FORM 6-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                        Report of Foreign Private Issuer
                    Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                          For the month of November, 2006

                               HSBC Holdings plc

                              42nd Floor, 8 Canada
                        Square, London E14 5HQ, England


(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F).

                          Form 20-F X Form 40-F ......

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934).

                                Yes....... No X


(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant
in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ..............)





                  HSBC FINANCE CORPORATION AND HSBC USA INC.
                           THIRD QUARTER 2006 RESULTS

HSBC Finance Corporation and HSBC USA Inc. will file third quarter results
statements at the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, 13 November
2006.

At 2:00pm London time (9:00am US Eastern Standard Time) on 14 November, HSBC
will hold a conference call with analysts and investors to present these
results.

The call will be hosted by:

  - Bobby Mehta, Chief Executive of HSBC North America Holdings Inc. and
    Chairman and Chief Executive of HSBC Finance Corporation

  - Douglas Flint, Group Finance Director, HSBC Holdings plc

Questions on the results will be taken after the presentation.

The conference call will be accessible by dialling:
UK: +44 (0)20 7947 5061
US: +1 866 432 7186
Hong Kong: +852 800 933 370

The results filings, including presentation slides, will be made available for
download ahead of the conference call from www.hsbc.com/financialresults.

A recording of the conference call will be made available for a period of seven
days on www.hsbc.com/investorwebcast.

Notes to editors:

1. Forward-looking statements
This presentation, including the accompanying slides and subsequent discussion,
contains certain forward-looking information with respect to the financial
condition, results of operations and business of HSBC Holdings plc, HSBC Finance
Corporation, HSBC USA, Inc. and HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. This
information represents expectations or beliefs concerning future events and is
subject to unknown risks and uncertainties. This information speaks only as of
the date on which it is provided. Additional detailed information concerning
important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially is
available in the HSBC Holdings plc Annual Report, HSBC Finance Corporation
Annual Report on Form 10-K, and HSBC USA, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended 31 December 2005. Please further be advised that Regulation FD
prohibits HSBC representatives from answering certain, specific questions during
the Q&A session.

2. HSBC Holdings plc
HSBC Holdings plc serves over 125 million customers worldwide through some 9,500
offices in 76 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the
Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With assets of US$1,738 billion at 30 June
2006, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services
organisations. HSBC is marketed worldwide as 'the world's local bank'.






                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                               HSBC Holdings plc

                                                By:
                                                Name:  P A Stafford
                                                Title: Assistant Group Secretary
                                                Date:  7 November, 2006