- CEO
- Yao Hong
- Full Time Employees
- 531
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial - Credit Services
- Address
- Hongxin Science and Technology Park Hangzhou People's Republic of China
- IPO Date
- Nov 15, 2018
- Business
- Weidai Ltd. (WEIDY) operates an online finance marketplace platform in the People's Republic of China, primarily serving as an intermediary that connects small and micro enterprise owners with online investors and institutional funding partners to provide accessible credit solutions. The company offers auto-backed loans as its flagship product; other secured loans, including home equity loans and construction machinery loans; unsecured loans comprising professional credit loans and consumption loans; and supplementary services such as internet technology, asset management, and business management support. Weidai Ltd. focuses on the credit services segment of the financials industry, targeting small businesses and individual borrowers in China, with operations concentrated in the domestic market and approximately 531 employees.
Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Hangzhou at Hongxin Science and Technology Park, the company, incorporated in the Cayman Islands, listed American Depositary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker WEI in November 2018 before transitioning to OTC Markets trading as WEIDY. In recent years, Weidai exited its peer-to-peer lending business by achieving full repayment to investors in July 2021 and adjusted its ADS ratio from one-for-one to one-for-five Class A ordinary shares effective January 2022 to support share price compliance amid NYSE minimum price requirements. The company ceased originating new home equity loans in late 2017, reflecting a strategic shift toward auto-backed and other streamlined financing products, while its depositary receipt program remains closed for issuance and cancellation as of the latest updates. No major partnerships, funding rounds, or acquisitions have been reported in the last 1-2 years.