{"id":8557,"date":"2018-02-12T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T09:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=8557"},"modified":"2018-08-08T11:40:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T11:40:32","slug":"wechat-owner-receives-investment-fund-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wechat-owner-receives-investment-fund-license\/","title":{"rendered":"WeChat owner receives investment fund license"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Shenzhen representative office of the China Securities Regulatory Commission has issued Tencent a mutual investment fund license, opening the door for the WeChat messenger owner to sell shares directly to customers on its own platform or via the online financial management platform qian.qq.com. The license will also give the company more freedom when selling other financial products. Tencent now plans to transform its payment system into an extended platform that offers a range of financial services.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this, the company already offered WeChat customers the ability to complete mobile payments and access online insurance and microcredits but could only act as an intermediary between users and third-party investment funds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-8557 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='The Brexit effect on FinTech in the United Kingdom'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/the-brexit-effect-on-fintech-in-the-united-kingdom\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/the-brexit-effect-on-fintech-in-the-united-kingdom-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12502\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12502'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Brexit effect on FinTech in the United Kingdom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='The brave new world of open banking in the Asia-Pacific region'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/the-brave-new-world-of-open-banking-in-the-asia-pacific-region\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/the-brave-new-world-of-open-banking-in-the-asia-pacific-region-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12965\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12965'>\n\t\t\t\tThe brave new world of open banking in the Asia-Pacific region\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='IoT and the next level of customer engagement'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/iot-and-the-next-level-of-customer-engagement\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/iot-and-the-next-level-of-customer-engagement-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-11921\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-11921'>\n\t\t\t\tIoT and the next level of customer engagement\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shenzhen representative office of the China Securities Regulatory Commission has issued Tencent a mutual investment fund license, opening the door for the WeChat messenger owner to sell shares directly to customers on its own platform or via the online financial management platform qian.qq.com. 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