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- Beneficial_Corporation abstract "Beneficial Corporation was one of the largest consumer finance companies in the United States, prior to its acquisition by Household International, Inc. in 1998. Beneficial began as the Beneficial Loan Society in 1914 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, founded by “Colonel” Clarence Hodson. The company was reorganized as Beneficial Finance Corporation in 1929 by Hodson and Olaus Westby Caspersen. (Olaus Caspersen would later spend 18 years as president of the company.)In 1960, the company entered the British market. In 1961, the company purchased Western Auto Supply Co., and in 1965 purchased Spiegel, Inc (later sold in 1981). In 1970, the company changed its name to Beneficial Corporation. In 1976, Beneficial began offering credit cards through its People's Bank & Trust Co. subsidiary in Delaware. In the same year, Finn M. W. Caspersen, the son of Olaus Caspersen, became chairman and chief executive. The company bought Parliament Leasing in 1977, and First Texas Financial Corp., a savings and loan, in 1978. In 1977, Beneficial entered the reinsurance business through its insurance subsidiaries, but this business caused significant financial losses in the 1980s. Beneficial downsized this business and emphasized its second mortgage business.In 1998, the company was purchased by Household International, Inc., for about $8.25 billion in stock. Household International was in turn acquired by HSBC Group in 2003, and made a part of the HSBC Finance Company.".
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- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLink Alternative_financial_services.
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companies_based_in_New_Jersey.
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_financial_services_companies_of_the_United_States.
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLink Category:HSBC_acquisitions.
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLink Delaware.
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLink Elizabeth,_New_Jersey.
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLink Finn_M._W._Caspersen.
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLink HSBC.
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLink HSBC_Finance.
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLink Reinsurance.
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLink Savings_and_loan_association.
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLink Spiegel_(catalog).
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLink Western_Auto.
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLinkText "Beneficial Corporation".
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLinkText "Beneficial Finance Corporation".
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageWikiLinkText "Beneficial Land Corporation".
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Distinguish.
- Beneficial_Corporation wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:HSBC_Group.
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- Beneficial_Corporation subject Category:Companies_based_in_New_Jersey.
- Beneficial_Corporation subject Category:Defunct_financial_services_companies_of_the_United_States.
- Beneficial_Corporation subject Category:HSBC_acquisitions.
- Beneficial_Corporation hypernym Companies.
- Beneficial_Corporation type Company.
- Beneficial_Corporation type Company.
- Beneficial_Corporation type Organization.
- Beneficial_Corporation type Redirect.
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- Beneficial_Corporation comment "Beneficial Corporation was one of the largest consumer finance companies in the United States, prior to its acquisition by Household International, Inc. in 1998. Beneficial began as the Beneficial Loan Society in 1914 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, founded by “Colonel” Clarence Hodson. The company was reorganized as Beneficial Finance Corporation in 1929 by Hodson and Olaus Westby Caspersen.".
- Beneficial_Corporation label "Beneficial Corporation".
- Beneficial_Corporation differentFrom Beneficial_Bank.
- Beneficial_Corporation sameAs Q4887419.
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- Beneficial_Corporation sameAs Q4887419.
- Beneficial_Corporation wasDerivedFrom Beneficial_Corporation?oldid=670616706.
- Beneficial_Corporation isPrimaryTopicOf Beneficial_Corporation.