July 16, 2017 @ 3:00 pm By Xu Gao  |  

CBRC Partners with 19 Banks to Establish Fintech Cloud Stack. By 2020, 60% of systems in China’s banking industry will be deployed in the cloud, most with the approval of the China Banking Regulatory Commission. According to the report, China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) has… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 2:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Stripe announced it is officially launching its services in Hong Kong. The payments startup revealed that local companies can now access the full Stripe features such as Stripe Radar, Connect with Custom accounts, and 3D Secure support. “While in preview, we’ve been able to work with many of the fastest-growing… Read More

June 26, 2017 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

dLocal, a fintech company specializing in cross-border payments for emerging markets, announced on Monday it has integrated WeChat Pay, AliPay, and UnionPay to its payment platform. According to dLocal, the three providers have collectively captured over 70 percent of the Chinese market, which notably translated into 2.9… Read More

June 13, 2017 @ 12:30 pm By Therese Torris  |  

This article highlights three takeaways for Fintech firms from Mary Meeker’s 355-page-long report: 1) The Internet’s center of gravity shifts to Asia; 2) The biggest get bigger; 3) Fintechs must use gamification to improve customer engagement. Since 2001, Mary Meeker, a Partner at venture capital… Read More

June 7, 2017 @ 12:10 pm By Therese Torris  |  

Big consultancies, such as PwC, Cap Gemini, KPMG, Deloitte and Accenture, research and analyze fintech developments to support the digital transformation of their banking customers. They promote this work through well-crafted free reports and white papers. The latest of such reports was published by Julian… Read More

June 3, 2017 @ 5:00 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Chinese Tech Giant Baidu to Quit Crowdfunding Market Search engine giant Baidu Inc. is to quit crowdfunding market and pay more attention on artificial intelligence”]. Users will not see the “Baidu Crowdfunding” channel when they log in their Baidu Finance account, but will still be… Read More

May 27, 2017 @ 2:16 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Bank of China and China Construction Bank to Offer Student Loans to University Students Since China Banking Regulatory Commission released regulations on P2P online lending market last month, the student loan market has stagnated. On May 17, Bank of China and China Construction Bank announced… Read More

May 13, 2017 @ 10:00 am By Xu Gao  |  

There May Come the JD Bank JD.com Inc., China’s second-biggest e-commerce player, announced its financial arm was about to launch its own direct bank. After acquiring the banking license, this internet giant announced to cooperate with a domestic traditional bank to open a direct bank,… Read More

April 23, 2017 @ 4:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UN sponsored Better than Cash Alliance is out with an interesting report on Fintech and payments in China. The Alliance partners with governments, companies, and international organizations that are the key drivers behind the transition to make digital payments widely available around the globe…. Read More

March 26, 2017 @ 11:10 am By Xu Gao  |  

China Development Forum 2017 Talked About Systematic Risk in Fintech Industry The annual session of China Development Forum 2017, organized by the China Development Research Foundation, was hosted by the Development Research Center of the State Council of China on March 18-20, 2017 at the… Read More

February 9, 2017 @ 1:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ant Financial, part of Alibaba’s growing internet conglomerate, just announced the acquisition of MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) – a Dallas-based money transfer service – for $880 million. Now Ant Financial is apparently raising $3 billion to help fuel its global expansion. First reported in the Information, Ant… Read More

January 29, 2017 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore-based MC Payments has acquired a controlling stake in Genesis Payment Solutions.  Genesis is a company that is used by Alipay, part of Alibaba, to acquire merchant accounts on its behalf. Genisis helps retailers process payments from Chinese tourists using Alipay – the country’s leading… Read More

January 25, 2017 @ 1:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

The 2017 World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland last week, will soon become a distant memory as participants and observers jet back to their day jobs. But one of the interesting topics tackled as the seminal gathering was the emerging environment of financial innovation… Read More

January 18, 2017 @ 1:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ant Financial Joins UNEP Sustainable Finance Initiative Ant Financial has signed the “Declaration on Environment and Sustainable Development” and joined the United Nations Environment Programme Sustainable Finance Initiative as a full member of the organization. In fact, China Merchants Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank… Read More

December 27, 2016 @ 7:21 am By Xu Gao  |  

Suning.com Receives Authorization from CBRC to Set Up a New Private Bank On the 21st December, Suning.com, one of China’s leading e-commerce platforms, announced it had received authorization from the CBRC (China Banking Regulatory Commission) to set up a new private bank, named Suning Bank…. Read More

December 15, 2016 @ 7:00 am By xu gao  |  

China Insurance Regulatory Commission Calls Halt to Online Insurance business of Foresea Life Insurance & Five Other Insurance Companies On the of 5th December, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) called a halt to the online insurance business of Foresea Life Insurance for irregularities and… Read More

November 30, 2016 @ 2:47 pm By Xu Gao  |  

China’s Leading Auto Financing Companies Set-up Self-Regulating Organization in Shenzhen. On the 23rd November, auto financing self-regulatory regulatory group “Che Dai Quan” (literally meaning auto financing group) was set up in Shenzhen. A number of leading auto financing companies joined this organization, including; RRJC, touna,… Read More

November 16, 2016 @ 11:31 am By Xu Gao  |  

AliPay Offers New Functions for Single Users. Earlier this month, some AliPay users discovered a new online dating function on home page of  the AliPay app (Above 9.9 Version). According to some reports, users received invitation for this beta function. The users will have to… Read More

November 2, 2016 @ 11:28 am By Xu Gao  |  

In Response to Lending Cap Regulations, More & More Chinese P2P Platforms Start to Transfer to Financial Asset Exchanges In August, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) issued rules for the online lending industry and set lending caps for both individual and business peer to… Read More

September 19, 2016 @ 12:03 pm By WeiyangX  |  

Fintech related cases would become an important area of civil and commercial trial in the future. On September 10, 2016, the sixth “Southern China Enterprise Law Innovation Forum” was held in Shenzhen. During the seminar of “China’s Law Innovation in Internet Age”, Yang Linping from… Read More