Tagged: china

March 5, 2015 @ 3:32 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

If the Chinese characters on your bottle of very fine wine recall bygone basketball games, here’s to Yao Ming. Luxury wine brand Yao Family Wines, founded by Yao Ming, retired basketball star with the Houston Rockets and a global humanitarian, is now crowdfunding on Crowdfunder, with a $3 million goal…. Read More

February 27, 2015 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

  Media conglomerate TOM Group is moving into the online finance space.  The entity, controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, is set to expand its ecommerce operation, Ule, into peer to peer lending and online banking in an “aggressive” push via a partnership with… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The FlyShark Smartwatch is making its debut in a brand new market. In order to produce and bring the smart watch to the market, the creators of the watch have launched Kickstarter campaign. Originally seeking only $10,000, the project captured the initial goal and raised over… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 3:41 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

One of China’s largest lenders, and potentially one of the world’s largest, based on the number of branches, is in talks with potential investors about selling a minority stake before a possible listing, according to a recent article in the South China Morning Post. The Postal… Read More

February 23, 2015 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending is booming in China.  There are an estimated 1575 lending platforms, according to Wangdaizhijia.  But most of these P2P companies are targeting the urban and sub-urban markets.  The exception to this is  CreditEase and Eloancn, according to a recent report. Ning… Read More

February 20, 2015 @ 8:10 am By Erin Hobey  |  

 Azimo, the online money transfer service, has announced the launch of its world-class money transfer service to China, enabling customers to send money to friends and family at low-cost. The company introduced its wiring service to Thailand earlier this month.  The new service will provide Azimo’s potential 350… Read More

February 16, 2015 @ 5:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month Hongling Chuangtou Ecommerce, which operates my089.com P2P lending site, disclosed that an $11 million (70 million yuan) debt had gone bad.  Now the platform explains it will publicly trade shares by using a “backdoor” listing with a listed clothing company in Fujian… Read More

February 14, 2015 @ 5:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jimubox, a peer to peer lending platform, has formed an arrangement with China Minsheng Bank to help protect investors funds.  The bank will now be used to conduct all financial transactions and will hold investors funds.  RenRenDai and Minshengyidai, two other peer to peer lending… Read More

February 9, 2015 @ 1:47 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Monexo recently launched its peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform in Hong Kong.  Co-founder, Mukesh Bubna, enters the space with 20 years experience in consumer banking throughout Asia,  including 18 years at Citibank in Asia where he spent 10 years in product and marketing. Prior to that he was CFO, and… Read More

February 9, 2015 @ 1:11 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Yinfu Gold Corporation (“ELRE”) (OTC PINK:ELRE) today announced that it is in the process of acquiring Dongguan YouDai Financial Information Services Co., Ltd (YouDai), a P2P lending platform, from Eternal Fairy International Ltd., (EFI), a British Virgin Island corporation. ELRE has executed an agreement to acquire… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE: LC) founder and CEO Renaud Laplanche is making the rounds talking up his most recent partnership.  Earlier this week Lending Club and Alibaba announced a unique arrangement where peer to peer lending platform would provide loans for US based companies that purchase from Chinese firms…. Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 7:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), the China based internet conglomerate, has formed a partnership with Lending Club (NYSE: LC), the largest peer to peer lender in the world.  According to multiple reports, the relationship would facilitated US based businesses to receive lines of credit from $5000 to $300,000… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 3:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

BOP Consulting and Equity Crowdfunding Platform ShareIn Poised to Offer Combo UK / China Portal An English translation of draft policy for equity crowdfunding in China has made its way to the pages of BOP Consulting (see below).  Following a period of research and consultation… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Wall Street Journal has announced that miniature Android gaming console, Ouya, was given a much needed funding boost from Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. Sources revealed that Alibaba invested $10 million in Ouya last month and the two companies have discussed a plan to incorporate the… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 8:35 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Chinese credit rating agency Dagong recently released its first internet finance blacklist and early warning list, according to a company statement. Dagong stated, “the number of peer to peer platforms that appeared to have various risks such as blocked withdrawals, platform closure and flight is… Read More

January 25, 2015 @ 11:31 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Chinese online ventures rushing into the online lending industry may need to prepare themselves for a Groupon-style fall, suggested Soul Htite, co-founder of the world’s largest online loan broker, Lending Club, in a recent Bloomberg interview. Htite is also the CEO of peer-to-peer lender Dianrong.com,… Read More

January 12, 2015 @ 7:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Legend Holdings, the holding company of Lenovo computer, is expanding into peer to peer lending and other forms of finance.  The investments are part of an overriding strategy to both acquire and grow core assets while simultaneously boosting growth with non organic expansion.  Legend hopes to… Read More

January 8, 2015 @ 11:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hong Kong’s first peer to peer lending platform WeLend has now closed a Series A funding round topping off at $20 million. The funding round was originally started in June when WeLab raised $14 million.  The additional $6 million was just added as new investors… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Shanghai-based online financial services firm Dianrong.com stated it has entered into an investment agreement with Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC), under which the company has received “tens of millions of dollars in investment from NLVC”. Dianrong.com states it has become a fast-growing peer-to-peer (P2P) lending website… Read More

December 27, 2014 @ 4:01 am By JD Alois  |  

AutoChina International released its Q3 results along with 9 month results for calendar 2014.  Total revenues for 9 months ended in September were stated to be $591.3 million, a 40% increase over same period last year of $419.8 million.  AutoChina International Limited is a provider… Read More