China’s Top Financial Authorities Roll Out 11 Financial Reform Measures
On May 27th, the Office of the Financial Stability Development Committee of the State Council issued a press release that the Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, People’s Bank of China, China Banking & Insurance Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission, State Administration of Foreign Exchange and other financial commission members would soon launch 11 financial reform measures, including:
- Commercial Bank Micro and Small Enterprise Financial Service Regulatory Assessment Measures
- Work Plan for Deepening Reform and Supplementing the Capital of Small and Medium-sized Banks
- Opinions on Strengthening Administrative Punishments for Financial Conduct in Breach of Laws
China’s top financial authorities expected these measures to promote reforms and opening-up of the financial markets and provide better risk control and services. (Source: PBC)
Meituan Launches “Meituan Monthly Payment” Function
On May 29th, Meituan, China’s leading e-commerce service platform, launched a monthly payment function on its APP, which is regarded as a similar service of Huabei on Alipay.
Meituan Monthly Payment offers an interest-free period as long as 38 days, deferred payment and installment up to 12 terms. At present, the new function could be used for a number of scenarios like food-delivery, accommodations, taxis, movie tickets and Mobikes. (Source: WeiyangX)
Consumer Financing Technology Service Provider hrfax.cn Secures 50-million-yuan Series A Financing
In the last week of May, hrfax.cn announced that it had secured 50-million-yuan Series A financing from Cowin Capital. According to hrfax.cn, the newly injected capital will be used for new project incubation and industrial integration.
Established in 2015, hrfax.cn is a consumer financing technology platform committed to providing technology infrastructure, risk control, operation support for traditional financial institutions, commercial banks, and licensed consumer financing companies.
In August 2016, hrfax.cn received a 10-million-yuan Pre-A financing round led by Hundsun Electronics and Fellow Partners. (Source: 36Kr)
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