LexinFintech
LexinFintech (NASDAQ: LX) is a China-based new-consumption digital technology service provider founded in October 2013 and headquartered in Shenzhen.
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Overview
LexinFintech (NASDAQ: LX) was founded in October 2013 and is headquartered in Shenzhen. It describes itself as a leading Chinese new-consumption digital technology service provider with the mission of "technology makes consumption better," using big data and artificial intelligence technologies to create new consumption methods and support consumption growth and the real economy. Its businesses include the Fenqile installment shopping mall, personal consumer credit services under Fenqile Consumer Finance (Flexible Borrowing, Lejinka, Lezhouzhuan), Fenqile Inclusive Finance for micro and small businesses, Yunxi Technology serving small and medium-sized banks, and overseas consumer credit businesses (Fortaprest in Mexico and Kredito in Indonesia). The company states it has over 8,000 employees, serves nearly 200 financial institutions and over 200 million high-growth customers, and facilitates annual transaction volume of over RMB 200 billion.
History
LexinFintech was founded in October 2013 and is headquartered in Shenzhen. It describes itself as a leading Chinese new-consumption digital technology service provider. In its early development it built intelligent risk-control systems including the big-data risk-control engine "Eagle Eye" and the asset-matching platform "Wormhole," and it later built an integrated intelligent risk-control management platform covering all business lines and the full pre-loan, in-loan, and post-loan process. It has applied AI across the fintech chain, iterating a locally deployed "Singularity" AI large model and exploring self-developed AI agents. Its mission is "technology makes consumption better" and its vision is to become a leader in the new consumption ecosystem. Its businesses include the Fenqile installment shopping mall, Fenqile Consumer Finance, Fenqile Inclusive Finance, Yunxi Technology, and overseas consumer credit businesses in Mexico and Indonesia.
- 2025
Lexin was named to the 'Guangdong Top 500 Enterprises' (179th) and 'Guangdong Top 100 Private Enterprises' (87th), and won the 'Best AI Technology of a Chinese Fintech Company' award from The Asian Banker for the seventh consecutive year.
- 2024
Lexin was named to the 2024 China Internet Comprehensive Strength Top 100 Enterprises (24th) and won the Asian Banker award for 'Best Banking-as-a-Service Enabling Technology in China' for the sixth consecutive year.
- 2023
Lexin passed the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) Data Security Management Capability (DSMC) certification, becoming one of the first certified units, and was named a 'Shenzhen Financial Name Card' by Shenzhen Economic Daily for the sixth consecutive year.
- 2022
Lexin was named to the 2022 China Internet Top 100 Enterprises (76th) for the third consecutive year and won both domestic and international Asian Banker awards, becoming the only fintech company to win both in the same year.
- 2021
Lexin ranked 46th on the 2021 China Internet Top 100 Enterprises list, entering the top 50, and was named to KPMG's '2021 Leading Fintech 50 Enterprises'.
- 2020
Lexin was named to the 2020 China Internet Top 100 Enterprises and the 2020 China New Economy Top 500 Enterprises, and was recognized as one of the 'Top 10 Innovation Stars of Shenzhen's New 40 Years'.
- 2017
LexinFintech listed on NASDAQ under the ticker LX.
- 2013
LexinFintech was founded in October 2013 and is headquartered in Shenzhen.
Products and positioning
China's leading new-consumption digital technology service provider
Fenqile installment shopping mall
Described as China's first installment shopping platform.
Fenqile Consumer Finance
Personal consumer credit business including Flexible Borrowing, Lejinka, and Lezhouzhuan.
Fenqile Inclusive Finance
Installment finance for micro and small businesses.
Yunxi Technology
Serves many small and medium-sized banks.
Fortaprest (Mexico)
Overseas consumer credit business in Mexico.
Kredito (Indonesia)
Overseas consumer credit business in Indonesia.
Controversies
2026
Financial regulator summons Fenqile over unclear interest and fees, violent debt collection
Fenqile, under Lexin, has been complained about for opaque interest and fees, suspected disguised high interest, and violent debt collection that affected relatives and friends, with more than 160,000 complaints on Black Cat and about 40,000 related to collection; in March 2026 the National Financial Regulatory Administration summoned Fenqile and four other loan-assistance platforms, requiring them to disclose comprehensive financing costs, collect debts compliantly, and protect personal information. Regulatory meeting and rectification.
Recent events
Reported
LexinFintech wins Global Finance fintech innovator award[8]
LexinFintech was named the only Chinese winner in Global Finance Magazine's 2021 Innovators Awards, winning in the Outstanding Financial Innovators-Fintechs category for the Asia Pacific region.
Reported
LexinFintech wins China AI and Innovation Lab award[9]
LexinFintech was awarded The Asian Banker’s Best AI and Innovation Lab Award in China.
Reported
Boro announces $12 million Series A funding[10]
Boro announced a $12 million Series A fundraise led by LexinFintech.
Reported
Lexin reports third-quarter 2019 results[11]
Lexin released unaudited third-quarter 2019 financial results, reporting revenue of RMB 3.2 billion and net profit of RMB 724 million.
Reported
Lexin raises its full-year transaction-volume outlook[11]
Lexin raised its full-year transaction-volume outlook to RMB 115 billion–125 billion.
Reported
Lexin wins social responsibility case award[12]
Lexin won the Social Responsibility Annual Case Award at the 2019 China Financial Brand Annual Conference and China Financial Annual Brand Case Competition awards ceremony.
Reported
LexinFintech appoints Suining Xiao to its board[13]
LexinFintech appointed Suining Xiao to its board of directors as a designee of PAG, increasing the board's size to nine directors.
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- 2集团简介 - 乐信官网lexin.com
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- 4集团荣誉 - 乐信官网lexin.com
- 5Financial regulator summons Fenqile over unclear interest and fees, violent debt collectioncnr.cn
- 6Financial regulator summons Fenqile over unclear interest and fees, violent debt collectionfinance.sina.com.cn
- 7Financial regulator summons Fenqile over unclear interest and fees, violent debt collectionnews.qq.com
- 8LexinFintech获得《全球金融》金融科技创新奖us.acrofan.com
- 9乐信获中国最佳人工智能与创新实验室奖finance.yahoo.com
- 10Boro宣布完成1,200万美元A轮融资prweb.com
- 11乐信发布2019年第三季度业绩finance.sina.com.cn
- 12乐信荣获社会责任年度案例奖finance.sina.com.cn
- 13乐信任命肖遂宁为董事会成员crowdfundinsider.com
- 14乐信发布2019年财报:金融科技收入占比过半达56亿元finance.sina.com.cn
- 15乐信发布2019全年财报:营收达106亿finance.sina.com.cn
- 16乐信发布亮眼财报:用户数增100%交易额增70% 二季度回到规模化盈利轨道finance.sina.com.cn
- 17乐信公布2019年财报:助贷规模破千亿,电商业务同比增47.21%,网贷业务同比降60.72%finance.sina.com.cn
- 18LexinFintech Wins The Asian Banker Award for the Third Year in a Rowprnewswire.com
- 19U.S. Online Education Lender Boro Secures $12 Million Through Series A Funding Round Led By LexinFintech | Crowdfund Insidercrowdfundinsider.com
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