Manage your finances on the go with the HSBC Expat Mobile Banking App
HSBC Expat: mobile banking for accounts held abroad
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- Global Money account holds up to 19 currencies in one place
- Global Money debit card spends in up to 18 currencies
- Fee-free international payments
- Sign in with Face ID or Touch ID
- Local and globally linked balances on one screen
- 24/7 chat assistance for common banking queries
What HSBC Expat is for
HSBC Expat is the mobile banking app for HSBC's Expat Premier Bank Account, which the listing describes as built for people living internationally. According to the listing, you can apply for the account from inside the app, then register and set up digital banking in the same place.
The listing pitches it at people who have moved abroad and need to handle money across more than one country. Its banking features are built around balances and payments that span currencies and locations, not a single home currency.
Opening the account and signing in
Applying for an Expat account and registering for digital banking are both done through the app. The listing says the process takes a few minutes.
Once registered, you can log on with Face ID or Touch ID rather than typing a password each time, if your phone supports either.
Checking balances and making payments
The app shows your local balances alongside globally linked balances, so you can see money held in different places from one view. You can also make payments from the app.
The listing says international payments made through the app carry no fee. It does not give further detail on how those transfers are sent or how long they take.
Holding and spending in several currencies
The Global Money Account lets you hold up to 19 currencies together in one account. The Global Money debit card can then be used to spend in up to 18 of those currencies.
This is the part of the app that most directly addresses living and paying across borders. The two figures on the listing describe the account's currency range; the card's spending range is smaller than the number of currencies the account holds.
Getting help from 24/7 chat
A chat assistant inside the app answers common banking questions at any hour, according to the listing. It is the only support channel the listing names.
For routine questions about balances, payments or the account, the chat is the built-in place to start.
What's new
• Personalise your home screen, putting your most used features at your fingertips
• Smoother navigation between your products and services
• Dedicated hubs to make it easier to find what you need
• An enhanced mobile chat that acts like your very own assistant
About this APK
The build we hold is HSBC Expat 3.74.0 (APKS split bundle) for Android 11 and up.
- Version
- 3.74.0
- 26082811
- Requires Android
- 11+
- Package ID
- com.hsbc.expat.hsbcexpat
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Malware scan
- Google Play Protect
- Permissions
- 23 declared · 6 sensitive
- Approximate location
- Camera
- Microphone
- Modify files on your device
- Read files on your device
- See all installed apps
- Signed by
- CN=HSBC, O=HSBC
- Certificate SHA-256
- 1f3c6481453dfc5f41edfee201ddce476aa0aa605f6d8e3259c252f46a0a092f