HSBC USA Inc 06 10-K Pt 6/10

HSBC Holdings PLC
05 March 2007


                                                                      Exhibit 23

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
HSBC USA Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in Registration Statements (No.
333-42421, 333-42421-01, 333-42421-02, 333-127603) on Form S-3 of HSBC USA Inc.
of our report dated March 2, 2007, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of HSBC USA Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the
related consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity, and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2006, and the consolidated balance sheets of HSBC Bank USA, National Association
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, which report appears in the
2006 HSBC USA Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K.

/s/ KPMG LLP

New York, New York
March 2, 2007

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