FinVolution Group's Subsidiary Receives License as A Technology and Information Based Financial Lending Institution from the Financial Services Authority of Indonesia
SHANGHAI, Dec. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- FinVolution Group (formerly known as "PPDAI," or the "Company") (NYSE: FINV), a leading fintech platform in China, today announced that its subsidiary with an application named "Adakami" in Indonesia, has received a license for Technology and Information Based Financial Lending Institution (peer-to-peer lending license) from the Financial Services Authority of Indonesia (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan, or OJK).
Mr. Feng Zhang, Co-Chief Executive Officer of FinVolution Group, commented, "The approval of this license by Indonesia's OJK boosts our confidence in our international expansion. With this license in place, we believe we are able to achieve further success in Indonesia's rapidly growing consumer finance market by cooperating with our local partners. We will continue to advance our efforts in enhancing our presence in the region by leveraging our extensive expertise in the consumer finance sector."
About Financial Services Authority of Indonesia (OJK)
OJK is an Indonesian government agency. This agency was established in 2011 to replace the role of Bapepam-LK in regulating and supervising the capital market and financial institutions, as well as that of Bank Indonesia in regulating and supervising banks, and to protect consumers of the financial services industry.
OJK's duties include regulating, supervising, inspecting and investigating the financial sector and ensuring that the following objectives can be achieved in the financial sector:
-- promotion of sustainable and stable financial system growth;
-- protection of the interests of customers and members of the public; and
-- implementation of all activities in a well-organized, fair, transparent
and accountable manner.
For more information, please visit http://www.ojk.go.id
About FinVolution Group
FinVolution Group is a leading fintech platform in China connecting underserved individual borrowers with financial institutions. Established in 2007, the Company is a pioneer in China's online consumer finance industry and has developed innovative technologies and has accumulated in-depth experience in the core areas of credit risk assessment, fraud detection, big data and artificial intelligence. The Company's platform, empowered by proprietary cutting-edge technologies, features a highly automated loan transaction process, which enables a superior user experience. As of September 30, 2019, the Company had over 102 million cumulative registered users.
For more information, please visit http://ir.finvgroup.com
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For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
FinVolution Group
Head of Investor Relations
Jimmy Tan
Tel: +86 (21) 8030 3200-8601
E-mail: ir@ppdai.com
The Piacente Group, Inc.
Jenny Cai
Tel: +86 (10) 6508-0677
E-mail: paipaidai@tpg-ir.com
In the United States:
The Piacente Group, Inc.
Brandi Piacente
Tel: +1-212-481-2050
E-mail: paipaidai@tpg-ir.com
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