BEIJING, Feb. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- China Finance Online Co. Limited ("China Finance Online", or the "Company", "we", "us" or "our") (NASDAQ GS: JRJC), a leading web-based financial services company that provides Chinese retail investors with online access to securities and commodities trading services, wealth management products, investment advisory services, as well as financial database and analytics services to institutional customers, today announced that its online financial platform, Yinglibao (http://8.jrj.com.cn/) has won the "2016 Annual Leading FinTech Companies" award at the 10th China Times Annual Financial Firm Award Ceremony.
In addition, China Finance Online's flagship brand name "JRJ" recently also won the "2016 Asiabrand Top 50 Beijing Internet Brands" award. According to Asiabrand, the estimated brand value of the company is significant. More details are available at http://union.china.com.cn/tbgz/txt/2017-01/09/content_9275467.htm
China Times recently hosted its 2016 annual award ceremony to recognize the leading financial institutions and companies in commercial banking, insurance, brokerage, asset management, trust, financial leasing, private equity, and FinTech. The winners were mostly Fortune Global 500 companies, financial conglomerates, technology juggernauts or household names in China. Yinglibao joined 13 other leading names to be claimed as the winners of the "2016 Leading FinTech Companies" award. The other winners in the FinTech category included Lufax, JD Finance, Paipaidai and Jimubox.
Mr. Zhiwei Zhao, Chairman and CEO of China Finance Online, commented, "We are pleased to be recognized in the class of leading Chinese FinTech companies by the market. Yinglibao was created to provide our customers with the most user-friendly access to a wide array of high-quality financial products. On Yinglibao platform, we conducted a trial launch of proprietary robo-advisory service in 2016. With the support from loyal followers on our flagship financial news portal, JRJ.com, we have witnessed phenomenal growth in user engagements and investments on our Yinglibao platform. We remain dedicated on our quest to develop more innovations and to build out our one-stop investment gateway for the vast number of retail investors in China. We are confident that we can further generate synergies among our business units to create long-term value."
China Finance Online is one of a handful of companies in China holding the license qualifies company for both Mutual Fund Distribution and Securities Investment Advisory business, issued by China Securities Regulatory Commission. Yinglibao has formed partnerships with over 80% of the mutual funds in China and has provided over 2,700 mutual fund products. In the first nine months of 2016, the total value of all products sold on the Yinglibao platform had reached $590 Million (RMB 4.05 Billion).
About China Finance Online
China Finance Online Co. Limited is a leading web-based financial services company that provides Chinese retail investors with online access to securities and commodities trading services, wealth management products, securities investment advisory services, as well as financial database and analytics services to institutional customers. The Company's prominent flagship portal site, www.jrj.com, is ranked among the top financial websites in China. In addition to the web-based securities trading platform, the Company offers basic financial software, information services and securities investment advisory services to retail investors in China. Through its subsidiary, Shenzhen Genius Information Technology Co. Ltd., the Company provides financial database and analytics to institutional customers including domestic financial, research, academic and regulatory institutions. China Finance Online also provides brokerage services in Hong Kong.
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