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Awards

2020 Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies
Ranked #2
2019 Consumer Finance Product of the Year
2019 Digital Lending Product of the Year
Fintech Development Leader
Diamond Award in Lending Tech
#1 of Growth Champions of the Greater Bay Area 2020
Hurun Unicorn in Greater China
2019 FinTech 100
Ranked #6 in Greater China and #35 globally
The Top 250 Fintech Startups of 2018
InnoStars Award
Deloitte Technology Fast 20 Hong Kong
Ranked #1

Press releases

2020
WeLab: We will be fine. Applications for #HKCashDrop now open to get HK$10,000 interest-free today.
2020
Introducing WeLab #HKCashDrop to support Hong Kong.
2020
Hello World: WeLab Bank Takes Flight in a Pilot Trial
2019
WeLab Bank’s Chief Executive Dr. William Leung to retire, to be succeeded by Adrian Tse
2019
WeLab raises US$156M in Series C strategic financing, completing the largest fintech fundraising in Greater China in 2019
2019
Introducing WeLab Digital (我来数科) – a new name for Wolaidai (我来贷) in Mainland China
2019
WeLab granted a virtual banking license by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to invigorate Hong Kong’s fintech scene
2019
WeLab Represents Hong Kong to Win Two Awards at The Asian Banker International Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards
2018
WeLab Recognised in “2018 Belt and Road Project Innovation Cases Collection” in Beijing As the Only Hong Kong Fintech Award Winner for its Indonesia Expansion
2018
WeLab Ranks #23 Globally and #7 in China on KPMG’s 2018 Fintech100 The Only Hong Kong Fintech Company on the List for Three Consecutive Years
2018
WeLab Enters into Financing Agreement with Citi
2018
CK Hutchison and WeLab form Strategic Collaboration
2018
Astra and WeLab redefine consumer lending in Indonesia by providing next generation financial technology
2018
Professor K C Chan Joins WeLab as Senior Advisor
2017
WeLab raises US$220 million in new strategic financing, wins backing from Alibaba and global financial institutions
2016
WeLab raises US$160M in Series B financing from Khazanah and ING Bank

Media clippings

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2020
【提早到手】有金融科技公司推一萬元免息貸款 助港人應急
2020
WeLab Group CEO on HKCashDrop Program, Coronavirus Impact, Virtual Bank
2020
WeLab萬元免息貸款今起接受申請
2020
WeLab推出#HKCashDrop 1萬元免息貸款最快即日獲批(第二版)
2020
在家工作效率低? WeLab CEO分享4招維持狀態
2019
借錢給銀行看不上的人-他,孵出305億金融獨角獸
2019
WeLab C輪融資募12億 阿里巴巴創業者基金追投
2019
2020 is the inflection point for fintech
2019
Banks will have to ‘catch up’ with fintech companies, says virtual bank group CEO
2019
Digital banks looking to shake up Singapore finance industry
2019
WeLab CEO Loong on Fintech, Virtual Banking, Strategy
2019
WeLab CEO: Looking to Launch Virtual Bank by End of Year
2019
WeLab: A fintech experiment succeeds in Hong Kong
2019
WeLab:積極投入虛擬銀行成立工作
2019
Fintech unicorn WeLab bags Hong Kong’s fourth virtual bank licence
2019
Start-ups 'can use Greater Bay Area to launch globally'
2018
Worldview Hong Kong
2018
港創金融科技突破傳統 善用AI大數據減低壞帳
2018
Virtual Banking Is Set to Shake Up Hong Kong
2018
Former finance secretary Chan Ka-keung becomes latest minister to join fintech bandwagon
2018
WeLab申上市 陳家強加盟任資深顧問
2018
WeLab joins fintech race to become Hong Kong’s first licensed virtual bank