Ezubao executives are looking at doing some hard time following the conclusion of proceedings at Beijing No. 1 Intermediate Peoples Court. Ezubao maintains the ignominious record of the largest peer to peer lending fraud ever. The Ponzi scheme has been estimated at pilfering over $7.7… Read More
Do you remember the Ezubao Ponzi scheme that ended in the single largest peer to peer lending fraud of all time? Investors, saw approximately 50 billion CNY or about USD $7.2 billion flushed down the tube. Reportedly 900,000 investors were impacted as an astounding 95%… Read More
The trial against Ezubao, once a high-flying peer to peer lending platform, has commenced. The Beijing People’s Protectorate has started proceedings against Ezubao and its parent company Yucheng Holdings and Yucheng Global. This is according to a report in China News. Apparently, 10 individuals will… Read More
In a follow-up to the Ezubao (Ezubo) shutdown, five people affiliated with the Chinese P2P lending platform that is accused of a Ponzi scheme are on trial for gold smuggling. This is the first court case that is a part of a scandal that robbed investors of between… Read More
This past weekend, Crowdfund Insider reported that China government officials published a list of restrictions for peer to peer lenders. These were largely a rehash of previously revealed regulations directed towards internet finance and more specifically peer to peer lending. But the Chinese government is… Read More
This is one way to get the message across. According to a report in ECNS, 50 peer to peer lending executives were given a tour of the Qingpu prison in Shanghai. The tour was described as a “scared straight” session. The concept of being “Scared… Read More
I’ve been in Shanghai and Hong Kong quite often over the last few months, speaking at events and meeting with partners. As a Canadian, what struck me most is scale. There is outstanding potential here, and that in itself isn’t at all surprising; but for… Read More
Add Esudai to a growing list of fraudulent Chinese P2P lending platforms that are being shut down by the Chinese government. Today Reuters reported that police in the Huizhou, Guangdong province, had detained 13 executives including legal representative and chairman Jian Huixing from the Guangdong Huirong… Read More
China is the largest market for alternative finance in the world. According to the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), China delivered over $100 billion in alternative finance, including peer to peer lending and crowdfunding, in 2015. This was more than a 3X jump… Read More
China’s internet finance industry continues to grow while encountering ongoing challenges as fraud remains prevalent in the loosely regulated sector of the finance industry. Dominated by peer to peer lending (the largest in the world), as of March over 3900 platforms were counted by WDZJ (other… Read More
The global alternative finance industry has undergone staggering growth in recent years. In 2015 combined market activity in the UK grew 84% from £1.74bn the year before to £3.2bn. Around 20,000 SMEs raised approximately £2.2bn in funding through online channels, representing a year-on-year growth… Read More
On Sunday, the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China (SPC) announced that the country’s court system handled approximately 1.42 million cases regarding peer-to-peer lending during 2015. As reported by Xinhua, during the annual parliamentary session, SPC President, Zhou Qiang, noted that the… Read More
Following the much-talked-about Ezubao $7.6 billion Ponzi scheme collapse at the end of last year, the perception and outlook of the Chinese online lending industry has grown increasingly negative both within and outside of China. Murmurs of regulation began floating around in early 2014 but… Read More
The government crackdown on internet finance, probably best exemplified by the Ezubao collapse and incarceration of the P2P lenders executives, has slowed the growth of the online lending industry. According to a report in China News, as of January, there were 2771 platforms in operations in… Read More
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has launched a website where investors may submit platforms where they have been swindled out of their money. The new site is said to be designed to aid authorities as they investigate dodgy platforms. The announcement, published in China News,… Read More
As reported in December, the Chinese peer to peer lender Ezubao (Ezubo), launched by Yucheng in 2014, was shuttered by authorities as employees were questioned and managers were arrested by police. Now Xinhua and other news outlets are providing details that are shaking up the… Read More
Banking regulators are said to be establishing a “monitoring and warning system” against financial risk and fraud. This is a according to a report in China News that reported a statement that was released at a conference on political and legal work earlier this month…. Read More
This is a pretty powerful statement coming out of China in response to the recently announced peer to peer lending rules. Xu Hongwei, CEO of Shanghai-based Yingcan Group, a research company that tracks the myriad of P2P lenders in China. As quoted in China News, Xu Hongwei… Read More
The video report from China News, states risk is at an alarming rate in China for investors in peer to peer lending. Chinese authorities recently put the hammer down on Ezubo (sometimes spelled Ezubao), shuttering the firm and whisking away its Chairman. The report states… Read More
Monexo is a Hong Kong based peer to peer lending platform that seeks to provide financing to SMEs in the region. Founded by Mukesh Bubna, a long-time Citibank executive, Bubna recently commented on the investigation into Ezubo – a China-based peer to peer lender. Ezubo (sometimes spelled… Read More
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