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Mon, Mar 19 2012 HSBC Canada exits consumer finance, lays off 500 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Canada's Viterra puts Glencore in grain's top tier Tue, Mar 20 2012 Glencore seen in hunt for grain handler Viterra Mon, Mar 12 2012 HSBC sells general insurance business for $914 million Wed, Mar 7 2012 Analysis & Opinion Apple’s sensible dividend Goldman Sachs history shows resignation naivete Related Topics Tech » Deals » Global Deals Review: 2011 Q3 » Global Deals Review: 2011 Q2 » Global Deals Review » Inflows Outflows » Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:04pm EDT TORONTO, March 21 - The Canadian arm of HSBC Bank will wind down its consumer finance business and lay off about 500 employees after failing to find a buyer for the unit. HSBC, which in September agreed to sell its Canadian retail brokerage to National Bank of Canada for C$206 million ($207.4 million), had also hoped to sell the consumer finance business as it focuses its Canadian business on capital markets, commercial and retail banking, and wealth management. "Despite concerted efforts, a suitable buyer could not be found. Having exhausted all available alternatives, the appropriate steps are now being taken to wind down the business," said Lindsay Gordon, chief executive of HSBC Bank Canada. London-based HSBC, which has the largest Canadian presence of any foreign lender, has laid off thousands worldwide as it deals with the European debt crisis. The challenges in Europe and the impact of the 2008 financial crisis in the United States have prompted several foreign lenders to trim their presence in Canada. Last year, Bank of America agreed to sell its $8.6 billion MBNA Canada credit card portfolio to Toronto-Dominion Bank. In 2010, Citigroup sold its $2 billion Canadian MasterCard business to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. HSBC Canada's consumer finance business is the legacy business of Household International, which the bank acquired in 2003 and has already wound down in the United States and United Kingdom. In Canada, it operates under the HSBC Finance banner on a standalone basis from HSBC Bank branches. HSBC said the unit will shut offices and cease taking loan applications as soon as practical, but that the business will continue to service and collect its existing receivable loans. ($1=$0.99 Canadian) (Reporting By Cameron French; Editing by Peter Galloway) Tech Deals Global Deals Review: 2011 Q3 Global Deals Review: 2011 Q2 Global Deals Review Inflows Outflows Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. 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