An email was sent to staff on Friday outlining the measures as part of the bank's cost-cutting drive.
A source confirmed the email's contents to the BBC after it was first reported by Reuters.
"As flagged in our investor update we have targeted significant cost reductions by the end of 2017," they said.
In June, London-based HSBC outlined to investors that it would slash $5bn (£3.5bn) in costs by 2017.
The
bank said at the time that it planned to cut 8,000 of its 48,000
workforce in the UK, and axe 25,000 jobs globally. The UK workforce has
since gone down to 45,000.
HSBC also said in June that it would
shrink its invest
ment bank by a third in response to sluggish economic
growth and tighter global regulation of banking risk.
The banking giant is also considering moving its global headquarters away from London.
Meanwhile,
HSBC said its UK internet and mobile banking services had "fully
recovered" late on Friday after suffering a cyber attack.
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