Bank · Digital · Shenzhen

WeBank

China's first private internet-only bank, launched in Shenzhen in 2014 with backing from Tencent. It focuses on micro-loans to consumers and small businesses at very large scale.

Legal name: WeBank Co., Ltd.
Type: Digital
Headquarters: Shenzhen
Jurisdiction: China
Ownership: Private
Founded: 2014
Primary regulator: NFRA (China)
Licensing: Licensed in 2014 as China's first privately owned digital-only bank, with Tencent as its largest shareholder.
Website: www.webank.com

Consumer micro-loansSME lendingDepositsWealth products

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Digital peers

Revolut · N26 · Nubank · Monzo · KakaoBank

Approximate reference data from public sources · seed-0.1 · 2026-08-28 · not real-time, not advice. See data & methodology.

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