Beijing FIRST was officially approved by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Local Financial Regulation and Supervision. It was listed in September 2020 and successfully registered in January 2021. Beijing FIRST provides cutting-edge financial services in China and has gained recognition as a professional fintech service institution. It is also a member of several national-level fintech organizations.
membership organizations of Beijing First
Du Xiaoman Financial is Baidu's fintech arm that provides short-term loans and investment services by BaiduAI technology.
Blake Capital is a comprehensive international investment company that focuses on domestic private equity fund investments, investment banking advisory services, and the promotion of new technology products.
IDEATECH is committed to building a financial digital infrastructure service platform based on eKYC. It utilizes technologies such as privacy computing, big data, and artificial intelligence to establish a unified risk control system and green financial credit system.
Zhongshuzhihui is a credit technology and big data service provider that applies standard API interfaces to financial institutions for account opening, risk management, and compliance management.
ZhongqiYunlian is an internet financial information service company. Yunlian Finacial platform provides financial services for enterprises in the supply chain.
Leader Introduction
Dean
Ben Shenglin
Executive Chairman
Zhang Ke
Vice Dean
Yan Cui
Dr. Ben Shenglin, Dean and Professor of ZIBS and Dean of Academy of Internet Finance, Zhejiang University (AIF). Prior to joining Zhejiang University in May 2014 as a Professor, Dr. Ben spent 20-years in China and abroad with ABN AMRO, HSBC, and lastly JP Morgan Chase, where he served as China CEO, JP Morgan Chase Bank. He is the founder and Director of the International Monetary Institute, Renmin University of China, and the president of Beijing Frontier Institute of Regulation and Supervision Technology. He is also the founder and chairman of the Zhejiang Association of FinTech, the industry association of global fintech hub - Zhejiang Province. He serves as a Counselor to Zhejiang Provincial Government, a Standing Committee member of CPPCC Zhejiang, and Vice Chairman of its Economic Commission. He currently serves as a board member of leading companies including China Construction Bank and China Industrial Bank.
Zhang Ke is the Chairman and CEO at Blake Capital. He began his career at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of China and has accumulated 30 years of experience in prominent international financial institutions across the United States, Japan, Europe, and Asia. Zhang Ke has held executive positions at renowned organizations such as J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank Asset Management, Daiwa Securities, and Pacific Investment. Notably, from 2013 to 2015, he was elected as the Chairman of the Asian Financial Cooperation Association in the United States. Additionally, Zhang Ke has served as the former Chief Investment Officer of a large Chinese Fortune 500 company with mixed-ownership.
Mr. Yan is an Associate Professor of ZIBS. Prior to joining ZIBS in June 2021, he had worked in foreign banks in China for over 20 years. Within the area of banking management, he focuses on the internationalization of Chinese banks and management of multinational banks.
Memorabilia of the Institute
2021-Feb
Beijing FIRST collaborated with CSCC to explore financial regulation
