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Global Fintech Business Model Report (2nd Edition)


The second edition of the "Global Fintech Business Model Report" was officially released at the launch ceremony of the 14th Tsinghua China Startup Camp in Shanghai on December 24, 2016. Professor Li Liao, Executive Associate Dean of the PBC School of Finance (PBCSF), Tsinghua University, gave a detailed introduction on the Report's background, research findings and the research team. The Report was completed by the research team of the Fintech Lab and the Sunshine Fintech Innovation and Research Center of the PBCSF, Tsinghua University.

The Global Fintech Business Model Report (2nd Edition) (hereinafter referred to as "Report (2nd Edition)") enriched and updated the four categories of fintech startups report in the 1st Edition, through continuous tracking and more in-depth research.

The Report (2nd Edition) draws on global and domestic developments in fintech over 2016 and further systematic development of the Report (2015) categories. For these purposes, the research team travelled to the United States to visit nearly 40 fintech startups in Boston and New York. The team also joined with European scholars, studied selected European fintech entrepreneurs, and sought to integrate their entrepreneurial experience, lessons and prospects into the Report’s cases. The overall structure of Report (2nd Edition) is as follows (Including four main categories):


Professor Li Liao says that the Report is designed to help more entrepreneurs and investors to understand "Internet + finance" with a global vision, to serve innovation and entrepreneurship, and to support supervision and research in the fintech industry. He also hopes that the Report can become a bridge between entrepreneurs and serve genuine innovation and entrepreneurship in fintech industry.