Beneficial may refer to: Organizations Beneficial Corporation, a consumer finance company founded in 1914 that was ultimately bought by HSBC Corporation Beneficial Loan Society, the former name of Beneficial Corporation Beneficial Finance, a former division of HSBC Finance, and a part of their acquisition of Beneficial Corporation Beneficial Bank, a full-service bank founded in 1853 operating in Pennsylvania and New Jersey Beneficial Financial Group, an insurance and financial services company founded in 1905 and run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Beneficial State Bank, a community development bank founded in 2007 that serves California and the Pacific Northwest Biology Beneficial organism, any organism that benefits the growing process of another species Beneficial insect Beneficial weed Beneficial Microbes, a scientific journal covering research on microbes beneficial to the health and well-being of humans and animals Law Beneficial interest Beneficial owner Beneficial ownership Beneficial use