Journal of International Migration and Integration
Volume 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-29

Global banking and financial services to immigrants in Canada and the US (Article)

Li W.* , Oberle A. , Dymski G.
  • a Asian Pacific American Studies Program, School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5503, United States, Department of Ethnicity and Multicultural Citizenship, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
  • b Department of Geography, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, United States
  • c University of California Center, Sacramento, CA, United States

Abstract

It is important to consider how financial institutions are adjusting their operational strategies because of the changing dynamics of financial resource and population flows. This paper compares the ways in which globally prominent banks provide financial services to immigrants in Canada and the US and addresses the following two research questions: (1) How has HSBC reacted strategically and operationally to people-money comovements involving immigrants, in which HSBC has ethnic assets, in the US and Canada? (2) What are the similarities and differences in HSBC's strategic choices in entering or expanding in the San Francisco and Vancouver areas, and what explains such differences? © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009.

Author Keywords

Vancouver San Francisco Financial service Global bank Asianim migration HSBC

Index Keywords

California Canada financial system banking immigrant financial services research work financial provision San Francisco British Columbia Vancouver North America United States
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-61349198128&doi=10.1007%2fs12134-008-0089-1&partnerID=40&md5=ca071f4909baf8026bc5914efd887e59
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-008-0089-1
ISSN: 14883473
Cited by: 7
Original Language: English