In an elaborate hoax, pranksters have launched a spoof version of The New York Times . There was a print version and this fascinating website, which is a mockup of the newspaper for July 4th 2009.
In the business section is this future advert for HSBC:
This is not an official HSBC advert, I guess, but it's an interesting idea.
I wonder what other future bank ads we could come up with?
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