HSBC Bank USA, NA has appointed Simon Hales as Chief Security and Fraud Officer. Hales has 18 years’ professional experience, and has previously worked for HSBC in Brazil and India. He has worked in India, Brazil and Brazil and has been in charge of HSBC in the U.S. Hales will be the bank’s chief security and fraud officer at the end of the year. He will be in charge at the start of the next quarter of the new fiscal year, with the rest of the world’s largest bank.”]