USPTO trademark attorney Mike Kondoudis tweeted that HSBC recently applied for a new trademark covering metaverse banking/consulting/financial services, virtual credit cards, NFT and NFT-backed media, and more.
Previously, it was reported in December last year that HSBC had submitted NFT, metaverse and encryption-related trademark applications for its name and logo, covering digital media supported by NFT, virtual currency exchange and transfer, and virtual credit card processing.