SHANGHAI, Sept. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- China Rapid Finance Limited (NYSE: XRF) (the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors has retained China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., New York Branch (CMBNY), and Pangaea Finance as separate Co-Financial Advisors, and Pangaea Finance as Structuring Agent, to advise it for strategic alternatives, including but not limited to potential strategic partnerships, recapitalization of certain operating companies, and for a related reconfiguration of the Cayman company as a listed investment vehicle for China credit.
Zane Wang, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company commented, "We are excited to work with CMBNY and Pangaea Finance, who jointly bring expertise in the China credit market and access to global institutional credit investors. This engagement will accelerate our business transition."
CMBNY is one of the six overseas branches of China Merchant Bank (CMB). CMB, publicly traded on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges, is the sixth largest, and an award-winning commercial bank in China and ranked Top 20 among global banks by The Banker magazine. CMBNY offers a broad suite of services to corporations, financial institutions and high net worth private banking clients. CMBNY's Investment Banking Department provides cross border advisory services to facilitate businesses and institutions in strategic investments and partnerships.
Pangaea Finance is a corporate finance advisory firm which advises China financial institutions on strategic cross- border transactions. Its partnership consists of highly experienced individuals in global financial institutions, credit markets, and China capital markets. Its current and recent advisory clients include China's largest asset manager, China's top non-bank private credit platform, and a major international PE fund active in China SME financial services. Timothy Van Housen, Managing Partner of Pangaea Finance commented, "Our partnership is excited about the opportunity to create value for a high-quality platform like China Rapid Finance. Its architecture – credit DNA, leadership, analytics and customer base, several valuable China financial licensed companies, and offshore ownership by a public company – provides a rare engine to transform and re- package China loan assets into a pioneering investment vehicle for China credit."
The Company cautions that there can be no assurance that any transaction will be approved or consummated. The Company does not intend to disclose developments relating to any Strategic Partner recapitalization and restructuring plan unless and until the Board of Directors has entered into a definitive agreement.
About China Rapid Finance Limited
China Rapid Finance (NYSE: XRF) is a leading fintech company that operates an award-winning microcredit company and one of China's largest online consumer finance marketplaces. The Company enables affordable access to digital credit for one of the world's largest untapped consumer credit markets: China's mobile-active consumers. The Company utilizes its proprietary, mobile-first technology to select consumers for its platform. China Rapid Finance was founded by Dr. Zane Wang, who has decades of consumer credit industry experience in the U.S. and China. For more information, please visit http://ir.crfchina.com.
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