HSBC Westport Branch Survives Cost-Cutting

The HSBC branch in Westport at 19 Post Road East apparently will remain open after the British banking giant announced it is eliminating 30,000 jobs and closing offices as part of a wide-ranging cost-cutting program to improve profitability. Also apparently remaining open are branches in Darien and Stamford. But HSBC said its Norwalk branch will close and merge into the Westport branch. And HSBC said it will sell to the parent company of Buffalo-N.Y.-based First Niagara Bank its branches in Fairfield, Wilton, Ridgefield, Monroe, and Shelton. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com