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Education - Returned from your studies overseas

HSBC Sea Turtle Elite Club

HSBC has teamed up with global partners to provide an interactive platform for growth. With the "HSBC Sea Turtle Elite Club", you can get to network with professional mentors, ambitious entrepreneurs, experienced financial experts, as well as Sea Turtle Elites like you. With this club, you will get career development advice, entrepreneurial experience sharing, investment and financial management knowledge, and a wide range of contacts improving all-round personal ability.

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Planning the Future - Sea Turtle Proposition

Staying connected overseas

Stay in control of your finances and link your onshore and offshore bank accounts.

Global Transfer & Global View
Make global transfers to your family

Returning home to settle down

Get access to financial solutions and enjoy all-round banking services.

Foreign currency services
Home mortgage loan
HSBC Fusion lending

Revitalising your future

Explore customised products and services that support your investment and wealth growth.

HSBC Finfit
Insights for the next generation
Wealth Assistant
Wealth Compass
Range of Insurance products

Growing your potential

Expand your social circle and grow your potential with our rich social activities.

HSBC Sea Turtle Elite Club

Planning the Future - Sea Turtle Proposition

Global Transfer & Global View This link will open in a new window

As an HSBC Premier customer, you'll get access to all your HSBC accounts in different countries or regions using online banking or the HSBC China Mobile Banking app. You'll also be able to seamlessly make fee-free global transfers in foreign currencies between your self-named accounts.

Note: You should comply with foreign exchange requirements and other regulatory requirements of mainland China.

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The HSBC Premier Family Services lets you and your parents view account asset or transactions in real time, including transaction details and investment portfolio movements. That's how you get to easily understand your family's wealth and financial position.
Use the HSBC China Mobile Banking app to make foreign currency global transfers to your self-named HSBC global account, or any account under the same HSBC Premier Family.

Note: You should comply with foreign exchange requirements and other regulatory requirements of mainland China.

Global Transfer & Global View This link will open in a new window

Note: You should comply with foreign exchange requirements and other regulatory requirements of mainland China.

Make global transfers to your family This link will open in a new window

The HSBC Premier Family Services lets you and your parents view account asset or transactions in real time, including transaction details and investment portfolio movements. That's how you get to easily understand your family's wealth and financial position.
Use the HSBC China Mobile Banking app to make foreign currency global transfers to your self-named HSBC global account, or any account under the same HSBC Premier Family.

Note: You should comply with foreign exchange requirements and other regulatory requirements of mainland China.

Foreign currency solutions This link will open in a new window

Whether it's for your overseas studies or travel expenses, HSBC China is here to provide professional foreign exchange solutions that meet your needs. And be it foreign currency exchange or deposits, you can enjoy fast and convenient real-time services via online and mobile banking or at our branches.

Home mortgage loan This link will open in a new window

Take a step towards your dream home with our streamlined and personalised mortgage service.

Supporting small businesses with HSBC Fusion Package (in Chinese only) This link will open in a new window

The HSBC Fusion Package is an exclusive branch that supports small business. For HSBC Premier customers, this one-stop account service plan gives you access to newly upgraded Secured Lending／Unsecured Lending products. With a variety of flexible quotas, maturities, credit models and repayment methods, you'll find a plan that can meet your unique financing needs. So if you're thinking of starting your own business after returning from your overseas studies, rest assured you'll find financial support with us.

HSBC Finfit (in Chinese only) This link will open in a new window

Developed specially by HSBC China, HSBC FinFit is a grading system and an online self-test tool which allows you to check your financial health under 4 dimensions and 38 independent indicators. With this, we can help you effectively achieve your long-term financial goals with professional financial planning and activity reports.

Insights for the next generation (in Chinese only) This link will open in a new window

We aim to build up the financial awareness of a next generation of HSBC Premier customers (aged between 14-30 years), improve their investment knowledge and equip them with all they need to know in order to build a greater future for themselves.

Wealth Assistant (in Chinese only) This link will open in a new window

Your smart wealth management assistant is on hand to provide specialised 24/7 wealth management support.

Wealth Compass (in Chinese only) This link will open in a new window

How can your assets outperform long-term inflation as you face a complicated global economy? Don't know where to start when faced with a wide variety of financial management products? Let us help you create a customised product list based on your investment preferences. All it takes is for you to answer a few questions on your investment preferences (e.g. risk appetite, investment target, investment market, investment currency, investment period), and Wealth Compass can generate a personalised product list and asset allocation plan. Plus, with a one-click order placement ability, you'll be able to capture wealth opportunities at your fingertips.

Range of Insurance Products This link will open in a new window

We provide a complete range of insurance products tailored to meet your needs once you return from your overseas studies, including protection, wealth management, education, retirement, etc.

HSBC Sea Turtle Elite Club

A new journey lies ahead once you return from your overseas studies – be it in terms of career development, entrepreneurial dreams, wealth growth or your own essential networking. To help meet these needs and grow potential, we officially launched the HSBC Sea Turtle Elite Club on December 2021.

HSBC has teamed up with our partners to provide an interactive platform for growth covering four major areas:

Career development: Get access to specialised mentors who will offer job market insights and career guidance, and be invited to special corporate recruitment activities.
Entrepreneurship: Learn from experienced mentors who will offer entrepreneurship guidance, and get the chance to directly speak to CEOs and founding members of unicorn companies.
Finance and investment: Amass financial and investment know-hows through our professional team and experience the challenges of an ever-changing investment market through simulation games.
Social interaction: Expand your social circle and network with like-minded talented returnees like yourself with our exciting activities.

Join us now by scanning the QR code on the recruitment section! You may directly tap on the QR code if you're already on a mobile browser.

HSBC Scholar

HSBC Scholar is the International Education Service's WeChat mini program which specially designed for students and parents. HSBC Scholar provides specific study-abroad-solutions and financial services for students at each stage of their overseas study. Scan the WeChat QR code or search for the HSBC Scholar mini program in WeChat and add us to My Mini Programs to get started.

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HSBC Study Abroad Assistant Mini Program QR Code

Start banking with us

Apply for your account online

Scan to open your account. Mobile phone users can scan the QR code directly. Click for more guidance
(in Chinese only).

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Make an appointment

Leave your contact details with us and we'll be in touch within 1-2 business days.

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Call us

HSBC International Education Financial Services Hotline (For personal banking services only)

400-920-0828

(24H, Mon - Sun)

Please dial the country code of mainland China +86 if you are calling from overseas, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, or Taiwan

Find a branch

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Already with HSBC?

Our dedicated team provides free support to Premier customers who're planning to live abroad, and helps with submitting relevant materials for opening an HSBC Premier account at your destination.

After arriving at the destination, you'll shortly hear from our Premier staff, who'll contact you and help you open your account in a timely manner.

To apply for an overseas account, you can make an appointment in the following ways:

if you plan to go to the UK or Singapore, you can scan the QR code below, or tap the image directly on your mobile device to make an appointment (you'll need to hold a valid Chinese 2nd generation resident ID card)
for other overseas destinations, you can contact your relationship manager by scanning the QR code below to open the HSBC China Mobile Banking app, or tapping the image directly on your mobile device
you can also call 95366 to contact our customer service specialists and they'll help answer your questions.

contact your relationship manager

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plan to go to the UK or Singapore

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If you maintain a daily average Total Relationship Balance of RMB500,000 (or foreign currency equivalent) or more, you can enjoy HSBC Premier with no monthly fee. Visit any of our branches or upgrade now via the HSBC China Mobile Banking app.

Scan the QR code to upgrade your account now, or if you're on a mobile browser please directly click the image below.

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Premier customers in other countries/regions

Enjoy Premier privileges with us with no monthly fee.

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Events

The "Set Sail" livestream programme (in Chinese only)

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Feeling a little lost about pursuing an overseas education in the middle of a global pandemic? Whether you're traveling to a new country for school or attending virtual classes online at home, tune in to our brand new live programme! Join us to find out all you need to know about studying abroad from seniors who have been there and done that! Listen as they share their insights on pursuing a foreign education, with topics that range from how to get your basic living necessities in order to the ins and outs of student life.

Go anywhere in the world with HSBC Global Finance

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We've teamed up with VFS Global, the world's largest visa outsourcing and technology service specialist for governments and their diplomatic missions worldwide. Our exclusive partnership will ensure all your travel, foreign education and related financing needs are met, harnessing the wide reach and expertise of HSBC's global banking and international education services all over the world.

HSBC Teen Open Day (in Chinese only)

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Together with ETS, we'll bring you and your children an extraordinary opportunity to boost financial IQ in a seminar taught in both Chinese and English.

DBC career counseling (in Chinese only)

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DBC has over 3,000 experienced mentors from the top 9 investment banks, renowned consulting companies, the Big Four accounting firms, as well as Fortune Global 500 companies.

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Planning the Future

HSBC Sea Turtle Elite Club

Planning the Future - Sea Turtle Proposition

Staying connected overseas

Returning home to settle down

Revitalising your future

Growing your potential

Planning the Future - Sea Turtle Proposition

Staying connected overseas

Returning home to settle down

Revitalising your future

Growing your potential

HSBC Scholar

Start banking with us

Already with HSBC?

I want to make an appointment to open an overseas account for living abroad

HSBC Advance customers

Events

The "Set Sail" livestream programme (in Chinese only)

Go anywhere in the world with HSBC Global Finance

HSBC Teen Open Day (in Chinese only)

DBC career counseling (in Chinese only)