China dominates list of world's top 10 FinTech firms
China cemented its status as a world leader in financial technology services this year, claiming five of the top 10 spots in the annual list of the globe's leading fintech companies, compiled by UK-based advisory firm KPMG and Australian investment company H2 Ventures.
China's Ant Financial, which owns and operates the country's largest online payment platform Alipay, topped the 100 Leading Fintech Innovators 2016 released Monday and was joined by four other Chinese companies. Student microloan site Qudian came in second this year, internet based lending and wealth management platform Lufax took fourth, online insurance business ZhongAn took fifth, and risk management company JD Finance came tenth.
Last year two Chinese companies made the top ten - ZhongAn claimed top spot, while Qufenqi, an electronics retailer that lets buyers pay in monthly instalments, took fourth. This year, eight Chinese companies made the top 100, compared to seven last year.
The emergence of China, increased competitiveness from emerging markets and the impact of Brexit to funding in the sector is now threatening the UK's status as the world's leading fintech center, according to analysts. The UK went from 18 companies in the top 100 last year to 13 this year, with just one - banking app Atom - in the top ten compared to two in 2015.
"The continued dominance of China, which rapidly rose last year to take the top spot, tells only part of the story," Toby Heap, founding partner of H2 Ventures, said. “We are seeing the emergence of exciting fintech players in countries across the world – from India to Israel, from Portugal to the Philippines."
Established Fintech companies are ranked based on four groups of factors: total capital raised, rate of capital raising, location and degree of sub industry disruption.
In the first quarter of this year, fintech companies in China attracted $2.4 billion from venture capital firms in nine deals, or 49 percent of the $4.98 billion in investment in the sector recorded globally. In April, Ant Financial raised a record-breaking $4.5 billion in funding.
最新全球金融科技公司排名：五家中国公司进前十
10月25日消息，据国外媒体报道，咨询公司近日发布了全球最新的金融科技公司排名，共有五家中国公司进入前十，蚂蚁金服居首。
咨询公司毕马威(KPMG)与澳大利亚知名金融科技风投机构H2 Ventures发布了三季度全球金融科技公司排名，全球排名前五的金融科技创新企业中有四家都来自中国，另有一家中国公司进入前十。
在其发布的金融科技公司排名中，蚂蚁金服排名第一，学生贷款网站趣店排第二，P2P平台陆金所排名第四，众安保险排在第五位，京东旗下的京东金融也进入了前十。
而在去年，仅有两家中国公司进入了前十，分别排在首位的众安保险和第四位的趣分期，今年五家中国公司进入前十并在前五中占据四席，中国金融科技公司的实力正在增强。
不过在全球前100的金融科技公司中，美国公司高达35家，英国公司也有13家，欧洲、非洲和中东地区共有28家公司，中国仅有8家，在数量方面还不占优势。