Internet Businesses Productivity – Traffic Up, Recovery still to come

Leading Internet company InfoEdge released some interesting numbers to us. The 2020 August Naukri.Com’s Jobspeak indicates hiring activity in the IT / ITeS industries was up 14%/16% MoM. Hiring trends in Auto & auto ancillary, BFSI and Construction / Engineering/ Cement / Metals companies also improved 17%, 12% and 3% MoM, respectively. However, hiring activity was down 10% MoM in Oil & Gas / Power / Infrastructure industry and overall hiring situation continues to remain substantially weak on a YoY basis (-35% YoY).

What does Similarweb’s Internet Trends Indicate ?
In recruitment classifieds segment monthly traffic trends in

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Leading Lenders in China Internet Finance – Part 2

China Internet LendersThe China Internet Finance market (Part -1) has taken off in a big way due to favorable Government Policies to push the country ahead of the United States. We continue our coverage on the same.

Paipaidaiwas founded in June 2007 as one of the earliest P2P financial service companies in China. It operates under online processes and focuses on P2P small amount loan business. Paipaidai has a total of 2,000 employees nationwide. 50% of them belong to the manual service team. High quality service helps reduce the negative effect generating from non-standardised products and contribute to the final customer conversions. Besides, the users are mainly blue collars from tier-three or tier-four cities, who have limited understanding about financial products. The platform is able to conduct identity authentication after customers have explicit demand of loans. Under this process, users will find it smooth and simplified before making a final decision.

JIMU is a leading domestic financial technology company launched in August 2013. It focuses on middle-class user group, providing comprehensive

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Who are the Leaders in Chinese Internet Finance – Part 1 ?

China Internet Finance - ReviewWe’d like to enlighten Entrepreneurs in India about the traction in the Chinese Internet Finance market and weigh their business strategies as many have achieved over 300% YoY growth in the latest quarter/month. This is as a result of (1) rising demand from younger generation of consumers, who are more receptive to purchasing with credit, (2) better designed product catering to specific usage scenario, and (3) improved system robustness, data integration and internal operation process to serve the volume pick up.

WeBank, founded in late 2014, is the first private internet bank in China. Company faces challenges from consumers. Tencent owns a 30% stake in WeBank. Weilidai Micro Loan – product was specially designed to optimise customer experience with an effective risk control system, based on multidimensional user

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