110 West Broadway
New York, NY 10013
T: 212-608-2982
F: 212-608-1052
April.X.Garry-vergara@us.hsbc.com
Personal Profile
April Garry-Vergara is a Senior Business Banker at HSBC Bank in New York City. She has 15 years of experience in the sales and the financial services industry and worked prior as a financing specialist for Wachovia Bank in the NYC and Westchester County markets.
April completed her business undergraduate degree at The George Washington University and overseas at La Universidad de San Louis in Madrid, Spain. She studied graduate level economics in Washington, DC before moving to Sao Paulo, Brazil to work for four years as an expatriate in financial consulting.
April speaks fluent Portuguese and Spanish and has traveled solo extensively throughout China, India and Africa.
Corporate Profile
HSBC is one of the largest banks in the world with over 100 million customers and $2.5Billion in total assets. The bank is ranked number one on the 2008 list of the world’s largest companies, and employs 335,000 people. HSBC is publicly traded on three major exchanges and has a unique global presence in 86 countries and territories and 10,000 offices worldwide.
HSBC has one of the strongest balance sheets in the industry and has taken no government liquidity support or assistance during the global financial crisis. The bank generated $19B in one of the largest rights issues in history during the first quarter of 2009.
April Garry-Vergara specializes in business banking via a full range of products, from operating accounts to cash management, international trade, and financing. She works with commercial entities up to $40M in gross revenue and finances up to $5M.
- Checking, savings & money market accounts
- Lines of credit
- Term loans
- Commercial mortgages
- Standby letters of credit
- Documentary collections
- Business key man insurance/buy-sell
- Cash management services
- Sweeps, consolidated accounts & remote deposit capture
- Merchant services
- Foreign exchange & ACH lines of credit facilities
Referral Guide
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April works as a trusted advisor to all her business banking clients, offering them thorough, customized, and focused banking advice across a global platform of products and services.
What Makes you Different/Special/Unique?
- Global services
- International accounts & foreign exchange
- A thorough support team & assistance for all customers
- Local underwriting decisions with local underwriters
- In-market trade services
Who is most likely to be your customer?
- Professionals (CPAs, attorneys) who can refer clients
- Small business owners
- Professionals who interface with commercial companies
When I am talking to someone, what should I listen for that would tell me that they may need your products or services?
- Banking services locally
- Financing for cash flow
- Small/medium enterprises, closely-held, family-run