UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 15 CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12 (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. Commission File No. 333-120494 HSBC FINANCE CORPORATION, successor by merger to HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 2700 Sanders Road, Prospect Heights, Illinois 60070 (847) 564-5000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) Household Finance Corporation 6 3/4% Notes due May 15, 2011 Household Finance Corporation 6.875% Notes due January 30, 2033 Household Finance Corporation 6% Notes due November 30, 2033 _____________________________________________________________________ (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)HSBC Finance Corporation 8.875% Adjustable Conversion-Rate Equity Security Units HSBC Finance Corporation 6 3/4% Notes due May 15, 2011 HSBC Finance Corporation 6.875% Notes due January 30, 2033 HSBC Finance Corporation 6% Notes due November 30, 2033 ______________________________________________________________________ (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)		[ ]	Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)	[ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)		[ ]	Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)	[ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)		[ ]	Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)	[ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)		[ ]	Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)	[ ]
			Rule 15d-6	[ X ]
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: NONE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, HSBC Finance Corporation, successor by merger to Household Finance Corporation, has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
Date: March 31, 2005	By: /s/ Michael J. Forde Michael J. Forde, Associate General Counsel HSBC Finance Corporation, successor by merger to Household Finance Corporation