CreditEase Hosted FinTech Themed 2017 Silicon Valley - Beijing Dialogue Conference in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CreditEase, a Beijing-based financial technology conglomerate with a robust online platform and a broad offline network, announced it recently hosted a FinTech conference, "2017 Silicon Valley - Beijing Dialogue" themed "The Power of Innovation: Driving Forces behind the FinTech Age 3.0", in San Francisco.

More than 200 guests attended the event. There were 5 roundtable discussions with over 30 panelists. Key topics included FinTech's pivotal role in economic development, inclusive finance and wealth management. Highlights included new technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, machine learning, cloud computing in crowd funding, digital payment, supply-chain financing, robo-advisory, insurance tech and educational tools furthering middle class investing. Edwin M. Lee, Mayor of San Francisco, Willie Brown, former Mayor of San Francisco, and Barney Frank, former Chairman of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, delivered key note speeches. Also attending the event were about 100 leading venture capital firms from the San Francisco and Silicon Valley area, CreditEase Wealth Management funds' portfolio companies and over 30 CreditEase's wealth management clients from China.

Ning Tang, Founder and CEO of CreditEase stated, "We are excited to have organized such a forum in one of the world's most active innovation hubs for investors, entrepreneurs and users to address their thoughts, needs and concerns. Globalization is an irreversible trend for technologies and investments. As a market leader in wealth management and inclusive finance in China and globally, CreditEase is committed to building awareness of using financial technologies to propel economic growth and improve financial health for mass affluent middle class in China and abroad."

The Silicon Valley - Beijing Dialogue, launched by CreditEase and IDG Capital in 2013, has been widely recognized as a weathervane of FinTech development in China and the US. CreditEase has co-hosted the past three events in Beijing with its long-time partners IDG Capital and China Growth Capital. Past topics have included web-driven financial innovation, sharing economy and C2C in O2O, AI and robo-advisory. This year marks the first time that CreditEase has brought the event to Silicon Valley.

About CreditEase

CreditEase is a Beijing-based leading FinTech conglomerate in China, specializing in inclusive finance and wealth management, in addition to payment technology, marketplace lending, crowdfunding, robo-advisory, insurance technology and blockchain products and services. CreditEase actively engages with global FinTech innovators through business incubation, commercial co-operation, and investment. Better tech, better finance, better world.

SOURCE CreditEase