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Financial Services & FinTech Lawyers in China
Payments licensing, consumer finance, banking services, and finance/tax interface — consultation.
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Practice orientation
Browse financial services and FinTech specialties: payments and licensing, consumer finance / online lending, banking and financial services, and finance & tax. Licensed financial work is tightly regulated — shortlist counsel with sector experience. While specialty tags grow, start with contracts, company formation, and dispute counsel plus a consultation request.
Open the FinTech industry hub and payment licensing overview.
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Process, issues, and further reading
Financial services orientation
- Map the regulated activity: payments, lending, wealth, banking services, or pure tech.
- Entity and licence strategy — a WFOE alone is often not enough.
- Consumer finance and online lending rules; marketing restrictions.
- Data, KYC, and cybersecurity overlays for financial data.
- Contract and dispute design with PRC enforceability in mind.
Key PRC sources (illustrative)
- Law of the PRC on Commercial Banks / banking supervision rules — deposit-taking and bank services perimeter.
- Anti-Money Laundering Law of the PRC (rev. 2024) — KYC, reporting, and institutional duties.
- Cybersecurity Law / Personal Information Protection Law — financial data and critical information systems.
- PBOC / NFRA (former CBIRC) rules on non-bank payment institutions and consumer finance — licensing and marketing limits.
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