Hong Kong-listed Credit China FinTech Holdings led the launch of the fintech fund with 11 other partners that consist of central state-owned enterprises, provincial investment funds, trust and securities firms and private equity firms; financial gain was not the main motivation of the fund as the participants are looking at exposure to the emerging fintech space and possible partnerships in the future; “China’s fintech sector was started later than the West’s but is expanding at an unparalleled pace compared with the West,” Credit China Executive Director Sheng Jia said at the opening ceremony. Source
