The economy is really bad, and it seems that banks are robbing consumers’ money whenever possible. I would like to share with you my personal story, hoping that you can make the public aware of this issue. I have a checking account in HSBC France and in HSBC US respectively. I made a wire transfer of 7500 euros from France to the US last Friday (March 13 2009), and the money arrived on March 18, with only 9477.75 dollars (I sent the money in euro, so the change was made in the US). However, Wednesday’s market rate was 1 euro=1.35... read full review »