HSBC

HSBC Holdings PLC is a British multinational universal bank and financial services holding company founded March 3, 1865, working with Quantinuum since June 2023 and successfully trialing first application of quantum-secure technology for buying and selling tokenized physical gold in September 2024. On September 25, 2025, HSBC and IBM announced the world's first-known empirical evidence of the potential value of current quantum computers for solving real-world problems in algorithmic bond trading, leveraging a quantum-classical hybrid approach that delivered up to a 34 percent improvement in predicting how likely a trade would be filled at a quoted price, demonstrating quantum advantage for financial applications. HSBC quantum computing trial beat Wall Street rivals demonstrating leadership in quantum finance applications and quantum-safe security implementations. The bank applies quantum computing to risk management, portfolio optimization, fraud detection, asset pricing, algorithmic trading, and secure tokenized asset transactions using quantum key distribution. HSBC invests in post-quantum cryptography, quantum-safe communication networks, and quantum computing applications for banking operations. HSBC serves global banking and financial services market requiring quantum-enhanced computational capabilities and quantum-safe security for transactions, communications, and data protection. HSBC collaborates with leading quantum companies including IBM and Quantinuum advancing practical quantum applications for financial services industry alongside JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs leading quantum finance adoption.