HSBC Bank USA in Buffalo has hired Al Cooper to be executive vice president of its direct banking division.
Mr. Cooper has more than 20 years of banking experience and most recently worked at American Express in New York as vice president and business manager of remote delivery, consumer travel products.
Before that he was a senior manager in the customer service divisions of Wells Fargo & Co. in Concord, Calif., and the former First Bank Systems Inc. in Minneapolis.
HSBC Bank USA has $34 billion of assets and is the principal subsidiary of HSBC USA Inc.