Wecash
Ruichen International Center #801 13 Nongzhanguan South Rd, Beijing, Chaoyang District, 100020, China
Overview
Wecash Technology operates wecash.net, an online credit assessment and reporting platform that leverages big data. Its core product uses data mining and machine learning to produce credit evaluations for individuals and financial institutions. The company supplies consumers with financial and lifestyle services (3C, residential rentals and aesthetic surgery) and helps partners monetize consumer data and secure tangible assets for lenders. As of the end of January 2018 Wecash had 130 million users in its database and had supplied hundreds of millions of credit reports, and it has provided solutions to over 50 financial institutions. Wecash has expanded its presence into Indonesia, Singapore, Brazil and the US. The company plans to use new funding to broaden AI applications in data mining, machine learning and smart chips and to expand its lifestyle service portfolio. Wecash provides an app that leverages big data and machine learning to prevent fraud and deliver consumer credit evaluations and access to partnering banks, insurers and consumer finance products. The company reports over 80 million users and 30 financial-institution partners, and its technology has facilitated more than US$2.2 billion in loans. Wecash intends to improve its "lending AI" to serve banks, insurance and consumer finance companies and to extend offerings for online and offline consumption. It plans to expand its hardware R&D team to develop new machine-learning solutions for the financial sector to improve productivity and reduce risk. The company also aims to accelerate overseas expansion, building on an R&D centre in Silicon Valley since 2015 and 2017 moves into Brazil, Indonesia and broader Latin America and Southeast Asia. The business is led by founder and CEO Zhi Zhengchun and Chief Risk Officer Tang Xuewei.
- Total raised
- $240M
- Funding rounds
- 2
- Latest round
- Series D
- Latest activity
- Mar 2018
Industries
- Big Data
- Finance
- Financial Services
- FinTech
Recent funding
Series D
Mar 2018
$160M
Series C
Apr 2017
$80M