HSBC Private Label Credit Card Master Note Trust 10-K 2006 FY Annual report

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One) x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
or
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ______ to _______
Commission File Nos. 333-58400-01
HSBC PRIVATE LABEL CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST (USA) I (Exact name of Issuing Entity as specified in its charter) HSBC FINANCE CORPORATION (Exact name of Servicer as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of Issuing Entity)	Not Applicable (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number of Issuing Entity)
	86-1052062 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number of Servicer)
2700 Sanders Road, Prospect Heights, Illinois 60070 (Address of principal executive offices of Servicer) (847) 564-5000 Servicer's telephone number, including area code
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No x Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No x Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of "accelerated filer and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): Large accelerated filer o                                       Accelerated filer o                                   Non-accelerated filer x Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x Registrant has no voting or non-voting common equity outstanding and held by non-affiliates as of the date of this Report.

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

HSBC Funding (USA) Inc. V is the transferor (the "Transferor") under an Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 11, 2006 (as amended, the "Agreement"), by and among the Transferor, HSBC Finance Corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer") and Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but as owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee") of the HSBC Private Label Credit Card Master Note Trust (USA) I, as issuer (the "Issuer", the " Registrant" or the " Trust"). Under the Agreement, the Transferor sells certain receivables arising in connection with revolving credit accounts to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust which are then pledged on behalf of the Trust as collateral for asset-backed notes issued by series (the "Notes") pursuant to the Amended and Restated Master Indenture, dated as of August 11, 2006 (as amended, the "Master Indenture"), between the Owner Trustee and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, paying agent and securities intermediary (the "Indenture Trustee"), as such Master Indenture is supplemented by the applicable indenture supplement relating to a particular series of Notes that have been issued from the Trust.

As of December 31, 2006, the following Notes were issued by the Issuer and were outstanding:

The HSBC Private Label Credit Card Master Note Trust (USA) I, Series 2002-1 Asset Backed Notes consisting of Class A, Class B and Class C Notes; and the HSBC Private Label Credit Card Master Note Trust (USA) I, Series 2002-2 Asset Backed Notes consisting of Class A, Class B and Class C Notes.

As of December 31, 2006, the outstanding principal balance of the Series 2002-1 Notes was $484,625,000, and the Series 2002-2 Notes was $499,325,000.

The Servicer has prepared this Form 10-K on behalf of the Registrant in reliance upon various no-action letters issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to other trusts substantially similar to the Issuer. Items designated herein as "Not Applicable" have been omitted as a result of this reliance.

PART I

Item 1.Business.

Not Applicable.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Not Applicable.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2.Properties.

Not Applicable.

Item 3.Legal Proceedings.

The Servicer is not aware of any material pending legal proceedings involving either the Registrant, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Transferor or the Servicer with respect to the Notes or the Registrant's property.

Item 4.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

No vote or consent of the holders of the Notes (the "Noteholders") was solicited for any purpose during the year ended December 31, 2006.

PART II

Item 5.Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

To the best knowledge of the Servicer, there is no established public trading market for the Notes. Each class of the Issuer's Notes that is publicly offered in the United States is represented by one or more notes registered in the name of Cede & Co. ("Cede"), the nominee of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC").

Item 6.Selected Financial Data.

Not Applicable.

Item 7.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.

Not Applicable.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not Applicable.

Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Not Applicable.

Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

Not Applicable.

Item 9B. Other Information.

Not Applicable.

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governace.

Not Applicable.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

Not Applicable.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

Each class of the Issuer's Notes that is publicly offered in the United States is represented by one or more notes registered in the name of Cede, the nominee of DTC, and an investor holding an interest in such classes of notes is not entitled to receive a note representing such interest except in limited circumstances set forth in the indenture. Accordingly, Cede is the sole holder of record of such notes, which it holds on behalf of brokers, dealers, banks and other direct participants in the DTC system. Such direct participants may hold notes for their own accounts or for the accounts of their customers. The name and address of Cede is Cede & Co., c/o The Depository Trust Company, 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041. The Servicer is not aware of any Schedules 13D or 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of the Notes.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

Not Applicable.

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

Not Applicable.

PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

(a) (1) Financial statements.

Not Applicable.

(a) (2) Financial statement schedules.

Not Applicable.

(a) (3) The Servicer is obligated to prepare an Annual Statement to Noteholders for the year ended December 31, 2006, and Independent Registered Public Accountants are required to prepare an Annual Servicing Report pertaining to the compliance of the Servicer with its servicing obligations pursuant to the Agreement. Copies of said documents are filed as exhibits to this Form 10-K.

(b) The exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K (Section 229.601):
Exhibit 31	Certification Pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 99.1	Annual Servicer's Certificate dated March 5, 2007.
Exhibit 99.2	Independent Registered Public Accountants' Report dated March 5, 2007 for Series 2002-1 Asset Backed Notes.
Exhibit 99.3	Independent Registered Public Accountants' Report dated March 5, 2007 for Series 2002-2 Asset Backed Notes.
(c) The financial statement schedules required by Regulation S-X (17 CFR 210) which are excluded from the annual report to the shareholders by Rule 14a-3(b). Not Applicable.

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Servicer has duly caused this report to be signed on behalf of the HSBC Private Label Credit Card Master Note Trust (USA) I by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
	HSBC FINANCE CORPORATION, as Servicer of and on behalf of the HSBC PRIVATE LABEL CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST (USA) I (Issuing Entity)
	By: /s/ Dennis J. Mickey Dennis J. Mickey Vice President and Chief Operating Officer – Treasury
Dated: March 28, 2007

Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.	Exhibit
Exhibit 31	Certification Pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 99.1	Annual Servicer's Certificate dated March 5, 2007.
Exhibit 99.2	Independent Registered Public Accountants' Report dated March 5, 2007 for Series 2002-1 Asset Backed Notes.
Exhibit 99.3	Independent Registered Public Accountants' Report dated March 5, 2007 for Series 2002-2 Asset Backed Notes.