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at 8:12 AM on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
KABN North America launches the KABN prepaid Visa Card to support its Liquid Avatar users and provides online banking solutions with XTM Inc.
Announces today that together with fintech innovator, XTM Inc. (CSE:PAID), it will launch its KABN prepaid Visa Card and digital banking platform to support its partnered challenger bank initiatives in North America.
Partner managed platform will initially include a multi-currency and KABN KASH integrated account platform, connected to the KABN Visa Card, which has the capability to add additional 3rd party currency, investment, and other financial services solutions.
TORONTO, ON / January 6, 2021 / KABN Systems NA Holdings Corp.(CSE:KABN)(OTC PINK:TRWRF)(FRA:4T51) (the “Company“, “KABN North America” or “KABN NA“) (www.kabnsystemsna.com), a North American Fintech solutions company specializing in empowering individuals to manage, control and generate value from their biometrically-verified Self Sovereign Identity (“SSI”) through its Liquid Avatar (www.liquidavatar.com) platform, announces today that together with fintech innovator, XTM Inc. (CSE:PAID), it will launch its KABN prepaid Visa Card and digital banking platform to support its partnered challenger bank initiatives in North America.
The partner managed platform will initially include a multi-currency and KABN KASH integrated account platform, connected to the KABN Visa Card, which has the capability to add additional 3rd party currency, investment, and other financial services solutions. These services will be available through the Liquid Avatar app, which provides users with a biometrically, verified, SSI solution allowing them to manage a wide range of verifiable credentials, online site and program access, and data permissions, putting control over personal data where it belongs – in the hands of its owners.
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at 9:04 AM on Thursday, December 24th, 2020
PEAK Provides Update On 2017 Secured Debentures and Exercise of Warrants
Secured debentures issued back in December, 2017, originally totaling $12-million and of which a balance of $3.27-million was still outstanding as on Oct. 1, 2020, have totally been paid back by Peak Fintech Group Inc. or converted into common shares of the company.
The debentures were issued in the course of a private placement financing where the company sold a total of 1,200 units for gross proceeds of $12-million. Each unit sold comprised a $10,000 face value, two-year maturity, 8-per-cent annual interest secured debenture plus 20,000 common share purchase warrants. The maturity was extended by another year in 2019 and the debentures were set to mature on Dec. 16, 2020. Investors who purchased the units could, at any time prior to the maturity date of the debentures, surrender part or all of the amount invested in the debentures to exercise their warrants and purchase common shares of the company at a price of 50 cents per share. In summary, $11.94-million of the debentures was surrendered to exercise warrants and the company paid back $60,000 in cash to investors.
In addition to the warrants exercised as a result of the surrender of the debentures, the company received over $2.5-million in cash from the exercise of warrants unrelated to the debentures between Oct. 1, 2020, and Dec. 23, 2020.
About Peak Fintech Group Inc.
Peak Fintech is the parent company of a group of innovative financial technology (fintech) subsidiaries operating in China’s commercial lending industry. Peak’s subsidiaries use technology, analytics and artificial intelligence to create an ecosystem of lenders, borrowers and other participants in China’s commercial lending space, where lending operations are conducted rapidly, safely, efficiently and with the utmost transparency.
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at 11:34 AM on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020
Announced that it has closed its previously announced brokered private placement of units of the Company, pursuant to which the Company issued 7,666,667 Units at a price of $0.15 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,150,000
The Offering was led by Mackie Research Capital Corporation as sole agent and sole bookrunner
TORONTO, ON / December 23, 2020 /KABN Systems NA Holdings Corp. (CSE:KABN) (the “Company” or “KABN North America” or “KABN NA“), a Canadian Fintech company that specializes in continuous online identity verification, management and monetization in Canada and the U.S., is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced brokered private placement of units of the Company (the “Units“), pursuant to which the Company issued 7,666,667 Units at a price of $0.15 per Unit (the “Offering Price“) for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,150,000 (the “Offering“). The Offering was led by Mackie Research Capital Corporation as sole agent and sole bookrunner (the “Agent“).
Each Unit is comprised of one common share of the Company (a “Common Share“) and one Common Share purchase warrant (a “Warrant“). Each Warrant is exercisable to acquire one Common Share (a “Warrant Share“) at an exercise price of $0.20 per Warrant Share, for a period of 24 months from the closing of the Offering.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds raised under the Offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.
In connection with the Offering, the Agent received an aggregate cash fee equal to 8.0% of the gross proceeds from the Offering including in respect of any exercise of the Agent’s Option. In addition, on closing the Company granted the Agent non-transferable compensation options (the “Compensation Options“) equal to 8.0% of the total number of Units sold under the Offering (including in respect of any exercise of the Agent’s Option). Each Compensation Option entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Unit at an exercise price equal to the Offering Price for a period of 24 months following the Closing.
In addition, the Company has paid the Agent a financial advisory fee satisfied by the issuance of 830,000 Common Shares.
The securities issued pursuant to the Offering are subject to a four-month and one day hold period under applicable securities laws in Canada.
The securities described herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act“), or any state securities laws, and accordingly, may not be offered or sold within the United States except in compliance with the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities requirements or pursuant to exemptions therefrom. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any securities in any jurisdiction.
About KABN North America
KABN Systems NA Holdings Corp. through its wholly owned subsidiary KABN Systems North America Inc. focuses on the verification, management and monetization of digital identity, empowering users to control and benefit from the use of their online identity. KABN NA’s propriety technology suite includes 4 key products:
Liquid Avatar allows users to create high quality digital icons representing their online personas. These icons, in conjunction with KABN ID, allow users to manage and control their Self Sovereign Identity and to use Liquid Avatars to share verifiable credentials, including access, identity and designation credentials, and public and permission based private data when they want and with whom they want. www.liquidavatar.com
KABN ID is an Always On, biometric and blockchain based digital identity validation and verification platform allowing users to continuously and confidently prove themselves throughout the online community.
KABN Card is a Visa approved prepaid card program allowing users to manage both digital and fiat currencies and earn cashback and other loyalty incentives. www.kabncard.com
KABN KASH is a cashback, loyalty and engagement program that powers the KABN NA’s revenue ecosystem. KABN NA provides its products and services at no cost to consumers and generates revenues through permission-based partner programs. www.kabnkash.com
The CSE has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities under the KABN Financing in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
Forward-Looking Information and Statements
This press release contains certain “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and may also contain statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking information and forward-looking statements are not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only the Company’s beliefs regarding future events, plans or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company’s control. Generally, such forward-looking information or forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or may contain statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “will continue”, “will occur” or “will be achieved”. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained herein may include, but is not limited to, information concerning the proposed use of the net proceeds of the Offering.
By identifying such information and statements in this manner, the Company is alerting the reader that such information and statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such information and statements. In addition, in connection with the forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release, the Company has made certain assumptions. Among the key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information and statements are the following: changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; changes in applicable laws; compliance with extensive government regulation. Should one or more of these risks, uncertainties or other factors materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking information or statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.
Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing, and the expectations contained in, the forward-looking information and statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and statements, and no assurance or guarantee can be given that such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information and statements. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information and/or forward-looking statements that are contained or referenced herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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at 8:11 AM on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020
Announced that it has closed its Non-Brokered Private Placement of units for gross proceeds of approximately $3 Million previously announced on December 10, 2020.
A total of 19,999,997 Units were issued at a purchase price of $0.15 per Unit, with each Unit comprised of one common share of the Company and one Common Share purchase warrant
Each Warrant is exercisable to acquire one Common Share at an exercise price of $0.20 per Warrant Share for a period of 24 months from the closing.
TORONTO, ON / December 22, 2020 /KABN Systems NA Holdings Corp. (CSE:KABN) (the “Company” or “KABN North America” or “KABN NA“), a Canadian Fintech company that specializes in continuous online identity verification, management and monetization in Canada and the U.S., is pleased to announce that it has closed its Non-Brokered Private Placement of units (“Units“) for gross proceeds of approximately $3 Million (the “Non-Brokered Offering“) previously announced on December 10, 2020. A total of 19,999,997 Units were issued at a purchase price of $0.15 per Unit, with each Unit comprised of one common share of the Company (a “Common Share“) and one Common Share purchase warrant (a “Warrant“). Each Warrant is exercisable to acquire one Common Share (a “Warrant Share“) at an exercise price of $0.20 per Warrant Share for a period of 24 months from the closing. The Units will have a hold period of four months and one day from the applicable closing.
“We are pleased to welcome a number of new investors and financial services firms as Company shareholders. The interest in the offering was in excess of the available units, even after the increase in the offering from $2 Million to $3 Million,” said David Lucatch, CEO. “We would also like to welcome Mr. Rob Anson, CEO of Loop Insights Inc., and Mr. Sheldon Inwentash, Founder, Chairman and CEO of ThreeD Capital, both as new investors in KABN NA and as members of our Industry Advisory Committee to support the Company with its future growth.”
In connection with the Non-Brokered Offering, the Company paid finder’s fee in the aggregate sum of $130,620 and issued 990,800 compensation options (the “Finders’ Options“) to certain eligible finders. Each Finders’ Option entitles the holder to purchase one Unit at an exercise price equal to C$0.15 per Unit at any time up to 24 months following closing.
The Company’s previously announced brokered private placement of up to $1.15 Million is expected to close on or about December 29, 2020, or on such earlier date as agreed upon between the Company and the agent, and is subject to certain conditions, including receipt of subscription agreements and payment of the subscription amounts by subscribers.
The securities described herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act“), or any state securities laws, and accordingly, may not be offered or sold within the United States except in compliance with the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities requirements or pursuant to exemptions therefrom. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any securities in any jurisdiction.
Update on Family Office Financing With respect to the US-led Family Office financing originally announced on August 18, 2020, with subsequent updates made on September 16, and October 22, 2020, the subscribers have failed to date to fund their commitments. On December 8, 2020, the Company delivered demand letters to the subscribers, demanding that they close by December 11, 2020. Having failed to do so, the Company views these agreements as being at an end, and has demanded that the subscribers reimburse the Company for the costs it has incurred in respect of these subscriptions. The Company is reserving its rights to take further action in the future.
About KABN North America – www.kabnnaholdco.com KABN Systems NA Holdings Corp. through its wholly-owned subsidiary KABN Systems North America Inc. focuses on the verification, management and monetization of digital identity, empowering users to control and benefit from the use of their online identity. KABN NA’s propriety technology suite includes 4 key products:
Liquid Avatar allows users to create high-quality digital icons representing their online personas. These icons, in conjunction with KABN ID, allow users to manage and control their Self Sovereign Identity and to use Liquid Avatars to share verifiable credentials, including access, identity and designation credentials, and public and permission-based private data when they want and with whom they want. www.liquidavatar.com
KABN ID is an Always On, biometric and blockchain-based digital identity validation and verification platform allowing users to continuously and confidently prove themselves throughout the online community.
KABN Card is a Visa approved prepaid card program allowing users to manage both digital and fiat currencies and earn cashback and other loyalty incentives. www.kabncard.com
KABN KASH is a cashback, loyalty and engagement program that powers the KABN NA’s revenue ecosystem. KABN NA provides its products and services at no cost to consumers and generates revenues through permission-based partner programs. www.kabnkash.com
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at 8:05 PM on Sunday, December 20th, 2020
How do you connect over 100M small businesses in China who need access to different kinds of credit …. with over 10K banks and lending institutions that have different lending criteria?
Well, if you try to do it the old fashioned way, you just can’t. This forces SMB’s (small and medium businesses) and Lenders to deal within local markets, which drastically reduces alternatives, competition and ultimately business …. while leaving both sides with a daunting, slow and inefficient manual workload.
ENTERS PEAK FINTECH
The Peak Fintech Lending Hub uses Artificial Intelligence and analytics to fully automate the process by which lenders and borrowers connect quickly and match perfectly across several market verticals.
When CEO Johnson Joseph says this AI-Powered platform is revolutionizing the Chinese SMB commercial lending ecosystem, they’re not just paying lip service … Peak Fintech is delivering results
Reported revenue growth of 293% to $11.2 million for the first half of 2020
Reported revenue growth of 236.% to $15.1 million for JUST Q3 (a record)
On pace to exceed Fiscal 2020 Targeting $40 million in revenues and $4 million in EBITDA.
Platform now has lending products from 54 different banks and lending institutions
Signed Agreement To Bring Lending Hub To 60,000 Online Electronics Stores
Stores would use Lending HUB to finance purchase of electronics inventory
100% market capture would translate into $1.35B in annual revenues
Signed Agreement With Italian Retailer Gruppo Coin to provide short-term loans to ~55,000 influencers with their own e-stores and ~ 120M total followers
…. and so much more
Everyone agrees that 2020 was Peak Fintech’s coming out party … but CEO JJ believes this is just the beginning as he looks forward to 2021 and beyond.
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at 1:32 PM on Sunday, December 20th, 2020
Peak HUB containing multiple landing pages, videos, photos and other helpful information updated in real-time over the next 12 months is live as of December 18 and can be found at: https://agoracom.com/ir/PeakFintechGroup
Montreal, Quebec–(December 20, 2020) – Peak Fintech Group Inc. (CSE: PKK) (OTCQX: PKKFF) (“Peak” or the “Company”), an innovative Fintech service provider to the Chinese commercial lending sector, today announced the launch of its new website and of a 12-month online marketing campaign through AGORACOM for the purposes of engaging with current and future shareholders.
EXPOSURE THROUGH THE AGORACOM DIGITAL NETWORK
In 2019, AGORACOM surpassed 600 million page views, exceeded industry engagement metrics by over 400% and has served over 350 public companies.
The Peak HUB containing multiple landing pages, videos, photos and other helpful information updated in real-time over the next 12 months is live as of December 18 and can be found at: https://agoracom.com/ir/PeakFintechGroup
The Peak HUB is expected to receive significant exposure through continuous brand impression, content marketing, search engine marketing and social media engagement throughout the entire AGORACOM network. AGORACOM is the only small cap marketing firm to hold a Twitter Verified badge, averaging 4.2 million Twitter impressions per month in 2019.
MODERATED DISCUSSION FOR MANAGEMENT AND SHAREHOLDERS
Peak has also launched a “CEO Verified” Discussion Forum on AGORACOM to serve as the Company’s platform to interact with both current and prospective shareholders in a fully moderated environment.
Expected Verified Peak Officers and Investor Relations Contacts:
Johnson Joseph, President and CEO, Peak Fintech Group
Cathy Hume, CEO, CHF Capital Markets
Iryna Zheliasko, Corporate Communications Manager, CHF Capital Markets
AGORACOM Founder George Tsiolis stated: “There is no denying the advent of Fintech and how it will shape the global economy’s financial future over the next decade. Whereas some companies use Fintech as a buzzword, Peak has already developed and commercialized its proprietary Lending Hub platform with great results in China, one of the world’s biggest but most fragmented markets. We pride ourselves on discovering disruptive small cap companies and look forward to helping bring the Peak story to the world.”
About AGORACOM
AGORACOM is the pioneer of online marketing, broadcasting, conferences and investor relations services to North American small and mid-cap public companies, with more than 300 companies served. AGORACOM is the home of more than 7.7 million investors that visited 55.2 million times and read over 600 million pages of information over the last 10 years. The average visit of 8min 43sec is more than double that of global financial sites, which can be attributed to the implementation and enforcement of the strongest moderation rules in the industry.
About Peak Fintech Group Inc.:
Peak Fintech Group Inc. is the parent company of a group of innovative financial technology (Fintech) subsidiaries operating in China’s commercial lending industry. Peak’s subsidiaries use technology, analytics and artificial intelligence to create an ecosystem of lenders, borrowers and other participants in China’s commercial lending space where lending operations are conducted rapidly, safely, efficiently and with the utmost transparency. For more information: http://www.peakfintechgroup.com.
For more information, please contact:
CHF Capital Markets Cathy Hume, CEO 416-868-1079 ext.: 251 [email protected]
Peak Fintech Group Inc. Johnson Joseph, President and CEO 514-340-7775 ext.: 501 [email protected]
This news release may include certain forward-looking information, including statements relating to business and operating strategies, plans and prospects for revenue growth, using words including “anticipate”, “believe”, “could”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “plan”, “potential”, “project”, “seek”, “should”, “will”, “would” and similar expressions, which are intended to identify a number of these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking information reflects current views with respect to current events and is not a guarantee of future performance and is subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking information contained in this news release, except as may be required by applicable laws, rules and regulations. Readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating any forward-looking information.
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at 12:09 PM on Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
David Lucatch CEO, President & Chair of KABN Systems NA Holding Corp.(KABN:CSE) says their addressable market is 100% of people online due to the fact that every single person online needs to manage their identity. The company empowers users by giving them the tools to manage their self-sovereign identity and data online.
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at 8:41 AM on Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
Announced that it has received subscription confirmations for over $2 Million of units pursuant to the non-brokered financing announced on December 10, 2020, which is expected to close prior to the unrelated, best efforts brokered private placement of units which the Company previously announced on December 7, 2020.
To support the current demand, the Company has upsized the Non-Brokered Offering by an additional $1 Million.
This amount has already been fully committed, subject to the receipt of outstanding subscription documents and all necessary approvals.
TORONTO, ON / December 16, 2020 /KABN Systems NA Holdings Corp. (CSE:KABN) (the “Company” or “KABN North America” or “KABN NA“), a Canadian Fintech company that specializes in continuous online identity verification, management and monetization in Canada and the U.S., is pleased to announce that it has received subscription confirmations for over $2 Million of units (“Units“) pursuant to the non-brokered financing (the “Non-Brokered Offering“) announced on December 10, 2020, which is expected to close prior to the unrelated, best efforts brokered private placement (the “Brokered Offering“) of units which the Company previously announced on December 7, 2020. To support the current demand, the Company has upsized the Non-Brokered Offering by an additional $1 Million. This amount has already been fully committed, subject to the receipt of outstanding subscription documents and all necessary approvals.
The gross proceeds of these unrelated offerings together will now be up to $4.15 Million. The Units in each of the Brokered Offering and Non-Brokered Offering are being offered at $0.15 per Unit, with each Unit comprised of one common share of the Company (a “Common Share“) and one Common Share purchase warrant (a “Warrant“). Each Warrant shall be exercisable to acquire one Common Share (a “Warrant Share“) at an exercise price of $0.20 per Warrant Share for a period of 24 months from the applicable closing.
The Brokered Offering is expected to close on or about December 29, 2020, or on such earlier date as agreed upon between the Company and Agent, and the Non-Brokered Offering is expected to close on or about December 21, 2020, or on such earlier or later date as the Company determines, and each is subject to certain conditions, including receipt of subscription agreements and payment of the subscription amounts by subscribers. The Units to be issued will have a hold period of four months and one day from the applicable closing.
The securities described herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act“), or any state securities laws, and accordingly, may not be offered or sold within the United States except in compliance with the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities requirements or pursuant to exemptions therefrom. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any securities in any jurisdiction.
The Company also announces that Mr. Rav Mlait has resigned from the Board of Directors to further focus his efforts on his current commitments. The Company thanks Mr. Mlait for all his support with the public listing process earlier this year, and wishes him well in his current and future endeavors.
About KABN North America KABN Systems NA Holdings Corp. through its wholly owned subsidiary KABN Systems North America Inc. focuses on the verification, management and monetization of digital identity, empowering users to control and benefit from the use of their online identity. KABN NA’s propriety technology suite includes 4 key products:
Liquid Avatar allows users to create high quality digital icons representing their online personas. These icons, in conjunction with KABN ID, allow users to manage and control their Self Sovereign Identity and to use Liquid Avatars to share verifiable credentials, including access, identity and designation credentials, and public and permission based private data when they want and with whom they want.
KABN ID is an Always On, biometric and blockchain based digital identity validation and verification platform allowing users to continuously and confidently prove themselves throughout the online community.
KABN Card is a Visa approved prepaid card program allowing users to manage both digital and fiat currencies and earn cashback and other loyalty incentives.
KABN KASH is a cashback, loyalty and engagement program that powers the KABN NA’s revenue ecosystem. KABN NA provides its products and services at no cost to consumers and generates revenues through permission-based partner programs.
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at 7:44 AM on Tuesday, December 15th, 2020
Montreal, Quebec–(December 15, 2020) – Peak Fintech Group Inc. (CSE: PKK) (OTCQX: PKKFF) (“Peak” or the “Company”), an innovative Fintech service provider to the Chinese commercial lending sector, today provided the following update on its operations and recent events that have occurred since the end of the Company’s third quarter of 2020.
JIANGYIN FINANCIAL CENTRE
Summary and Update:
The Jiangyin Financial Centre is an initiative of the city’s municipal government. The city invited its 200,000+ businesses to join the Financial Centre to qualify for loans and credit from 34 banks and lending institutions based on data analysis and AI-based credit rules powered by the Lending Hub. Since its launch in late September, the Financial Centre has been responsible for almost 100 transactions and has brought more than 3,000 SMEs and several new raw material suppliers to the Lending Hub, including China’s 2nd largest supplier of specialized steel products.
Relevance and Connection to Cubeler Lending Hub Ecosystem:
Peak is building its Cubeler Lending Hub ecosystem as a nation-wide commercial lending ecosystem. The Jiangyin Financial Centre can be seen as a smaller all-encompassing version of the nation-wide ecosystem that will be replicated in other cities and provide Peak with an effective way to accelerate the expansion of the Lending Hub.
Main Benefits to Peak:
Government endorsement
Rapid service expansion with increased transaction volumes
Addition of new banks, lenders and businesses
Template for replication to other cities
GOLD RIVER PLATFORM
Summary and Update:
The Gold River platform is a multi-faceted e-commerce platform that allows clients to purchase products, sell products, manage inventory, make financing requests, organize group purchases and perform a number of other tasks related to supply-chain transactions from the perspective of a supplier or a retailer. By the end of the third quarter, Peak began re-directing some transactions related to its supply-chain financing services, previously outsourced to a third-party, to Gold River. Since then, the platform has continued to be involved in an increasing number of supply-chain financing transactions and has played a pivotal role in helping Peak sign two important agreements with national wholesale distributors.
Relevance and Connection to Cubeler Lending Hub Ecosystem:
The platform used to operate independently of the Lending Hub but is now fully integrated as a key component of the ecosystem and serves as the gateway to the Lending Hub and the main interface through which Peak’s product distribution partners interact with the ecosystem.
Main Benefits to Peak:
Gateway to Lending Hub ecosystem for distribution partners
Versatility to service raw material suppliers, wholesalers and retailers
Ability to provide supply-chain financing related services previously outsourced by Peak
AGREEMENT WITH CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DISTRIBUTOR BEIJING DIANJING COMPANY LTD.
Summary and Update:
Under the terms of this agreement between Peak and Beijing Dianjing Company Ltd. (“BDC”), BDC’s 60,000 online retailers are eligible to get up to 90% of the value of the products they purchase from BDC financed by the Lending Hub’s participating banks and lending institutions. Since the signing of the agreement at the end of October, Peak was able to complete the data sharing interface between BDC’s systems and Peak’s Gold River platform, which is used as the interaction gateway between BDC and the Lending Hub ecosystem. A handful of closely-monitored and controlled transactions were also conducted, which are expected to continue before a planned large-scale deployment of the program in January 2021.
Relevance and Connection to Cubeler Lending Hub Ecosystem:
SMEs are the most important members of the Cubeler Lending Hub ecosystem. Without them, their data and their need for funding there would be no lenders, no ecosystem and no revenue for Peak. Considering that through June 2020, the Lending Hub had less than 25,000 business members, and yet Peak is on pace to exceed CAD$40M in revenue for the year, the potential of adding 60,000 new businesses to the Lending Hub with a single agreement is transformative for the Company in so many ways.
Main Benefits to Peak:
Rapid addition of thousands of businesses to Lending Hub
Exceptional annual revenue potential
Entry into online retail vertical
Template for replication with other distributors
AGREEMENT WITH PACKAGED FOODS DISTRIBUTOR BEIJING JINGYING MANAGEMENT LTD.
Summary and Update:
Similar to its agreement with BDC, Peak’s agreement with packaged foods distributor Beijing Jingying Management Ltd. (“BJM”) allows for BJM’s 250,000+ retail clients to get up to 90% of the value of the products they purchase from BJM financed by the Lending Hub’s participating banks and lending institutions. Peak and BJM are still working on a roll-out plan with the first transactions expected to come by the end of 2020.
Relevance and Connection to Cubeler Lending Hub Ecosystem:
With over 250,000 online and offline combined retailers potentially being added to the Lending Hub ecosystem from a single agreement, the BJM agreement is expected to have the biggest impact to date on the ecosystem. The signing of the agreement also validates Peak’s theory that its agreement with consumer products distributor BDC would serve as a template for agreements with other distributors.
Main Benefits to Peak:
Rapid addition of thousands of businesses to Lending Hub
Exceptional annual revenue potential
AGREEMENT WITH ITALIAN RETAILER GRUPPO COIN AND NETWORK OF SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS
Summary and Update:
Peak identified a financing need from social media influencers who have become a powerful sales force in the retail space in China and sought to fill that need. Peak signed an agreement with Italian retailer Gruppo Coin to provide short-term loans to social medial influencers who organize product showcase events broadcasted on social media platforms such as TikTok to sell the retailer’s products. This agreement with Gruppo Coin is merely a by-product of the relationship that Peak was able to establish with over 55,000 social media influencers with a combined 120M+ followers, which the Company expects to leverage to generate a new revenue stream by helping retailers all over the world sell to Chinese consumers. The first transactions under the Gruppo Coin agreement are pending and expected to happen shortly.
Relevance and Connection to Cubeler Lending Hub Ecosystem:
Many of the social media influencers operate as small businesses on TikTok and WeChat, which means they can and in fact must become members to the Lending Hub and give access to their business data to the platform in order to be eligible for loans and credit. Through its connection with certain social media influencers, Peak has been working on an interface that will allow sales and business related data to flow from TikTok, WeChat and other social media platforms to the Cubeler Lending Hub.
Main Benefits to Peak:
Access to powerful network of social media influencers
Provide entryway to Chinese retail market for North American and global retailers
Creation of potential new revenue stream
ACQUISITION OF BANKING AI SOFTWARE COMPANY ZHONGKE SOFTWARE INTELLIGENCE LTD.
Summary and Update:
Peak announced that it would be acquiring banking AI software company Zhongke Software Intelligence Ltd. (“Zhongke”). Zhongke develops analytics and AI software used by banks and financial institutions in China to make decisions on loan and credit applications, as well as to process and to manage the applications. The company owns 3 patents, 42 copyrights and 3 trademarks. Peak and Zhongke are in the process of completing their due diligence prior to finalizing the transaction.
Relevance and Connection to Cubeler Lending Hub Ecosystem:
Whereas Lending Hub gathers and analyzes data on small business loan candidates from various sources and applies the banks’ credit rules to the data to help them determine who to lend to and who not to lend to, Zhongke’s software actually creates those credit rules, the logic that governs them and the AI capabilities to continuously improve them. So Zhongke’s software picks up where the Lending Hub platform leaves the credit analysis process for banks and lenders, which makes the applications near perfect complements of one another.
Main Benefits to Peak:
Strengthens Peak’s IP portfolio
Makes Lending Hub offering even more compelling to banks and lenders
Complements Lending Hub data set for improved AI functions, risk analysis and other uses
IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW CHINESE DIGITAL CURRENCY ON GOLD RIVER AND LENDING HUB PLATFORMS
Summary and Update:
Peak’s Gold River and Cubeler Lending Hub platforms are now ready to support China’s new Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DC/EP), making them among the first to provide clients with the ability to conduct DC/EP transactions. The first DC/EP transactions on Lending Hub and Gold River are expected by the end of 2020.
Relevance and Connection to Cubeler Lending Hub Ecosystem:
By being able to conduct DC/EP transactions, Lending Hub clients are expected to benefit from lower interest rates for loans and credit facilitated through the platform, which should drive greater demand for Peak’s services.
Main Benefits to Peak:
First mover advantage and marketing leverage
Potential increase demand for services
About Peak Fintech Group Inc.:
Peak Fintech Group Inc. is the parent company of a group of innovative financial technology (Fintech) subsidiaries operating in China’s commercial lending industry. Peak’s subsidiaries use technology, analytics and artificial intelligence to create an ecosystem of lenders, borrowers and other participants in China’s commercial lending space where lending operations are conducted rapidly, safely, efficiently and with the utmost transparency. For more information: http://www.peakfintechgroup.com
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CHF Capital Markets Cathy Hume, CEO 416-868-1079 ext.: 251 [email protected]
Peak Fintech Group Inc. Johnson Joseph, President and CEO 514-340-7775 ext.: 501 [email protected]
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