before their exit of mass market retail banking they wouldn't give the time of the day to anyone with less than 100k USD so it's not surprising.