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HSBC Finance Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/17 – ‘XML’

On:  Monday, 10/30/17, at 6:02am ET   ·   For:  9/30/17   ·   Accession #:  354964-17-29   ·   File #:  1-08198

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10/30/17  HSBC Finance Corp                 10-Q        9/30/17   79:10M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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                (Unaudited)                                                      
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                (Loss) (Unaudited)                                               
14: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)              HTML    108K 
15: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)              HTML     51K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
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                (Unaudited)                                                      
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18: R8          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited)    HTML     28K 
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19: R9          Organization and Basis of Presentation              HTML     32K 
20: R10         Receivables Held for Sale                           HTML    177K 
21: R11         Troubled Debt Restructures and Nonperforming        HTML     65K 
                Receivables                                                      
22: R12         Credit Loss Reserves                                HTML     71K 
23: R13         Fair Value Option                                   HTML     79K 
24: R14         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    160K 
25: R15         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     81K 
26: R16         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     69K 
27: R17         Related Party Transactions                          HTML    107K 
28: R18         Variable Interest Entities                          HTML     50K 
29: R19         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    295K 
30: R20         Litigation and Regulatory Matters                   HTML     33K 
31: R21         New Accounting Pronouncements                       HTML     38K 
32: R22         Receivables Held for Sale (Tables)                  HTML    177K 
33: R23         Troubled Debt Restructures and Nonperforming        HTML     67K 
                Receivables (Tables)                                             
34: R24         Credit Loss Reserves (Tables)                       HTML     70K 
35: R25         Fair Value Option (Tables)                          HTML     75K 
36: R26         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    154K 
37: R27         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     80K 
                (Tables)                                                         
38: R28         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)  HTML     70K 
39: R29         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     85K 
40: R30         Variable Interest Entities (Tables)                 HTML     50K 
41: R31         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    281K 
42: R32         Organization and Basis of Presentation (Details)    HTML     37K 
43: R33         Receivables Held for Sale - Real Estate Secured     HTML     37K 
                Receivables (Details)                                            
44: R34         Receivables Held for Sale - Receivables Sold to     HTML     38K 
                Third Party Investors (Details)                                  
45: R35         Receivables Held for Sale - Summary of Activity in  HTML     48K 
                Receivables Held for Sale (Detail)                               
46: R36         Receivables Held for Sale - Additional Information  HTML     59K 
                (Detail)                                                         
47: R37         Receivables Held For Sale - Allowance for Credit    HTML     36K 
                Losses Rollforward (Details)                                     
48: R38         Receivables Held for Sale - Summary of Components   HTML     57K 
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                Value Adjustment (Detail)                                        
49: R39         Troubled Debt Restructures and Nonperforming        HTML     34K 
                Receivables - TDR Loans (Details)                                
50: R40         Troubled Debt Restructures and Nonperforming        HTML     28K 
                Receivables - Additional Information Related to                  
                TDR Loans (Details)                                              
51: R41         Troubled Debt Restructures and Nonperforming        HTML     37K 
                Receivables - Nonperforming Portfolio (Details)                  
52: R42         Troubled Debt Restructures and Nonperforming        HTML     28K 
                Receivables - Additional Information on Nonaccrual               
                Receivables (Details)                                            
53: R43         Credit Loss Reserves - Summarizes Changes in        HTML     64K 
                Credit Loss Reserves by Product/Class and Related                
                Receivable Balance by Product (Detail)                           
54: R44         Fair Value Option - Fair Value Option on            HTML     34K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
55: R45         Fair Value Option - Components of Gain (Loss) on    HTML     46K 
                Debt Designated at Fair Value and Related                        
                Derivatives (Detail)                                             
56: R46         Fair Value Option - Additional Information          HTML     26K 
                (Detail)                                                         
57: R47         Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional       HTML     44K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
58: R48         Derivative Financial Instruments - Schedule of      HTML     68K 
                Derivative Instruments (Details)                                 
59: R49         Derivative Financial Instruments - Gain or Loss     HTML     59K 
                Recorded on Our Cash Flow Hedging Relationships                  
                (Detail)                                                         
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61: R51         Derivative Financial Instruments - Gain or Loss     HTML     33K 
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                Option Debt Primarily Due to Changes in Interest                 
                Rates (Detail)                                                   
62: R52         Derivative Financial Instruments - Notional Values  HTML     31K 
                of Derivative Contracts (Detail)                                 
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                Summary of Changes in Accumulated Other                          
                Comprehensive Loss (Detail)                                      
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                Components of Pension Expense for Defined Benefit                
                Pension Plan (Detail)                                            
65: R55         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits-Post      HTML     38K 
                Retirement Benefit Cost (Details)                                
66: R56         Related Party Transactions - Related Party          HTML     86K 
                Balances and Income and (Expense) Generated by                   
                Related Party Transactions (Detail)                              
67: R57         Related Party Transactions - Schedule of due to     HTML     34K 
                Affiliated entities (Details)                                    
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                Information (Detail)                                             
69: R59         Variable Interest Entities - Summary of Assets and  HTML     39K 
                Liabilities of Consolidated Secured Financing VIEs               
                (Detail)                                                         
70: R60         Fair Value Measurements - Carrying and Estimated    HTML     87K 
                Fair Value (Detail)                                              
71: R61         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value of Assets and  HTML    105K 
                Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis (Detail)                 
72: R62         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities    HTML     85K 
                Recorded at Fair Value on Non-recurring Basis                    
                (Detail)                                                         
73: R63         Fair Value Measurements - Quantitative Information  HTML     46K 
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                (Detail)                                                         
75: R65         Litigation and Regulatory Matters - Additional      HTML     26K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
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