UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE
13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of November 2022
Commission File Number 001-38752
(Translation of registrant’s name into English) |
7/F Lujiazui Finance Plaza
No. 1217 Dongfang Road
Pudong New Area, Shanghai 200122
People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
360 DigiTech, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Alex Xu | |
Name: | Alex Xu | |
Title: | Director and Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: November 14, 2022 |
Exhibit 99.1
360 DIGITECH, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
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Accounts receivable and contract assets, net (net of allowance of RMB | | | | |||
Financial assets receivable, net (net of allowance of RMB |
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Amounts due from related parties (net of allowance of RMB |
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Loans receivable, net (including RMB |
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Financial assets receivable, net-noncurrent (net of allowance of RMB | | | | |||
Amounts due from related parties (net of allowance of RMB | | | | |||
Loans receivable, net-noncurrent (including RMB | | | | |||
Property and equipment, net |
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Land use rights, net | | | | |||
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TOTAL ASSETS |
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LIABILITIES AND EQUITY |
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Liabilities including amounts of the consolidated VIEs and trusts without recourse to the Company (Note 2): |
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TOTAL LIABILITIES |
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SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
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TOTAL 360 DIGITECH, INC. EQUITY | | | | |||
Non-controlling interests | | | | |||
TOTAL EQUITY |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-1
360 DIGITECH, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||
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Revenue, net of value-added tax and related surcharges: |
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Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital heavy (including revenue from related parties of RMB | | | | |||
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Revenue from releasing of guarantee liabilities | | | | |||
Other services fees | | | | |||
Platform services | | | | |||
Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital light (including revenue from related parties of RMB | | | | |||
Referral services fees (including revenue from related parties of RMB | | | | |||
Other services fees (including revenue from related parties of RMB | | | | |||
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Provision for financial assets receivable (including provision generated from related parties of RMB | | | | |||
Provision for accounts receivable and contract assets (including provision charged by related parties of RMB | | | | |||
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Total operating costs and expenses | |
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Net income per ADS attributable to ordinary shareholders of 360 DigiTech, Inc. (1) |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-2
360 DIGITECH, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR LOSS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-3
360 DIGITECH, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
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of shares | shares | capital | earnings | Loss | interests | equity | ||||||||
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Other comprehensive loss | — | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||
Net income | — | — | — | | — | | | |||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-4
360 DIGITECH, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
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Funds receivable from third party payment service providers | | ( | ( | |||
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Deferred tax | | ( | ( | |||
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Amounts due to (from) related parties |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
1. ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
360 DigiTech, Inc. (the “Company”, previously known as “360 Finance, Inc. ”) was incorporated in Cayman Islands with limited liability on April 27, 2018. The Company and its subsidiaries (together, the “Group”) are engaged in matching borrowers with credit demand to a diversified pool of financial institutions with credit to supply through a financial technology platform.
The Company’s significant subsidiaries and its consolidated Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”) as of June 30, 2022 are as follows:
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HK Qirui International Technology Company Limited (“HK Qirui”) |
| June 14, 2018 |
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Shanghai Qiyue Information & Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qiyue”) |
| August 7, 2018 |
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Shanghai Qidi Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qidi”) | June 27, 2019 | PRC | ||
Beihai Qicheng Information & Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qicheng”) | August 6, 2019 | PRC | ||
VIEs and VIEs’ Subsidiaries |
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Shanghai Qiyu Information & Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qiyu”) |
| July 25, 2016 |
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Fuzhou 360 Online Microcredit Co., Ltd. (“Fuzhou Microcredit”) |
| March 30, 2017 |
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Fuzhou 360 Financing Guarantee Co., Ltd. (“Fuzhou Guarantee”) |
| June 29, 2018 |
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Shanghai Qiyaoxin Technology Co., Ltd. (formerly known as “Shanghai 360 Financing Guarantee Co., Ltd.”, “Shanghai Financing Guarantee”) | May 20, 2019 | PRC |
History of the Group and reorganization under identical common ownership
The Group started its business in 2016 through Qiyu, a limited liability company in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). In 2018, the Company undertook a series of transactions to redomicile its business from the PRC to the Cayman Islands and established intermediary companies of HK Qirui and Qiyue (“WFOE”) for the purpose of establishing a VIE structure of the Group. The WFOE entered into VIE agreements which effectively provided control to the WFOE over the operations of the VIEs.
The VIE arrangement
PRC laws and regulations prohibit or restrict foreign control of companies involved in provision of internet content and certain finance business. To comply with these foreign ownership restrictions, the Company operates substantially all of its service through its VIEs in the PRC.
The VIEs hold leases and other assets necessary to provide services and generate the majority of the Company’s revenues. To provide the Company effective control over the VIEs and the ability to receive substantially all of the economic benefits of the VIEs, a series of contractual arrangements were entered into amongst Qiyue (“WFOE”), VIEs and their beneficial shareholders. In June 2022, the set of VIE agreements were terminated and replaced by a set of new VIE agreements signed by the same parties, with no material changes to the major terms.
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360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
1. ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES - continued
The VIE arrangement - continued
Agreements that were entered to provide the Company effective control over the VIEs
Voting Proxy Agreement
Pursuant to the voting proxy agreement entered into among WFOE, Qiyu and Shanghai Qibutianxia Information Technology Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Beijing Qibutianxia Technology Co., Ltd. “Qibutianxia”), Qibutianxia would irrevocably authorize the WFOE or any person designated by the WFOE to act as its attorney-in-fact to exercise all of its rights as a shareholder of Qiyu, including, but not limited to: (i) to convene and participate in shareholders’ meeting pursuant to the constitutional documents of Qiyu in the capacity of a proxy of Qibutianxia; (ii) to exercise the voting rights pursuant to the relevant PRC laws and regulations and the articles of Qiyu, on behalf of Qibutianxia, and adopt resolutions, including but not limited to dividend rights, sale or transfer or pledge or disposal of part or all of Qiyu’s equity; (iii) to nominate, designate or appoint and remove the legal representative, directors, supervisors and other senior management of Qiyu pursuant to the constitutional documents of Qiyu.
The Voting Proxy Agreement has an indefinite term and will be terminated in the event that (i) it is unilaterally terminated by the WFOE, or (ii) it is legally permissible for the WFOE, the Company or any of the subsidiaries to hold equity interests directly or indirectly in Qiyu and the WFOE or its designated person is registered to be the sole shareholder of Qiyu.
Exclusive Option Agreement
Pursuant to the exclusive option agreement entered into among WFOE, Qiyu and Qibutianxia, the sole Registered Shareholder of Qiyu. Qibutianxia irrevocably grants the WFOE an exclusive option to purchase or designate one or more persons to purchase, all or part of its equity interests in Qiyu, and Qiyu irrevocably grants the WFOE an exclusive option to purchase all or part of its assets, subject to applicable PRC laws. The WFOE or its designated person may exercise such options at the lowest price permitted under applicable PRC laws. Qibutianxia and Qiyu will undertake that, among other things, without the WFOE’s prior written consent, including but not limited to: (i) they shall not in any manner supplement, change or amend the constitutional documents of Qiyu, increase or decrease their registered capital, or change the structure of their registered capital in other manner; (ii) they shall not at any time following the signing of the Exclusive Option Agreement, sell, transfer, pledge or dispose of in any manner any assets of Qiyu or interest in the business or revenues of Qiyu, or allow the encumbrance thereon of any security interest; (iii) they shall not cause or permit Qiyu to merge, consolidate with, acquire or invest in any person. In addition, Qibutianxia will undertake that, without the WFOE’s prior written consent, it will not, among other things including, but not limited to, sell, transfer, pledge or dispose of in any other manner the legal or beneficial interest in Qiyu, or allow the encumbrance thereon of any security interest, except for the equity pledge under Qiyu’s equity interests pursuant to the Equity Interest Pledge Agreement.
The Exclusive Option Agreement has an indefinite term commencing from its date of signing unless and until all the equity interests and assets subject to the agreement have been transferred to the WFOE and/or its designated person and the WFOE and its subsidiaries or affiliates can legally operate the business of Qiyu, whereby the exclusive option agreement shall terminate. WFOE is entitled to unilaterally terminate the Exclusive Option Agreement while other parties to the Exclusive Option Agreement may not terminate the Exclusive Option Agreement unilaterally, unless otherwise provided under PRC laws.
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360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
1. ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES - continued
The VIE arrangement - continued
Agreements that were entered to transfer economic benefits to the Company
Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement
Pursuant to the exclusive business cooperation agreement between the WFOE and Qiyu, Qiyu agreed to engage the WFOE as its exclusive service provider of, among other things, consulting and technical services required by Qiyu’s business. Qiyu will agree to pay the WFOE service fee at the amount which is adjusted at the WFOE’s sole discretion taking into account factors including but not limited to: (i) the management and technical difficulty and the complexity of the management, technical consulting and other services provided by the WFOE; (ii) the time required by relevant personnel of the WFOE in providing such management and technical consulting and other services; (iii) the exact content and business value of the management, technical consulting and other services; (iv) the exact content and business value of intellectual property license and lease provided by the WFOE; and (v) the market price of services of similar types. In addition, absent the prior written consent of the WFOE, during the term of the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement, with respect to the services subject to the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement and other matters, Qiyu and its subsidiaries shall not accept the same or any similar services provided by any third party and shall not establish cooperation relationships similar to that formed by the exclusive business cooperation agreement with any third party. The WFOE would have the exclusive ownership of all the intellectual property rights created as a result of the performance of the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement to the extent permitted by applicable PRC laws. The Company considers that the arrangement will ensure the economic benefits generated from the operations of the consolidated affiliated entities flow to the WFOE and hence, the Group as a whole.
The Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement has an indefinite term. The Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement may be terminated by the WFOE: (i) when Qiyu becomes insolvent, bankrupt or subject to liquidation or dissolution procedures; (ii) upon the transfer of the entire equity interests in and the transfer of all assets of Qiyu to the WFOE or its designated person pursuant to the exclusive option agreement entered into between the WFOE, Qiyu and Qibutianxia; (iii) when it is legally permissible for the WFOE to hold equity interests directly or indirectly in Qiyu and the WFOE or its designated person is registered to be the shareholder of Qiyu; (iv) when relevant government authorities refuse to renew the expired operating period of Qiyu or the WFOE; (v) by giving Qiyu a 30 days’ prior written notice of termination; or (vi) Qiyu breaches the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement. Qiyu is not contractually entitled to unilaterally terminate the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement with the WFOE.
Loan Agreement
Pursuant to the loan agreement among the WFOE, Qiyu and Qibutianxia, the WFOE is entitled to provide interest-free loans, to the extent permitted by laws, regulations and industry policies of the PRC from time to time at such time and amount as it deems appropriate to Qibutianxia for the purpose of Qiyu’s business operation and development, including but not limited to directly injecting such funds to the registered capital of Qiyu. Each of the loans made under this loan agreement has no fixed term, and unless otherwise agreed, the WFOE shall unilaterally decide when to withdraw the loans, provided that the WFOE shall notify Qibutianxia in writing one month in advance. The loan agreement shall remain in effect during Qiyu’s term (and any renewable term provided by the PRC law), and shall automatically terminate after the WFOE and/or other entities designated by the WFOE fully exercise all their rights under the exclusive option agreement.
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360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
1. ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES – continued
The VIE arrangement – continued
Equity Interest Pledge Agreement
Pursuant to the equity pledge agreement, Qibutianxia agreed to pledge all of its equity interests in Qiyu to the WFOE as a security interest to guarantee the performance of contractual obligations and the payment of outstanding debts under the VIE arrangements. In the event of a breach by Qiyu or Qibutianxia of contractual obligations under the VIE arrangements, the WFOE, as pledgee, will have the right to dispose of the pledged equity interests in Qiyu. Qibutianxia has undertaken to the WFOE, among other things, not to transfer its equity interests in Qiyu and not to create or allow any pledge thereon that may affect the rights and interest of the WFOE without its prior written consent.
The Company also has some other sets of VIE contractual arrangements. The arrangements with its significant VIEs include 1) the arrangement among the WFOE, Fuzhou Guarantee and Qibutianxia, and 2) the arrangement among the WFOE, Shanghai Financing Guarantee and two fully owned subsidiaries of Qibutianxia. These sets of the contractual agreements are substantially similar to the set with Qiyu as described above.
In April 2021, the contractual arrangements amongst WFOE, Fuzhou Microcredit and Qibutianxia were terminated and Qibutianxia transferred all of its equity interest in Fuzhou Microcredit to Qiyu. As a result, Fuzhou Microcredit became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qiyu. This transaction had no impact to the consolidated financial statements.
Risks in relation to VIE structure
The Company believes that the contractual arrangements with Qiyu, Fuzhou Guarantee, Shanghai Financing Guarantee and their shareholders, Qibutianxia, are in compliance with existing PRC laws and regulations and are valid, binding and enforceable and will not result in any violation of PRC laws or regulations and the PRC regulatory authorities may take a contrary view. If the legal structure and contractual arrangements were found to be in violation of any existing PRC laws and regulations, the regulatory authorities may exercise their discretion and:
● | revoke the business and operating licenses of the Company’s PRC subsidiaries or consolidated affiliated entities; |
● | restrict the rights to collect revenues from any of the Company’s PRC subsidiaries; |
● | discontinue or restrict the operations of any related-party transactions among the Company’s PRC subsidiaries or consolidated affiliated entities; |
● | require the Company’s PRC subsidiaries or consolidated affiliated entities to restructure the relevant ownership structure or operations; |
● | take other regulatory or enforcement action is, including levying fines that could be harmful to the Company’s business; or |
● | impose additional conditions or requirements with which the Company may not be able to comply. |
The imposition of any of these penalties may result in a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to conduct its business. In addition, if the imposition of any of these penalties causes the Company to lose the rights to direct the activities of the VIEs or the right to receive substantially all of their economic benefits, the Company would no longer be able to consolidate the financial results of the VIEs.
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360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
1. | ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES - continued |
The VIE arrangement – continued
Risks in relation to VIE structure - continued
These contractual arrangements allow the Company to effectively control Qiyu, Fuzhou Guarantee and Shanghai Financing Guarantee, and to derive substantially all of the economic benefits from them. Accordingly, the Company treats Qiyu, Fuzhou Guarantee and Shanghai Financing Guarantee as VIEs. Because the Company is the primary beneficiary, the Company has consolidated the financial results of the VIEs.
The following financial statement amounts and balances of the VIEs were included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements after elimination of intercompany transactions and balances. The table below does not include the financial information of the consolidated trusts (see note 2 “Consolidated Trusts”):
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Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies | | | ||
Amounts due from related parties |
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
1. | ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES - continued |
The VIE arrangement – continued
Risks in relation to VIE structure - continued
Six months ended June 30, | ||||
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Net revenue | |
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Net income | |
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Six months ended June 30, | ||||
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(unaudited) | ||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | |
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Net cash (used in) investing activities | ( |
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Net cash provided by financing activities | |
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The consolidated VIEs contributed
There are no assets of the VIEs that are collateral for the obligations of the VIEs and their subsidiaries and can only be used to settle the obligations of the VIEs and their subsidiaries. There are no terms in any arrangements, considering both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests that require the Company or its subsidiaries to provide financial support to the VIEs. However, if the VIEs ever need financial support, the Company or its subsidiaries may, at its option and subject to statutory limits and restrictions, provide financial support to its VIEs through loans to the shareholder of the VIEs.
Relevant PRC laws and regulations restrict the VIEs from transferring a portion of their net assets, equivalent to the balance of its statutory reserve and its share capital, to the Company in the form of loans and advances or cash dividends. Please refer to Note 14 for disclosure of restricted net assets.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).
Basis of consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its subsidiaries, and consolidated VIEs. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
Consolidated Trusts
Loans funded by the financial institution partners in the Group’s loan facilitation business are typically disbursed to the borrowers directly from such partners. However, in order to diversify the Group’s funding sources, lower the Group’s funding cost and due to the need of certain financial institution partners, loans from such financial institution partners are funded and disbursed indirectly through trusts. Several trusts were formed by third-party trust companies, who administer the trusts.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Consolidated Trusts - continued
The Trusts fund loans facilitated by the Group using the funds received from its beneficiaries to the borrowers. The Trusts provide the returns to its beneficiaries through interest payments made by the borrowers. The borrowers are charged with the interests by the Trusts. For the majority of trust, the Group is either entitled to the residual profit in the Trusts or the Group has provided guarantee to the Trusts by agreeing to repurchase any loans that are delinquent for
In 2019, the Group received letter of approval for listing and transferring assets backed securities (“ABS”) on both Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange within the issue scale of RMB
As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the balance of delinquent loans repurchased by the Group from the consolidated trusts are RMB
For the years ended December 31, 2021 and six months ended June 30, 2022, the provision for loan losses of RMB
Interest on loans receivable is accrued and credited to income as earned. The Group determines a loan’s past due status by the number of days that have elapsed since a borrower has failed to make a contractual loan payment. Accrual of interest is generally discontinued when the loan principal and interest are deemed to be uncollectible. In general, loans receivable is identified as uncollectible when it is determined to be not probable that the balance can be collected.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Consolidated Trusts - continued
The following financial statement amounts and balances of the consolidated trusts were included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements after elimination of intercompany transactions and balances:
| December 31, 2021 |
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Total Assets |
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RMB | RMB | |||
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Net revenue | |
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Net income | |
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RMB | RMB | |||
(unaudited) | ||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | |
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Net cash (used in) investing activities | ( |
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Net cash provided by financing activities | |
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The consolidated trusts contributed
There are no terms in any arrangements, considering both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests that require the Company to provide financial support to the consolidated trusts.
The Group believes that the assets of the consolidated trusts could only be used to settle the obligations of the consolidated trusts.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from such estimates. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Group’s financial statements include revenue recognition, financial assets receivable, guarantee liabilities, allowance for loans receivable, allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable and contract assets, allowance for financial assets receivable, and valuation allowance for deferred tax assets.
Revenue recognition
Through collaborating with channel partners to direct users with credit needs to its app, the Group provides services through its facilitation of loan transactions between the borrowers and the financial institution partners through the use of
The first business model involves the Group providing credit driven services through facilitating loans that are guaranteed by the Group directly or through third-party guarantee companies and insurance companies (referred to as “off-balance capital heavy loans” hereafter), or providing loans through the Consolidated Trusts and Fuzhou Microcredit. In either cases, the Group ultimately bears all the credit risks when the borrowers default.
The second business model involves the Group providing platform services through facilitating loans with no or partial guarantee provided by the Group (referred to as “capital light loans” hereafter) and referral services. In these cases, the Group bears limited credit risks when the borrowers default.
The loans facilitated under both models are with terms of
Loan facilitation and servicing fees
The Group earns loan facilitation and service fees from both off-balance capital heavy loans and capital light loans. The Group’s services mainly consist of:
1) | Performing customer acquisition, initial credit screening and advanced risk assessment on the borrowers on its mobile platform and matching the financial institution partners to potential qualified borrowers and facilitating the execution of loan agreements between the parties, referred to as “Loan Facilitation Services” and; |
2) | Providing collection and other repayment processing services for the financial institution partners over the loan term, referred to as “Post Facilitation Services”; |
Based on the agreements entered into between the Group’s financial institution partners and borrowers, the Group determined that it is not the legal lender or borrower in the loan origination and repayment process. Accordingly, the Group does not record loans receivable and payable arising from the loan between the financial institution partner and the borrowers.
The Group charges service fees directly from financial institution partner based on the contractual agreements. In 2019, the Group started cooperating with insurance companies and financing guarantee companies to provide guarantee for the loans between the borrowers and financial institution partners. Under this cooperation, the Group charges guarantee fees from the borrower, including insurance premium collected on behalf of the insurance company.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – continued
Revenue recognition - continued
Loan facilitation and servicing fees – continued
For the loans the Group is entitled to the full service fee regardless of whether the borrowers choose to early repay or not, the Group has the unconditional right to the consideration. For the loans facilitated with borrowers who have the option of early repayment and upon termination they do not have the obligation to pay the remaining monthly service fees or not have to pay the excessive portion if the total fees are more than
For off-balance capital heavy loans, the Group enjoys a fixed rate of service fees. For capital light loans, the Group enjoys a fixed rate of service fees, while in certain cases, the service fee rate the Group entitled to is subject to adjustment based on the actual default rate of the underlying loans.
Under the off-balance capital heavy loans, the Group also provides a guarantee service to its financial institution partners whereas in the event of default, the financial institution partners are entitled to receive unpaid interest and principal from the Group. Given that the Group effectively takes on all of the credit risk of the borrowers and are compensated by the service fees charged, the guarantee is deemed as a service and the guarantee exposure is recognized as a stand-ready obligation in accordance with ASC Topic 460, Guarantees (see accounting policy for Guarantee Liabilities). Under the capital light model, the Group either provides no guarantee or partial guarantee service. Under the partial guarantee scenario, the Group agrees with each financial institution partner a fixed upper limit of guarantee amount the Group is liable of. If the accumulated defaulted loan amount exceeds the agreed upper limit, the excess portion is borne by the financial institution partners.
The Group recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Group expects to be entitled in exchange for those services. To achieve that core principle, the Group applies the following steps:
● | Step 1: Identify the contract (s) with a customer |
● | Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract |
● | Step 3: Determine the transaction price |
● | Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract |
● | Step 5: Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation |
The Group determines that both the financial institution partners and the borrowers are its customers because they both receive services provided by the Group pursuant to the contractual terms among the Group, the borrowers and the financial institution partners. For each loan facilitated on the platform, the Group considers the loan facilitation service, post facilitation service and guarantee service (not applicable for arrangements where the Group does not provide guarantee service) as
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Revenue recognition - continued
Loan facilitation and servicing fees - continued
The Group determines the total transaction price to be the service fees chargeable from the borrowers or the financial institution partners. The Group’s transaction price includes variable considerations in the form of prepayment risk of the borrowers and service fee allocation rate under capital light model under certain agreements. The Group estimates the prepayment risk of borrowers using the expected value approach on the basis of historical information and current trends of the collection percentage of the borrowers. The service fee allocated to the Group under capital light model would be fluctuated along with the actual default rate of the loans facilitated. The Group uses the service fee allocation rate applicable to the estimated default rate of the underlying loans. The transaction price is allocated amongst the guarantee service, if any, and the other two performance obligations.
The Group first allocates the transaction price to the guarantee liabilities, if any, in accordance with ASC Topic 460, Guarantees which requires the guarantee to be measured initially at fair value based on the stand-ready obligation. Then the remaining considerations are allocated to the loan facilitation services and post facilitation services using their relative standalone selling prices consistent with the guidance in ASC 606. The Group does not have observable standalone selling price information for the loan facilitation services or post facilitation services because it does not provide loan facilitation services or post facilitation services on a standalone basis. There is no direct observable standalone selling price for similar services in the market reasonably available to the Group. As a result, the estimation of standalone selling price involves significant judgment. The Group uses expected cost plus margin approach to estimate the standalone selling prices of loan facilitation services and post facilitation services as the basis of revenue allocation. In estimating its standalone selling price for the loan facilitation services and post facilitation services, the Group considers the cost incurred to deliver such services, profit margin for similar arrangements, customer demand, effect of competitors on the Group’s services, and other market factors.
For each type of service, the Group recognizes revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies the service/ performance obligation by transferring the promised service (that is, an asset) to customers. Revenues from loan facilitation services are recognized at the time a loan is originated between the financial institution partners and the borrowers and the principal loan balance is transferred to the borrowers, at which time the facilitation service is considered completed. Revenues from post facilitation services are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the underlying loans as the post- origination services are a series of distinct services that are substantially the same and that have the same pattern of transfer to the financial institution partners.
Revenue from releasing of guarantee liabilities
With the adoption of ASC 326 in 2020, the stand-ready guarantee liabilities are released into guarantee revenue over the term of the guarantee (see accounting policy for Guarantee Liabilities). For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, revenue from guarantee liabilities were RMB
Incentives
The Group provides incentives to the borrowers by providing coupons which can only be used as a reduction of repayment and ultimately reduced the service fees received by the Group. Because the borrower does not enter into any enforceable commitment by picking up the coupons, no contract arises from the coupons. Therefore the Group records the incentives as a deduction to revenue upon redemption.
Financing income
The Group provides loans through the Consolidated Trusts and Fuzhou Microcredit. The interest rate charged to the borrowers are fixed. The Group recognized revenue under “financing income” the fees and interests charged to the borrowers over the lifetime of the loans using the effective interest method.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Revenue recognition - continued
Referral service fees
The Group provides the referral services to other platforms, by referring to them the borrowers who have not passed the Group’s credit assessment. Specifically, the Group receives a fixed rate of referral fee from the platforms once the borrowers are accepted by the other funding providers on those platforms. The revenue is recognized once the referral is completed as confirmed by those platforms.
The Group provides the referral services to the financial institution partner also through the Group’s Intelligence Credit Engine platform, by matching the borrowers and the financial institution partner. For loans originated through the platform, the Group charges the financial institution partner a fixed rate of service fees. The revenue is recognized upon receipt of confirmation by the financial institution partner of loan facilitation at which time the referral service is deemed completed.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, RMB
Other services fees
Other service fees mainly pertain to the revenue from late fees from borrowers under off-balance capital heavy loans and capital light loans.
The following table presents the disaggregation of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022:
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||
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RMB | RMB | |||||
(unaudited) | ||||||
Credit driven services |
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Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital heavy |
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Revenue from loan facilitation services | At a point in time | | | |||
Revenue from post-origination services | Over time | | | |||
Financing income |
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Revenue from releasing of guarantee liabilities | Over time | | | |||
Other services fees | At a point in time | | | |||
Platform services | | | ||||
Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital light |
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Revenue from loan facilitation services | At a point in time | | | |||
Revenue from post-origination services | Over time | | | |||
Referral services fees | At a point in time | | | |||
Other services fees |
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Total net revenue |
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Total revenue recognized at a point in time is RMB
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Revenue recognition - continued
Accounts receivable and Contract Assets, net
For the loans the Group is entitled to the full service fee regardless of whether the borrowers choose to early repay or not, the Group has the unconditional right to the consideration and an accounts receivable is recorded for the monthly service fees allocated to loan facilitation service that have already been delivered in relation to loans facilitated on the Group’s platform when recognizing revenue from loan facilitation service. For the loans facilitated with borrowers who have the option of early repayment and upon termination they do not have the obligation to pay the remaining monthly service fees or do not have to pay the excessive portion if the total fees are more than
Accounts receivable and contract assets are stated at the historical carrying amount net of write-offs and allowance for collectability in accordance with ASC Topic 310, and from January 1, 2020 ASC Topic 326. The Group established an allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable and contract assets based on estimates, which incorporate historical experience and other factors surrounding the credit risk of specific type of customers which is essentially the expected net default rates used in determining the fair value of guarantee liabilities. The Group evaluates and adjusts its allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable and contract assets on a quarterly basis or more often as necessary.
Uncollectible accounts receivable and contract assets are written off when the consideration entitled to be received by the Group is due and a settlement is reached for an amount that is less than the outstanding historical balance or when the Group has determined the balance will not be collected. Contract assets and accounts receivable are identified as uncollectible when the underlying loan is determined to be not probable that the balance can be collected. The Group will write off contract assets and accounts receivable and the corresponding provisions if the underlying loan is deemed uncollectible.
The Group did not recognize any contract liabilities during the periods presented. The amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied as of June 30, 2021 and 2022 are RMB
The Group determines that acquisition cost paid for financial institution partner based on the amount of loans facilitated represents costs to obtain a contract qualifying for capitalization since these payments are directly related to sales achieved during a period. Such cost was not material during the periods presented.
Revenue recognized for year ended December 31, 2019 from performance obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in prior periods pertaining to adjustments to variable consideration due to the change of estimated prepayment rate and service fee allocation rate was immaterial, and for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 was RMB
The Group is subject to value-added tax and other surcharges including education surtax and urban maintenance and construction tax, on the services provided in the PRC. The Group has made an accounting policy election to exclude from the measurement of the transaction price all taxes assessed by the governmental authority. Such taxes excluded from revenues are RMB
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Allowance for credit losses
On January 1, 2020, the Group adopted ASC 326, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses, which requires recognition of allowances upon origination or acquisition of financial assets at an estimate of expected credit losses over the contractual term of the financial assets (the current expected credit loss or the “CECL” model).
The Group’s financial assets subject to the CECL model mainly include: loans receivable, accounts receivable, contract assets and financial assets receivable, and the allowance for these financial assets is driven by estimated default rate of underlying loans. The Group does not assign internal risk ratings to loans facilitated as they are of small balance and homogeneous. The Group estimates the default rate of loans on a pool basis by taking into consideration the historical delinquency rate by vintage, adjusted by specific risks for loans within each vintage, correlated industrial and macro-economic factors, and other pertinent information such as CPI and delinquent loan collection rate in assessing future performance of the loan portfolio. The Group monitors the delinquency status by vintage of origination and write off delinquent loans timely when the loans become uncollectible.
The adoption of CECL model does not change the Group’s method used to estimate loan losses. The allowance for loans receivable is calculated based on estimated default rate of loans facilitated through the Consolidated Trusts or Fuzhou Microcredit. The allowance for accounts receivable, contract assets, financial assets receivable and account receivable, contract assets and financial assets receivables from related parties (recorded as “amounts due from related parties”) is assessed in accordance with the estimated default rate of the underlying off-balance loans facilitated. Since the allowance is recorded at loan inception based on the estimated collectability over the entire loan tenure and adjusted in each subsequent reporting period based on update of relevant information, the adoption of the CECL model does not have material impact on the timing and amount of allowance recognized for these financial assets.
Other financial receivables subject to the CECL model mainly include security deposit prepaid to third party guarantee companies, funds receivable from third party payment service providers, other receivables from related parties (recorded as “amount due from related parties”), and security deposit paid to insurance companies, which are of short term and shows no historical default record. The Group determines no allowance is needed for these receivables, except for receivables from related parties as financial institution partners, which are based on the estimated default rate of underlying loans as discussed above.
The adoption of ASC 326 also requires the Group to record financial guarantee on a gross basis. As such, the Group recognized a separate contingent guarantee liability with an allowance for credit losses following the CECL model at the inception of loans facilitated with guarantee services provided (see accounting policy for Guarantee Liabilities). The allowance is an estimate of future net payout by the Group upon borrowers’ default, which is ultimately based on the same estimated default rate of loans facilitated as discussed above.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents mainly consist of funds in banks, which are highly liquid and are unrestricted as to withdrawal or use.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Restricted cash
Restricted cash represents:
(i) | Deposit to funding banks which is used to secure timely loan repayment. As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the amount of restricted cash related to deposit to the funding banks is RMB |
(ii) | Cash held by the trusts and ABS plans through segregated bank accounts which can only be used to invest in loans or other securities as stipulated in the trust agreement and ABS plan. Substantially all trusts have a maximum operating period of |
Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies
Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies mainly represents deposit prepaid to licensed third-party vendors the Group cooperates with to provide guarantee to secure timely loan repayment for financial institution partners.
Funds receivable from third party payment service providers
The Group opened accounts with third party online payment service providers to collect and transfer the loan funds and interest to financial institution partners or borrowers. The Group also uses such accounts to collect the transaction fee and service fee, and repay and collect the default loan principal and interest. The balance of funds receivable from third party payment service providers mainly includes:
(a) | Funds provided by Fuzhou Microcredit but not yet transferred to the borrowers by third party payment service providers due to the settlement time lag; |
(b) | Repayment of loan principal and interest amounts received from the borrowers but not yet transferred to the investors by third party payment service providers due to the settlement time lag; and, |
(c) | Accumulated amounts of transaction fee, service fee received, payment and collection of default loan and interest at the balance sheet date. |
Fair value
Fair value is considered to be the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Group considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.
Authoritative literature provides a fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The level in the hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement as follows:
Level 1 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Fair value - continued
Level 2 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets); or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.
Level 3 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
The carrying values of financial instruments, which consist of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, security deposits, accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable, funds receivable from third party payment service providers, loans receivable, short-term loan, payable to investors of the consolidated trusts, and amounts due from/to related parties are recorded at cost which approximates their fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.
As of June 30, 2022, the Group’s long-term financial instruments that are not reported at fair value on balance sheet include loans receivable, payable to investors of the consolidated trusts, accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable and accounts receivable, contract assets and financial assets receivable from related parties (recorded as “amounts due from related parties”). Fair values of these financial instruments are estimated using a discounted cash flow model based on contractual cash flows. The fair values of loans receivable, accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable are classified as Level 3 fair value measurement due to the significant unobservable inputs concerning the estimation of default rate. The fair value of payable to investors of the consolidated trusts is classified as Level 2 fair value measurement.
As of June 30, 2022, the differences between fair values and carrying amount for loans receivable and payable to investors are due to the discount factor or interests in future periods, and the fair value approximates the carrying amount. For accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable, the differences are due to the discount factor solely and the fair value approximates the carrying amount.
The Group does not have any assets or liabilities that are recorded at fair value subsequent to initial recognition on a recurring basis. Fair value measurement on a nonrecurring basis for the six months ended June 30, 2022 included that used in impairment of an equity-method investment which was classified as a Level 3 fair value measurement.
Loans receivable
Loans receivable represents loans facilitated through the consolidated trusts and Fuzhou Microcredit. Loans receivable are recorded as receivable, reduced by a valuation allowance estimated as of the balance sheet date.
The allowance for loan losses is determined at a level believed to be reasonable to absorb probable losses inherent in the portfolio as of each balance sheet date. The allowance is provided based on an assessment performed on a portfolio basis. All loans are assessed collectively depending on factors such as delinquency rate, size, and other risk characteristics of the portfolio.About adoption of ASC 326, see accounting policy of “Allowance for credit losses”.
The Group charges off loans receivable as a reduction to the allowance for loans receivable when the loan principal and interest are deemed to be uncollectible. In general, loans receivable is identified as uncollectible when it is determined to be not probable that the balance can be collected.
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360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Property and equipment, net
Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives:
Leasehold improvements |
| Over the shorter of the lease term or expected useful lives |
Electronic equipment |
| |
Furniture and office equipment |
|
Gains and losses from the disposal of furniture and equipment are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations.
Depreciation expense on property and equipment for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 were RMB
Land use rights, net
Land use rights represent lease prepayments to the local government authorities and are recorded at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is provided on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement, which is 50 years. Under ASC 842, land use rights were identified as operating lease right-of-use assets, which is separately disclosed as “Land use rights, net” in the Group’s consolidated balance sheets.
Guarantee liabilities
For the loans facilitated through the loan facilitation business, the Group provides a guarantee service to its financial institution partners whereas in the event of default, the financial institution partners are entitled to receive unpaid interest and principal from the Group. In general, any unpaid interest and principal are paid when the borrower does not repay as scheduled.
From February 2018, to follow the recent regulation change, particularly the Circular 141 which came into effect in December 2017, the Group began to involve third-party licensed vendors including financing guarantee companies and insurance companies to provide guarantee for new loans facilitated for certain financial institution partners. Under the cooperation with financing guarantee companies, these guarantee companies initially reimburses the loan principal and interest to the financial institution partners upon borrower’s default. Although the Group does not have direct contractual obligation to the financial institution partners for defaulted principal and interest, the Group provides back to back guarantee to the licensed guarantee companies. As agreed in the back to back guarantee contract, the Group would pay the licensed guarantee companies for actual losses incurred based on defaulted principal and interest. Under the cooperation with insurance companies, the Group is obligated to provide funding in the form of security deposit with the insurance companies which is used to compensate the financial institution partners for borrowers’ default. Given that the Group effectively takes on all of the credit risk of the borrowers, the Group recognizes a stand ready obligation for its guarantee exposure in accordance with ASC Topic 460.
Under capital light model, in the condition of no guarantee service provided, the Group does not take any credit risk and not record any guarantee liabilities associated with those loans. Besides, in the condition of partial guarantee, the amount of guarantee exposure is immaterial for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (unaudited) and 2022.
F-22
360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Guarantee liabilities - continued
At the inception of each loan, the Group recognizes the guarantee liability at fair value in accordance with ASC 460-10, which incorporates the expectation of potential future payments under the guarantee and takes into both non-contingent and contingent aspects of the guarantee. Subsequent to the loan’s inception, the guarantee liability is composed of two components: (i) ASC Topic 460 component; and (ii) ASC Topic 450 component. The liability recorded based on ASC Topic 460 is determined on a loan by loan basis and it is reduced when the Group is released from the underlying risk, i.e. as the loan is repaid by the borrower or when the investor is compensated in the event of a default. This component is a stand ready obligation which is not subject to the probable threshold used to record a contingent obligation. When the Group is released from the stand ready liability upon expiration of the underlying loan, the Group records a corresponding amount as “Revenue from releasing of guarantee liabilities” in the consolidated statement of operations. The other component is a contingent liability determined based on probable loss considering the actual historical performance and current conditions, representing the obligation to make future payouts under the guarantee liability in excess of the stand-ready liability, measured using the guidance in ASC Topic 450. The ASC Topic 450 contingent component is determined on a collective basis and loans with similar risk characteristics are pooled into cohorts for purposes of measuring incurred losses. The ASC 450 contingent component is recognized as part of expense on guarantee liabilities in the consolidated statement of operations. At all times the recognized liability (including the stand ready liability and contingent liability) is at least equal to the probable estimated losses of the guarantee portfolio.
On January 1, 2020, the Group adopted ASC 326, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses, which requires gross accounting for guarantee liability. As a result, at inception of the guarantee, the Group will recognize both a stand-ready guarantee liability under ASC 460 with an associated financial assets receivable, and a contingent guarantee liability with an allowance for credit losses under Current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model. Subsequent to the initial recognition, the ASC 460 stand-ready guarantee is released into guarantee revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the guarantee, while the contingent guarantee is reduced by the payouts made by the Group to compensate the investors upon borrowers’ default. Allowance for credit losses under CECL model was included in “Provision for contingent liabilities” and revalued at each period end to reflect updated estimation for future net pay-out.
Financial assets receivable
Financial assets receivable is recognized at loan inception which is equal to the stand-ready liability recorded at fair value in accordance with ASC 460-10-30-2(b) and considers what premium would be required by the Group to issue the same guarantee service in a standalone arm’s-length transaction.
The fair value recognized at loan inception is estimated using a discounted cash flow model based on the expected net payouts by incorporating a markup margin. The Group estimates its expected net payouts according to the product mix, default rates, loan terms and discount rate. The financial assets receivable is accounted for as a financial asset, and reduced upon the receipt of the service fee payment from the borrowers. At each reporting date, the Group estimates the future cash flows and assesses whether there is any indicator of impairment. If the carrying amounts of the financial assets receivable exceed the expected cash to be received, an impairment loss is recorded for the financial assets receivable not recoverable and is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations. About adoption of ASC 326, see accounting policy of “Allowance for credit losses”. Impairment losses of RMB
F-23
360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Facilitation, origination and servicing expenses
Facilitation, origination and servicing expense represents cost of services which consists primarily of variable expenses and vendor costs, and costs related to risk management, credit assessment, borrower and system support, payment processing services and third-party collection agencies with facilitating and servicing loans.
Facilitation and origination expense includes expense related to the Group’s borrower referral program under which the Group provides cash incentives to existing borrowers who have successfully referred a new borrower/borrowers to the Group. Such cash reward is offered when the new borrower makes a drawdown. As the cash reward is directly associated with the new borrower acquisition, the Group accounted for it as origination expense to facilitate the loans. The Group recorded RMB
Sales and marketing expenses
Sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of variable marketing and promotional expenses and general brand and awareness building, including fees paid to channel partners for directing user traffic to the Group. Salaries and benefits expenses related to the Group’s sales and marketing personnel and other expenses related to the Group’s sales and marketing team are also included in the sales and marketing expenses. For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, the advertising and marketing related expenses were RMB
Funding costs
Funding cost consists of interest expense the Group pays to financial institution partners of the Consolidated Trusts and the asset backed securities, trust issuance and costs incurred by the trusts.
Government grant
Government grants are primarily referred to the amounts received from various levels of local governments from time to time which are granted for general corporate purposes and to support its ongoing operations in the region. The grants are determined at the discretion of the relevant government authority and there are no restrictions on their use. The government subsidies are recorded as other income in the period the cash is received. The government grants received by the Group is RMB
Income taxes
Current income taxes are provided on the basis of net profit (loss) for financial reporting purposes, adjusted for income and expenses which are not assessable or deductible for income tax purposes, in accordance with the laws of the relevant tax jurisdictions.
Deferred income taxes are provided using assets and liabilities method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined on the basis of the differences between financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse.
Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making such a determination, the management consider all positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of projected future taxable income and results of recent operation.
F-24
360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Income taxes - continued
In order to assess uncertain tax positions, the Group applies a more likely than not threshold and a two-step approach for the tax position measurement and financial statement recognition. Under the two-step approach, the first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement. The Group recognizes interest and penalties, if any, under accrued expenses and other current liabilities on its consolidated balance sheet and under other expenses in its consolidated statement of operations. The Group did not have any significant unrecognized uncertain tax positions as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (unaudited) and 2022.
Value added taxes (“VAT”)
The consolidated trusts are subject to VAT at the rate of
Certain risks and concentrations
As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, substantially all of the Group’s cash and cash equivalents as well as restricted cash were held in major financial institutions located in the PRC, which management considers to be of high credit quality.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, financial institution partner A and B funded loans which generated greater than 10% (unaudited) of the total revenues. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, financial institution partner A funded loans which generated greater than 10% of the total revenue.
Share-based compensation
Share-based payment transactions with employees, such as stock options and restricted share units, are measured based on the grant date fair value of the awards, with the resulting expense generally recognized on a straight-line basis in the consolidated statements of operations over the period during which the employee is required to perform service in exchange for the award. The Group has elected to account for forfeitures as they occur.
Foreign currency translation
The reporting currency of the Group is the Renminbi (“RMB”).The Group’s operations are principally conducted through the companies located in the PRC where the RMB is the functional currency. The functional currency of the other major entities incorporated outside of PRC is the United States dollar (“USD”).
Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing on the transaction dates. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than functional currency are translated into functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date. Transactions in currencies other than functional currency during the year are converted into the functional currency at the applicable rates of exchange prevailing on the transaction date. Transaction gains and losses are included in earnings as foreign exchange gain (loss).
F-25
360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Foreign currency translation - continued
The consolidated financial statements of the Group are translated from the functional currency into reporting currency. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated using the applicable exchange rates at the balance sheet date. Equity accounts other than earnings generated in current period are translated at the appropriate historical rates. Revenues, expenses, gains and losses are translated using the periodic average exchange rates. The resulting foreign currency translation adjustment are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss).
Convenience translation
The Group’s business is primarily conducted in China and all of the revenues are denominated in RMB. The financial statements of the Group are stated in RMB. Translations of balances in the consolidated balance sheets, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in equity and cash flows from RMB into US dollars as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2022 are solely for the convenience of the readers and were calculated at the rate of USD1.00=RMB
Employee defined contribution plan
Full time employees of the Group in the PRC participate in a government mandated multi-employer defined contribution plan pursuant to which certain pension benefits, medical care, unemployment insurance, employee housing fund and other welfare benefits are provided to employees. Chinese labor regulations require that the Group makes contributions to the government for these benefits based on a certain percentage of the employee’s salaries. The Group has no legal obligation for the benefits beyond the contributions, and the Group cannot utilize the contributed amount for future obligations if employee left the Group. The total amount that was expensed as incurred was RMB
Income per share
Basic income per ordinary share is computed by dividing net income attributable to the ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period assuming the ordinary shares were issued and outstanding from the earliest period presented.
Diluted income per ordinary share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities were exercised or converted into ordinary shares. Ordinary share equivalents are excluded from the computation in income periods should their effects be anti-dilutive. The Group had restricted share units and share options, which could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future.
Dividends
Dividends of the Company are recognized when declared.
F-26
360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Segment reporting
The Group uses management approach to determine operation segment. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Group’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) for making decisions, allocation of resource and assessing performance.
The Group’s CODM has been identified as the Chief Executive Officer who reviews the consolidated results of operations when making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance of the Group. The Group operates and manages its business as a single operating segment.
Substantially all of the Group’s long-lived assets are located in the PRC and substantially all of the Group’s revenues are derived from within the PRC. Therefore, no geographical segments are presented.
Operating leases
The Group accounts for operating leases in accordance with ASC 842, Leases (“ASC 842”) after the adoption on January 1, 2019. The Group determines if a contract contains a lease based on whether it has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of an identified asset and whether it has the right to direct the use of an identified asset in exchange for consideration, which relates to an asset the Group does not own. As part of the lease agreements, the Group may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Group will exercise those options. Right of use (“ROU”) assets represent the Group’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Group’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets are initially measured based on the lease liability, adjusted for any initial direct costs, any lease payments made prior to lease commencement and for any lease incentives, and are included in other assets (long term) on the Group’s consolidated balance sheets. Lease liabilities are recognized at the present value of the future lease payments at the lease commencement date, and are included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities (short term) and other long-term liabilities on the Group’s consolidated balance sheets. The discount rate used to determine the present value of the future lease payments is the Group’s incremental borrowing rate, because the interest rate implicit in most of the Group’s leases is not readily determinable. The Group’s incremental borrowing rate represents the rate would be incurred to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term for an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. Operating lease expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company does not possess any leases that have variable lease payments or residual value guarantees.
Recent accounting pronouncements
Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, a new accounting standard update to simplify the accounting for income taxes. The new guidance removes certain exceptions for recognizing deferred taxes for investments, performing intra period allocation and calculating income taxes in interim periods. It also adds guidance to reduce complexity in certain areas, including recognizing deferred taxes for tax goodwill and allocating taxes to members of a consolidated group. The Group has adopted this new standard effective on January 1, 2021. The adoption of this new standard did not have a material impact on the Group’s Historical Financial Information.
Recent Accounting Guidance Not Yet Adopted
No new accounting pronouncements issued but not yet adopted are expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
F-27
360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
3. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND CONTRACT ASSETS, NET
The Group’s accounts receivable as of December 31, 2020 and June 30, 2021 are as follows:
|
| Allowance for |
| |||
Accounts | uncollectible | Accounts | ||||
As of December 31, 2021 | receivable | Accounts receivable | receivable, net | |||
Accounts receivable from loan facilitation service |
| | ( | | ||
Accounts receivable from post facilitation service |
| | ( | | ||
Accounts receivable from referral services | | — | | |||
Total |
| | ( |
| |
Allowance for | ||||||
Accounts | uncollectible | Accounts | ||||
As of June 30, 2022 |
| receivable |
| Accounts receivable |
| receivable, net |
Accounts receivable from referral services | | — | | |||
Total |
| |
| — |
| |
The movement of allowance for uncollectible accounts receivables for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:
Opening | Ending | |||||||
balance as of | Current | Write off in | balance as of | |||||
January 1, | period net | the current | June 30, | |||||
(unaudited) |
| 2021 |
| provision |
| period |
| 2021 |
Accounts receivable from loan facilitation service |
| |
| ( | ( | | ||
Accounts receivable from post facilitation service |
| |
| | ( | | ||
Accounts receivable from referral services | | — | ( | — | ||||
Total |
| |
| ( | ( | |
Opening | Ending | |||||||
balance as of | Current | Write off in | balance as of | |||||
January 1, | period net | the current | June 30, | |||||
| 2022 |
| provision |
| period |
| 2022 | |
Accounts receivable from loan facilitation service |
| |
| — |
| ( |
| — |
Accounts receivable from post facilitation service |
| |
| — |
| ( |
| — |
Total |
| |
| — |
| ( |
| — |
F-28
360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
3. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND CONTRACT ASSETS, NET - continued
The Group’s contract assets as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 are as follows:
Allowance for | ||||||
Uncollectible | Contract assets, | |||||
As of December 31, 2021 |
| Contract assets |
| Contract assets |
| net |
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from post facilitation service |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from referral services | | — | | |||
Total |
| |
| ( |
| |
Allowance for | ||||||
Uncollectible | Contract assets, | |||||
As of June 30, 2022 |
| Contract assets |
| Contract assets |
| net |
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from post facilitation service |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from referral services | | — | | |||
Total |
| |
| ( |
| |
The movement of allowance for uncollectible contract assets for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:
| Opening |
|
|
| Ending | |||
balance as of | Current | Write off in | balance as of | |||||
January 1, | period net | the current | June 30, | |||||
(unaudited) | 2021 | provision | period | 2021 | ||||
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from post facilitation service |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
| Opening |
|
|
| Ending | |||
balance as of | Current | Write off in | balance as of | |||||
January 1, | period net | the current | June 30, | |||||
2022 | provision | period | 2022 | |||||
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
| |
| | ( | | ||
Contract assets from post facilitation service |
| |
| | ( | | ||
Total |
| |
| | ( | |
The Group’s accounts receivable and contract assets generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 are as follows:
| Accounts |
| Allowance for |
| Accounts | |
receivable | uncollectible | receivable | ||||
and contract | accounts receivable | and contract | ||||
As of December 31, 2021 | assets | and contract assets | assets, net | |||
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from post facilitation service |
| |
| ( |
| |
Total |
| |
| ( |
| |
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360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
3. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND CONTRACT ASSETS, NET - continued
| Accounts |
| Allowance for |
| Accounts | |
receivable | uncollectible | receivable | ||||
and contract | accounts receivable | and contract | ||||
As of June 30, 2022 | assets | and contract assets | assets, net | |||
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from post facilitation service |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from referral services | | — | | |||
Total |
| |
| ( |
| |
The movement of allowance for uncollectible accounts receivables and contract assets generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:
| Opening |
|
|
|
| Ending | ||
balance as of | Current | Write off in | balance as of | |||||
January 1, | period net | the current | June 30, | |||||
(unaudited) | 2021 | provision | period | 2021 | ||||
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from post facilitation service |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
The movement of allowance for uncollectible accounts receivables and contract assets generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows: - continued
| Opening |
|
|
| Ending | |||
balance as of | Current | Write off in | balance as of | |||||
January 1, | period net | the current | June 30, | |||||
2022 | provision | period | 2022 | |||||
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from post origination service |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the principal of accounts receivable and contract assets by year of origination:
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| Total | |
As of December 31, 2021 |
|
|
|
| ||||
Loan facilitation service |
| |
| |
| — |
| |
Post origination service |
| |
| |
| — |
| |
Referral service |
| |
| — |
| — |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
| — |
| |
| 2022 |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| Total | |
As of June 30, 2022 | ||||||||
Loan facilitation service |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Post origination service |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Referral service |
| |
| — |
| — |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
| |
| |
The past-due balance of the Group’s accounts receivable as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 are immaterial.
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360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
4. FINANCIAL ASSETS RECEIVABLE
The Group’s financial assets receivable as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 are as follows:
| December 31, |
| June 30, | |
2021 | 2022 | |||
RMB | RMB | |||
Financial assets receivable |
| |
| |
Allowance for uncollectible receivables |
| ( |
| ( |
Financial assets receivable, net |
| |
| |
The movement of financial assets receivable for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:
Six months ended June 30, | ||||
2021 | 2022 | |||
| RMB |
| RMB | |
(unaudited) | ||||
Balance at beginning of period | |
| | |
Addition in the current period | |
| | |
Collection in the current period | ( | ( | ||
Write-off | ( |
| ( | |
Balance at end of period | |
| |
The movement of allowance for uncollectible receivables for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:
Six months ended June 30, | ||||
2021 | 2022 | |||
| RMB |
| RMB | |
| (unaudited) |
| ||
Balance at beginning of period |
| |
| |
Current period net provision |
| |
| |
Write-off |
| ( |
| ( |
Balance at end of period |
| |
| |
The Group’s financial assets receivable generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 are as follows:
| December 31, |
| June 30, | |
2021 | 2022 | |||
RMB | RMB | |||
Financial assets receivable |
| — |
| |
Allowance for uncollectible receivables |
| — |
| ( |
Financial assets receivable, net |
| — |
| |
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360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
4. FINANCIAL ASSETS RECEIVABLE - continued
The movement of financial assets receivable generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:
Six months ended June 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
(unaudited) | ||||
Balance at beginning of period |
| |
| — |
Addition in the current period |
| — |
| |
Collection in the current period |
| ( |
| ( |
Write-off |
| ( |
| ( |
Balance at end of period |
| — |
| |
The movement of allowance for uncollectible receivables generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:
Six months ended June 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
(unaudited) | ||||
Balance at beginning of period |
| |
| — |
Current period net provision |
| |
| |
Write-off |
| ( |
| ( |
Balance at end of period |
| — |
| |
The following table summarizes the aging of the Group’s financial assets receivable as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022:
31-60 | Over 60 | Total | ||||||||
0-30 days | days | days | financial | |||||||
| past |
| past |
| past |
| assets | |||
| due |
| due |
| due |
| Current |
| receivable | |
December 31, 2021 | | | — | | | |||||
June 30, 2022 |
| |
| |
| — |
| | |
As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the principal of financial assets receivable by year of origination:
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| Total | |
As of December 31, 2021 | | | — | |
| 2022 |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| Total | |
As of June 30, 2022 |
| |
| |
| |
| |
5. LOANS RECEIVABLE, NET
Loans receivable consists of the following:
| December 31, |
| June 30, | |
2021 | 2022 | |||
RMB | RMB | |||
Loans receivable |
| |
| |
Less allowance for loan losses |
| ( |
| ( |
Loans receivable, net |
| |
| |
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360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
5. LOANS RECEIVABLE, NET - continued
As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the accrued interest receivables are RMB
The following table presents the aging of loans as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022:
| 0-30 days |
| 31-60 days |
| Over 60 days |
| Total amount |
|
| |||
past due | past due | past due | past due | Current | Total loans | |||||||
December 31, 2021 |
| | |
| — | |
| |
| | ||
June 30, 2022 |
| | |
| — | |
| |
| |
The Group has not recorded any financing income on an accrual basis for the loans that are past due for more than 60 days in 2022 (60 days in 2021). Loans are returned to accrual status if they are brought to non-delinquent status or have performed in accordance with the contractual terms for a reasonable period of time and, in the Group’s judgment, will continue to make periodic principal and interest payments as scheduled. For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, the Group has charged off loans receivable of RMB
Movement of allowance for loan losses is as follows:
Six months ended June 30, | ||||
2021 | 2022 | |||
| RMB |
| RMB | |
(unaudited) | ||||
Balance at beginning of period | |
| | |
Provision for loan losses | |
| | |
Gross write-off | ( |
| ( | |
Recoveries | | | ||
Balance at end of period | |
| |
The principal of loans receivable as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 by year of origination is as follows:
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| Total | |
As of December 31, 2021 |
| |
| |
| — | |
| 2022 |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| Total | |
As of June 30, 2022 |
| |
| | |
| |
6. LAND USE RIGHTS, NET
Land use rights represent acquired right to use the parcel of land on which the Group’s regional headquarters and affiliated industrial park stand. In 2021, the Group acquired the land use rights in Shanghai from the local authorities. Amortization of the land use right is made over the remaining term of the land use right period from the date when the land was made available for use by the Group. The land use rights are summarized as follows:
December 31, | June 30, | |||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
| RMB | RMB | ||
Cost |
| | | |
Accumulated amortization |
| ( | ( | |
Land use rights, net |
| | |
The total amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 amounted to RMB
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
7. SHORT-TERM LOANS
Short-term loans as of December 31, 2021 represents bank borrowings of USD
Short-term loans as of June 30, 2022 includes newly raised bank borrowings of USD
The weighted average interest rate for the outstanding borrowings as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 was
In June 2022, 360 Changfeng signed a mortgage loan agreement of RMB
8. GUARANTEE LIABILITIES
The movement of guarantee liabilities during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:
Guarantee liabilities-stand ready
(unaudited) |
| RMB |
As of January 1, 2021 |
| |
Provision at the inception of new loans |
| |
Released into revenue |
| ( |
As of June 30, 2021 |
| |
As of January 1, 2022 |
| |
Provision at the inception of new loans |
| |
Released into revenue | ( | |
As of June 30, 2022 |
| |
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
8. GUARANTEE LIABILITIES - continued
Guarantee liabilities-contingent
(unaudited) |
| RMB |
As of January 1, 2021 |
| |
Provision for contingent liabilities |
| |
Net payout (1) | ( | |
As of June 30, 2021 |
| |
Adoption of ASC 326 | ||
As of January 1, 2022 |
| |
Provision for contingent liabilities |
| |
Net payout (1) | ( | |
As of June 30, 2022 |
| |
(1) | Net payout represents the amount paid upon borrowers’ default net of subsequent recoveries from the borrowers during a given period. |
The following table summarizes the aging of the Group’s contractual amounts of the outstanding loans subject to guarantee as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022.
31-60 | 61-90 | Over 90 | ||||||||||
0-30 days | days | days | days | |||||||||
past | past | past | past | |||||||||
| due |
| due |
| due |
| due |
| Current |
| Total loans | |
December 31, 2021 (RMB) | | | | — | |
| | |||||
June 30, 2022 (RMB) | | | | — | |
| |
As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the contractual amounts of the outstanding loans subject to guarantee by the Group is estimated to be RMB
9. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
| December 31, |
| June 30, | |
2021 | 2022 | |||
RMB | RMB | |||
User traffic direction fees |
| | | |
Payable to financial institution partners (1) |
| | | |
Accrued payroll and welfare |
| | | |
Payable for third-party service fee | | | ||
Payable to shareholder of non-controlling interests (2) | | | ||
Dividend payable (3) |
| | | |
Lease liabilities | | | ||
Others | | | ||
Total | | |
(1) | Payable to financial institution partners mainly include amounts collected from the borrowers but have not been transferred to the financial institution partners due to settlement time lag. |
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
9. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES - continued
(2) | Payable to shareholder of non-controlling interests mainly includes loans from Shanghai Changfeng Investment (Group) Co., Ltd.( “Changfeng”) to acquire land use right, the principal of RMB |
(3) | Dividends payable as of December 31, 2021 has been paid in January 2022 and May 2022 respectively. Dividends payable as of June 30, 2022 has been paid in July, 2022. |
10. RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS
The table below sets forth the major related parties and their relationships with the Group, with which the Group entered into transactions during the six months ended June 30, 2021 (unaudited) and 2022:
Name of related parties |
| Relationship with the group | |
360 Security Technology Inc. (“360 Group”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Beijing Qifutong Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qifutong”) |
| An affiliate of 360 Group, ultimately controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | |
Shanghai Qibutianxia Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qibutianxia”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Beijing Qicaitianxia Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qicaitianxia”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Beijing Qihu Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qihu”) | An affiliate of 360 Group, ultimately controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Jinshang Consumer Finance Inc. (“Jinshang”) | An affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Beijing Zixuan Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Zixuan”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Xixian New Area Financial Asset Exchange Co., Ltd (“Xixian”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Beijing Qifei Xiangyi Consultation Co., Ltd (“Beijing Qifei”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Hangzhou Qifei Huachuang Technology Co, Ltd (“Hangzhou Qifei ”) | Investee of the Group | ||
Shanghai Jiehu Internet Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Jiehu”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Kincheng Bank of Tianjin Co., Ltd. (“Kincheng Bank”) | An affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Tianjin Yujie Technology Co., Ltd. (Yujie) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Beijing Hongying Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Hongying”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Shareholders | Shareholders of the Group | ||
Others | Entities controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group |
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
10. RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS - continued
The Group entered into the following transactions with its related parties:
For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, services provided by the related parties were RMB
Six months ended June 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
(unaudited) | ||||
Referral service fee charged by Yujie | | | ||
Bandwidth service fee charged by Qihu | | | ||
Brand fees charged by Qihu | — | | ||
Referral service fee charged by Qihu | | | ||
Rental expenses charged by Hongying | | | ||
Corporate expenses allocated from Qibutianxia | | — | ||
Others |
| |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, services provided to the related parties were RMB
Six months ended June 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
(unaudited) | ||||
Referral service fee charged from Kincheng Bank |
| — |
| |
Loan facilitation services fee charged from Jinshang | | | ||
Loan facilitation services fee charged from Beijing Zixuan | | — | ||
Loan facilitation services fee charged from Kincheng Bank | | | ||
Post-origination services fee charged from Jinshang | | | ||
Post-origination services fee charged from Beijing Zixuan | | — | ||
Post-origination services fee charged from Kincheng Bank | | | ||
Others |
| |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
Jinshang is an affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou and provides funds to the borrowers through the Group’s platform. Kincheng Bank is an affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou and provides funds to the borrowers through the Group’s platform. The Group collected service fees from Jinshang and Kincheng Bank. The amounts from Jinshang and Kincheng Bank represent the loan facilitation service, post-facilitation service and referral service fees charged from them.
The Company has held bank deposit with Kincheng Bank of Tianjin Co. Ltd (“Kinchen”) which amounted to RMB
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
10. RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS - continued
As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, amounts due from related parties were RMB
| December 31, |
| June 30, | |
2021 | 2022 | |||
RMB | RMB | |||
Kincheng |
| |
| |
Jinshang | | | ||
Shareholders(1) | | | ||
Beijing Zixuan | — | — | ||
Others |
| |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
(1) | The balance represents the ADS registration fees incurred on behalf of certain shareholders that are to be reimbursed from them. |
As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, amounts due to related parties were RMB
| December 31, |
| June 30, | |
2021 | 2022 | |||
RMB | RMB | |||
Qibutianxia |
| |
| |
Qihu | | | ||
Yujie | | | ||
Others |
| |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
Qibutianxia provided joint back to back guarantee to certain third party guarantee companies for the loans facilitated by the Group. The amounts of loans under such arrangement are RMB
In September 2020, Beijing Qifei transferred to the Group part of its interest in Hangzhou Qifei, a joint venture company established by Beijing Qifei and an independent third party. After the transfer, Beijing Qifei and the Group hold
In October 2020, the Group established a company, Shanghai 360 Changfeng Technology, Co.,Ltd. (“360 Changfeng”) in Shanghai, China through Qiyu together with Shanghai Jiehu and an independent third party, Changfeng, to develop and build regional headquarter and the affiliated industrial park in Shanghai. Changfeng, Shanghai Jiehu and the Group each holds
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360 DIGITECH, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
10. RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS - continued
In December 2021, the Group acquired the
Pursuant to the agreement, the shareholders is obligated to contribute initial funding for acquisition of land use rights and funds required for subsequent developments will be mainly financed by external financings with any remaining shortfall funded by the shareholders ratably in proportion to their respective equity interest ownership.
As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, shareholders of the company have invested a total of RMB
11. INCOME TAXES
PRC
Under the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT Law”), domestically-owned enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises are subject to a uniform tax rate of
Cayman Islands
Under the current laws of the Cayman Islands, the Company is not subject to tax on its income or capital gains. In addition, the Cayman Islands do not impose withholding tax on dividend payments.
Hong Kong
Under the current Hong Kong Inland Revenue Ordinance, the Company’s subsidiaries domiciled in Hong Kong has introduced a two-tiered profits tax rate regime which is applicable to any year of assessment commencing on or after April 1, 2018. The profits tax rate for the first HK$
The current and deferred portion of income tax expenses included in the consolidated statements of operations, which were all attributable to the Group is as follows:
Six months ended June 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
(unaudited) | ||||
Current tax |
| |
| |
Deferred tax |
| |
| ( |
Total |
| |
| |
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
11. INCOME TAXES - continued
Hong Kong - continued
The effective tax rate is based on expected income and statutory tax rates. For interim financial reporting, the Group estimates the annual tax rate based on projected taxable income for the full year and records a quarterly income tax provision in accordance with the guidance on accounting for income taxes in an interim period. As the year progresses, the Group refines the estimates of the year’s taxable income as new information becomes available. This continual estimation process often results in a change to the expected effective tax rate for the year. When this occurs, the Group adjusts the income tax provision during the quarter in which the change in estimate occurs so that the year to- date provision reflects the expected annual tax rate.
The Group’s effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 was
The Group did
incur any interest and penalties related to potential underpaid income tax expenses.12. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
Share incentive plan
In May 2018, the shareholders and board of directors of the Company adopted the Share Incentive Plan (the “2018 plan”) for the granting of share options and restricted share units to employees, directors and consultants to reward them for services to the Company and to provide incentives for future service. Under the 2018 plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares which may be issued is
The Company’s board of directors and shareholders approved the 2019 Share Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) and amended it in August 2020, for the granting of share options and restricted share units to employees, directors and consultants to reward them for services to the Company and to provide incentives for future service. Under the 2019 plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares which may be issued is
Stock options
On May 20 and November 20, 2018, and May 20, 2020, and November 20, 2021 the Company granted
On November 2021, the compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company approved to convert the form of
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
12. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION – continued
Share incentive plan - continued
Stock options - continued
The Group used the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of options granted, with the following assumptions used.
| Year ended, | |
December 31, 2021 | ||
Risk-free rate of interest |
| |
Estimated volatility rate |
| |
Dividend yield |
| |
Expected life (years) |
| |
Exercise price |
| USD |
The risk-free rate of interest is based on the yield to maturity of China government bonds with a maturity period close to the expected term of the options. The volatility of the underlying ordinary shares during the life of the options was estimated based on the historical share price volatility of comparable companies over a period comparable to the expected term of the options. The dividend yield was estimated by the Group based on its expected dividend policy over the expected term of the options. The Group did not have sufficient historical share option exercise experience, it estimated the expected term average based on a consideration of factors including contractual term and vesting period. The closing market price of the ordinary shares of the Company as of the grant date was used as the fair value of the ordinary shares on that date.
A summary of option activity during period from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022 is as follows:
Weighted | ||||||||
|
| Weighted |
| Average |
| |||
Number of |
| Average |
| Remaining | Aggregate | |||
| Options |
| Exercise Price |
| Contract Life |
| Intrinsic Value | |
| USD |
| Years |
| RMB | |||
Options outstanding at January 1, 2022 |
| |
| |
|
| | |
Options forfeited in 2022 | ( | | ( | |||||
Options exercised in 2022 |
| ( |
| |
|
| ( | |
Options outstanding at June 30, 2022 |
| |
| |
|
| | |
Options exercisable at June 30, 2022 |
| |
| |
|
| | |
Options vested or expected to be vested at June 30, 2022 |
| |
| |
|
| |
As of June 30, 2022, there was RMB
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
12. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION – continued
Share incentive plan - continued
Restricted Share Units
A summary of the restricted share units for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was stated below:
Weighted-Average | ||||
Number of | Grant-Date | |||
| Restricted Share Units |
| Fair Value | |
Outstanding at January 1, 2022 | | | ||
Granted |
| | | |
Forfeited |
| ( | | |
Vested |
| ( | | |
Outstanding at June 30, 2022 |
| | |
The restricted share units granted shall vest in accordance with contractual schedules over a period from
The Company recognizes the compensation costs on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award, which is generally the vesting period. Total share-based compensation expense of share-based awards granted to employees and directors was as follows:
Six months ended June 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
(unaudited) | ||||
Facilitation, origination and servicing expenses | |
| | |
Sales and marketing expenses | |
| | |
General and administrative expenses | |
| | |
Total | |
| |
13. ORDINARY SHARES
As of December 31, 2021, there were
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
14. STATUTORY RESERVES AND RESTRICTED NET ASSETS
In accordance with the PRC laws and regulations, the PRC entities of the Group are required to make appropriation to certain statutory reserves, namely general reserve, industry specific reserve, enterprise expansion reserve, and staff welfare and bonus reserve, all of which are appropriated from net profit as reported in their PRC statutory accounts. The PRC entities of the Group are required to appropriate at least
Appropriations to the enterprise expansion reserve and the staff welfare and bonus reserve are to be made at the discretion of the board of directors of the PRC entities of the Group. There are
As a result of PRC laws and regulations and the requirement that distributions by the PRC entities of the Group can only be paid out of distributable profits computed in accordance with the PRC GAAP, the PRC entities of the Group restricted from transferring a portion of their net assets to the Group. Amounts restricted include paid-in capital, capital reserve and statutory reserves of the PRC entities of the Group. As of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the aggregated amounts of paid-in capital, capital reserve and statutory reserves represented the amount of net assets of the relevant entity in the Group not available for distribution amounted to RMB
15. DIVIDENDS
Quarterly Dividend Policy
On November 15, 2021, the board of directors of the Company approved a quarterly cash dividend policy. Under the policy, the Company will declare and distribute a recurring cash dividend every fiscal quarter, starting from the third fiscal quarter of 2021, at an amount equivalent to approximately
The board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$
The board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$
The board of directors of the Company has approved and declared a dividend of US$
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
16. LEASE
Operating lease as lessee
The Group enters into operating leases primarily for general office space. The Group’s leases typically have original terms not exceeding
Lease costs are included in facilitation, origination and servicing expense, sales and marketing expense, and general and administrative expenses. Operating lease expenses were RMB
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:
Six months ended June 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
(unaudited) | ||||
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
Operating cash flows from operating leases | | | ||
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: |
|
| ||
Operating leases | | |
The following table shows ROU assets and lease liabilities as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 (except lease term and discount rate):
| December 31, 2021 |
| June 30, 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
| |
| | |
| | |||
| |
| |
| December 31, 2021 |
| June 30, 2022 | ||
RMB | RMB | ||||
Weighted-average remaining lease term |
|
| |||
Weighted-average discount rate |
| | % | | % |
The maturities of operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022 are as follows:
December 31, 2021 | June 30, 2022 | |||
| RMB |
| RMB | |
Within one year | | | ||
Within a period of more than one year but not more than two years | | | ||
Within a period of more than two year but not more than three years | | | ||
Within a period of more than three year but not more than four years | | — | ||
Total undiscounted lease payments | | | ||
Imputed interest | ( | ( | ||
Total lease liabilities |
| |
| |
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
17. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Contingencies
Historically the Group has provided guarantees to certain financial institution partners through a subsidiary that does not hold a financing guarantee license. In October 2019, The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (“CBIRC”) and other government authorities, promulgated a new regulation pursuant to which this structure, may not deemed appropriate. The Group has ceased the business in 2020, and for existing loans, the Group will execute the contract until the expiration of the loans. The new regulation is silent with respect to any grace period that may be permitted to undertake the restructuring. Management has concluded, with the advice of the Group’s legal counsel, that it is not reasonably possible to estimate any potential financial exposure the group may have as a result of operating the business during this intermediate time period, due to the substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of the relevant laws and regulations. As of June 30, 2022, the outstanding loan balance under this guarantee model amounted to RMB
In July 2020 and in February 2021, CBIRC promulgated two regulations stating that regional banks that carry out internet lending business shall mainly serve local customers, and are not allowed to conduct the internet lending business beyond the local administrative area of their registered place, except those who have no physical business branch, conducting business primarily online as well as meeting the other conditions prescribed by the CBIRC. The Company has changed its distribution strategy so that only local borrowers would be matched to regional banks for new loans facilitated starting from January 1, 2022. The Company believed that, as advised by the Group’s legal counsel, given the lack of exact definition regarding the regional banks in the existing laws and regulations, there are uncertainties as to how the regulation will be implemented, therefore the impact to the Company’s current business operations cannot be reasonably estimated.
In September, 2021, the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”) issued a new regulation stating that organizations that engage in credit investigation business should obtain the credit reporting business license and comply with its other provisions within an 18 month grace period from its effectiveness date of January 1, 2022. Given that the rule does not specify the legitimacy of existing data analytics or precision marketing service providers in the financial service industry, the Company has concluded, as advised by its legal counsel, that it is not reasonably possible to estimate its impact on the Company’s current business operations for credit assessment on borrowers and the potential penalties incurred by the Company thereof.
The Company and its certain current and former officers and directors are named as defendants in a putative securities class action brought by investors who purchased the Company’s securities between April 30, 2020 and July 8, 2021 and who allegedly suffered damages as a result of alleged misstatements and omissions in the Company’s public disclosure documents in connection with its compliance and data collection practices. On January 14, 2022, Lead Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint. On March 15, 2022, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint. On September 26, 2022, Lead Plaintiff notified the Court that he does not intend to file a Second Amended Complaint. The Court entered a judgment in favor of defendants on September 29, 2022. Plaintiff has until October 31, 2022 to appeal the judgment. As the Plaintiff has not appealed till such date, the judgement is final and the Company had no losses over this case.
Commitments
As of June 30, 2022, the Group has certain capital commitments that primarily related to commitments for construction of the regional headquarters and the affiliated industrial park. The total capital commitments contracted but not yet reflected in the financial statements was not less than RMB
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NOTES TO CONDENSED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
18. NET INCOME PER SHARE
Basic and diluted net income per share for each of the periods presented were calculated as follows:
Six months ended June 30, | ||||
2021 | 2022 | |||
| RMB |
| RMB | |
(unaudited) | ||||
Numerator: |
|
| ||
Net income attributable to shareholders of the Company | | | ||
Net income attributable to Class A and Class B ordinary shareholders for computing basic and diluted net income per share |
| |
| |
Denominator: |
|
| ||
Weighted average Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding used in computing basic income per ordinary share |
| |
| |
Plus: incremental weighted average ordinary shares from assumed exercise of stock options and restricted share units using the treasury stock method |
| |
| |
Weighted average Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding used in computing diluted income per ordinary share |
| |
| |
Basic net income per share |
| |
| |
Diluted net income per share |
| |
| |
For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022,
19. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On August 18, 2022, the board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$
On November 11, 2022, the board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$
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Exhibit 99.2
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
As of December 31, | As of September 30, | |||||||
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RMB | RMB | USD | ||||||
(Note 2) | ||||||||
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Restricted cash (including RMB |
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Short term investments | — | | | |||||
Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies | | | | |||||
Funds receivable from third party payment service providers |
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Accounts receivable and contract assets, net (net of allowance of RMB | 3 | | | | ||||
Financial assets receivable, net (net of allowance of RMB |
| 4 | | | | |||
Amounts due from related parties (net of allowance of RMB |
| 10 | | | | |||
Loans receivable, net (including RMB |
| 5 | | | | |||
Prepaid expenses and other assets (including RMB |
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Total current assets |
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Accounts receivable and contract assets, net-noncurrent (net of allowance of RMB | 3 | | | | ||||
Financial assets receivable, net-noncurrent (net of allowance of RMB | 4 | | | | ||||
Amounts due from related parties (net of allowance of RMB | 10 | | | | ||||
Loans receivable, net-noncurrent (including RMB | 5 | | | | ||||
Property and equipment, net |
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Land use rights, net | 6 | | | | ||||
Intangible assets |
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Deferred tax assets |
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Total non-current assets |
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TOTAL ASSETS |
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Liabilities including amounts of the consolidated VIEs and trusts without recourse to the Company (Note 2): |
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Amounts due to related parties |
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Short term loans | 7 | | | | ||||
Guarantee liabilities-stand ready |
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Guarantee liabilities-contingent | 9 | | | | ||||
Income tax payable |
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Other tax payable |
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Other long-term liabilities | 8 | | | | ||||
Total non-current liabilities | | | | |||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES |
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Retained earnings |
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Other comprehensive loss | ( | ( | ( | |||||
TOTAL 360 DIGITECH, INC. EQUITY | | | | |||||
Non-controlling interests | | | | |||||
TOTAL EQUITY |
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
F-1
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||
Notes | 2021 | 2022 | 2022 | |||||
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(Note 2) | ||||||||
Revenue, net of value-added tax and related surcharges: | 11 |
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Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital heavy (including revenue from related parties of RMB | | | | |||||
Financing income | | | | |||||
Revenue from releasing of guarantee liabilities | | | | |||||
Other services fees | | | | |||||
Platform services | | | | |||||
Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital light (including revenue from related parties of RMB | | | | |||||
Referral services fees (including revenue from related parties of RMB | | | | |||||
Other services fees (including revenue from related parties of RMB | | | | |||||
Total net revenue | |
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Provision for financial assets receivable (including provision generated from related parties of RMB | | | | |||||
Provision for accounts receivable and contract assets (including provision generated from related parties of RMB | | | | |||||
Provision for contingent liabilities | | | | |||||
Total operating costs and expenses | |
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Income from operations | |
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Interest income, net | |
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Foreign exchange gain (loss) | | ( | ( | |||||
Investment gain (loss) | | ( | ( | |||||
Other income, net | |
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Income before income tax expense | 12 | |
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Income tax expense | ( |
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Net income | |
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Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests | ( | | | |||||
Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Company | |
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Net income per ordinary share attributable to ordinary shareholders of 360 DigiTech, Inc. | ||||||||
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Net income per ADS attributable to ordinary shareholders of 360 DigiTech, Inc. (1) |
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Weighted average shares used in calculating net income per ordinary share | ||||||||
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(1)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
F-2
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR LOSS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 |
| 2022 | |
| RMB |
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| USD | |
(Note 2) | ||||||
Net income |
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Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax of | ||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | ( | | | |||
Other comprehensive income (loss) |
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Total comprehensive income |
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Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests | ( | | | |||
Comprehensive income attributable to ordinary shareholders |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
F-3
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
Additional | Other | Non- | ||||||||||||
Number of | Ordinary | Paid-in | Retained | Comprehensive | controlling | Total | ||||||||
shares | shares | capital | earnings | Income (loss) | interests | equity | ||||||||
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Balance as of January 1, 2021 | | | | | ( | | | |||||||
Issuance of ordinary shares | | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Share-based compensation | — | — | | — | — | — | | |||||||
Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||
Net income | — | — | — | | — | | | |||||||
Disposal of a subsidiary | — | — | | — | — | ( | | |||||||
Balance as of September 30, 2021 | | | | | ( | — | |
Balance as of January 1, 2022 |
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Issuance of ordinary shares |
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Share-based compensation |
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Dividends to shareholders |
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| — | ( |
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Other comprehensive income |
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Net income (loss) |
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Capital injection of non-controlling interest holders to a subsidiary | — | — | — | — | — | | | |||||||
Balance as of September 30, 2022 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
F-4
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”)
except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||
2021 | 2022 | 2022 | ||||
| RMB |
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| USD | |
(Note 2) | ||||||
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation, amortization and reduction in right-of-use assets |
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Share-based compensation | | | | |||
Investment (gain) loss |
| ( | | | ||
Provision for loans receivable, financial assets receivable and accounts receivable and contract assets | | | | |||
Provision for contingent liabilities | | | | |||
Foreign exchange (gain) loss | ( | | | |||
Fair value change of foreign exchange options |
| — | ( | ( | ||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
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Funds receivable from third party payment service providers | ( | ( | ( | |||
Accounts receivable and contract assets |
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Financial assets receivable |
| ( | | | ||
Prepaid expenses and other assets | | ( | ( | |||
Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies |
| ( | | | ||
Deferred tax | | ( | ( | |||
Other assets |
| ( | ( | ( | ||
Amounts due from/to related parties |
| ( | | | ||
Guarantee liabilities |
| ( | ( | ( | ||
Income tax payable |
| ( | | | ||
Other tax payable |
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | | | | |||
Other long-term liabilities |
| ( | | | ||
Interest receivable |
| ( | ( | ( | ||
Land use rights | ( | — | — | |||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
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Cash Flows from Investing Activities: |
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Purchase of property and equipment and intangible assets |
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Loans provided to related parties | ( | — | — | |||
Investment in loans receivable |
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Collection of investment in loans receivable |
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Capital injection to an investee entity | | ( | ( | |||
Purchase of short-term investments | — | ( | ( | |||
Purchase of foreign exchange options | — | ( | ( | |||
Disposal of subsidiaries and other business units, net of cash received |
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Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ( | ( | |||
Cash Flows from Financing Activities: |
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Proceeds from short-term loans | | | | |||
Proceeds from long-term loans | — | | | |||
Cash received from investors of the consolidated trusts | | | | |||
Cash paid to investors of the consolidated trusts | ( | ( | ( | |||
Contribution by non-controlling interests | — | | | |||
Dividend to shareholders |
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Loan received from non-controlling interests | | | | |||
Loan payment to non-controlling interests | ( | ( | ( | |||
Cash received from a related party for investment | | | | |||
Cash repayment to a related party |
| ( | ( | ( | ||
Net cash provided by financing activities |
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Effect of foreign exchange rate changes |
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | ( | | | |||
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period | | | | |||
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period | | | | |||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: | ||||||
Income taxes paid | ( | ( | ( | |||
Interest paid (not including interest paid to investors of consolidated trusts) |
| ( | ( | ( | ||
Supplemental disclosure of significant non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||
Payables for dividends | — | | | |||
Reconciliation to amounts on consolidated balance sheet: | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
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Restricted cash |
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Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
F-5
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi (“RMB”) and U.S. dollars (“USD”) except for number of shares and per share data, or otherwise noted)
1. ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
360 DigiTech, Inc. (the “Company”, previously known as “360 Finance, Inc.”) was incorporated in Cayman Islands with limited liability on April 27, 2018. The Company, its subsidiaries, its consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) (together, the “Group”) are engaged in matching borrowers with credit demand to a diversified pool of financial institutions with credit to supply through a financial technology platform.
The VIE arrangements
PRC laws and regulations prohibit or restrict foreign control of companies involved in provision of internet content and certain finance business. To comply with these foreign ownership restrictions, the Company operates substantially all of its service through its VIEs in the PRC.
The VIEs hold leases and other assets necessary to provide services and generate the majority of the Company’s revenues. To provide the Company effective control over the VIEs and the ability to receive substantially all of the economic benefits of the VIEs, a series of contractual arrangements were entered into amongst Qiyue (“WFOE”), VIEs and their beneficial shareholders. In June 2022, the set of VIE agreements were terminated and replaced by a set of new VIE agreements signed by the same parties, with no material changes to the major terms.
Risks in relation to VIE structure
The following financial statement amounts and balances of the VIEs were included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements after elimination of intercompany transactions and balances. The table below does not include the financial information of the consolidated trusts (see note 2 “Consolidated Trusts”):
| December 31, |
| September 30, | |
2021 | 2022 | |||
RMB | RMB | |||
ASSETS |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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Restricted cash |
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Short term investments | — | | ||
Security deposit prepaid to third-party guarantee companies | | | ||
Funds receivable from third party payment service providers |
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Accounts receivable and contract assets, net | | | ||
Financial assets receivable, net |
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Amounts due from related parties |
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Loans receivable, net |
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Prepaid expenses and other assets |
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Accounts receivable and contract assets, net-non current | | | ||
Financial assets receivable, net-non current | | | ||
Amounts due from related parties, non-current | | | ||
Loans receivable, net-non current | | | ||
Property and equipment, net |
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Land use rights, net | | | ||
Intangible assets |
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Deferred tax assets |
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Other non-current assets | | | ||
Total Assets |
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LIABILITIES |
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
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Amounts due to related parties |
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Short term loans | | | ||
Guarantee liabilities – stand ready |
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Guarantee liabilities – contingent | | | ||
Income tax payable | | | ||
Other tax payable | | | ||
Deferred tax liabilities | | | ||
Other long-term liabilities | | | ||
Total liabilities |
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F-6
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
Net revenue | |
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Net income | |
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Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
Net cash provided by operating activities | |
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Net cash (used in) investing activities | ( |
| ( | |
Net cash provided by financing activities | |
| ( |
The consolidated VIEs contributed
Other than the land use right held as loan collateral as disclosed in Note 8, there are no assets of the VIEs that are collateral for the obligations of the VIEs and their subsidiaries and can only be used to settle the obligations of the VIEs and their subsidiaries. There are no terms in any arrangements, considering both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests that require the Company or its subsidiaries to provide financial support to the VIEs. However, if the VIEs ever need financial support, the Company or its subsidiaries may, at its option and subject to statutory limits and restrictions, provide financial support to its VIEs through loans to the shareholder of the VIEs.
Relevant PRC laws and regulations restrict the VIEs from transferring a portion of their net assets, equivalent to the balance of its statutory reserve and its share capital, to the Company in the form of cash dividends.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparation
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) regarding interim financial reporting, and include all normal and recurring adjustments that management of the Group considers necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position and operating results. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. Accordingly, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Group’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
The financial information as of December 31, 2021 presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements is derived from the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021.
The operating results presented for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year.
Basis of consolidation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its subsidiaries, and consolidated VIEs. All inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated.
Consolidated Trusts
For some trusts, the trust beneficial rights, or the loans receivable in the trusts, were transferred, as underlying assets, to the asset backed special plans (the “ABS plans”). The beneficial rights and loans receivable of RMB
F-7
The following financial statement amounts and balances of the consolidated trusts were included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements after elimination of intercompany transactions and balances:
| December 31, |
| September 30, | |
2021 | 2022 | |||
RMB | RMB | |||
ASSETS |
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Total Assets |
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| December 31, |
| September 30, | |
2021 | 2022 | |||
RMB | RMB | |||
LIABILITIES |
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
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Other tax payable | | | ||
Payable to investors of the consolidated trusts-noncurrent | | | ||
Total liabilities |
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Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
Net revenue | |
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Net income | |
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Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
Net cash provided by operating activities | |
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Net cash (used in) investing activities | ( |
| ( | |
Net cash provided by financing activities | |
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The consolidated trusts contributed
There are no terms in any arrangements, considering both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests that require the Company to provide financial support to the consolidated trusts.
The Group believes that the assets of the consolidated trusts could only be used to settle the obligations of the consolidated trusts.
Fair Value
Fair value is considered to be the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Group considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.
Authoritative literature provides a fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The level in the hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement as follows:
Level 1 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
F-8
Level 2 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets); or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.
Level 3 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
The carrying values of financial instruments, which consist of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, short-term investment, security deposits, accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable, funds receivable from third party payment service providers, loans receivable, short term loan, payable to investors of the consolidated trusts, and amounts due from/to related parties are recorded at cost which approximates their fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.
As of September 30, 2022, the Group’s long-term financial instruments that are not reported at fair value on balance sheet include loans receivable, payable to investors of the consolidated trusts, accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable and accounts receivable, contract assets and financial assets receivable from related parties (recorded as “amounts due from related parties”). Fair values of these financial instruments are estimated using a discounted cash flow model based on contractual cash flows. The fair values of loans receivable, accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable are classified as Level 3 fair value measurement due to the significant unobservable inputs concerning the estimation of default rate. The fair value of payable to investors of the consolidated trusts is classified as Level 2 fair value measurement.
As of September 30, 2022, the differences between fair values and carrying amount for loans receivable and payable to investors are due to the discount factor or interests in future periods, and the fair value approximates the carrying amount. For accounts receivable and contract assets, financial assets receivable, the differences are due to the discount factor solely and the fair value approximates the carrying amount.
The Group has foreign exchange options that are recorded at fair value subsequent to initial recognition on a recurring basis. The fair value of such options amount to RMB
Convenience translation
The Group’s business is primarily conducted in China and all of the revenues are denominated in RMB. The financial statements of the Group are stated in RMB. Translations of balances in the condensed consolidated balance sheet, and the related condensed consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows from RMB into US dollars as of and for the period ended September 30, 2022 are solely for the convenience of the readers and were calculated at the rate of USD1.00 = RMB
3. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND CONTRACT ASSETS, NET
The Group’s accounts receivable as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 are as follows:
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Accounts | uncollectible | Accounts | ||||
As of December 31, 2021 | receivable | Accounts receivable | receivable, net | |||
Accounts receivable from loan facilitation service |
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Accounts receivable from post facilitation service |
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Accounts receivable from referral services | | — | | |||
Total |
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F-9
Allowance for | ||||||
Accounts | uncollectible | Accounts | ||||
As of September 30, 2022 |
| receivable |
| Accounts receivable |
| receivable, net |
Accounts receivable from referral services | | — | | |||
Total |
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| — |
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The movement of allowance for uncollectible accounts receivables for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:
Opening | Ending | |||||||
balance as of | Current | Write off in | balance as of | |||||
January 1, | period net | the current | September 30, | |||||
| 2021 |
| provision |
| period |
| 2021 | |
Accounts receivable from loan facilitation service |
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| ( | ( | | ||
Accounts receivable from post facilitation service |
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Accounts receivable from referral services | | — | ( | — | ||||
Total |
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Opening | Ending | |||||||
balance as of | Current | Write off in | balance as of | |||||
January 1, | period net | the current | September 30, | |||||
| 2022 |
| provision |
| period |
| 2022 | |
Accounts receivable from loan facilitation service |
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| — |
| ( |
| — |
Accounts receivable from post facilitation service |
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| — |
| ( |
| — |
Total |
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| — |
| ( |
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The Group’s contract assets as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 are as follows:
Allowance for | ||||||
Uncollectible | Contract | |||||
As of December 31, 2021 |
| Contract assets |
| Contract assets |
| assets, net |
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
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| ( |
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Contract assets from post facilitation service |
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| ( |
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Contract assets from referral services | | — | | |||
Total |
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Allowance for | ||||||
Uncollectible | Contract | |||||
As of September 30, 2022 |
| Contract assets |
| Contract assets |
| assets, net |
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
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| ( |
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Contract assets from post facilitation service |
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| ( |
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Contract assets from referral services | | — | | |||
Total |
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The movement of allowance for uncollectible contract assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:
| Opening |
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| Ending | |||
balance as of | Current | Write off in | balance as of | |||||
January 1, | period net | the current | September 30, | |||||
2021 | provision | period | 2021 | |||||
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
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Contract assets from post facilitation service |
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| ( |
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Total |
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| Ending | |||
balance as of | Current | Write off in | balance as of | |||||
January 1, | period net | the current | September 30, | |||||
2022 | provision | period | 2022 | |||||
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
| |
| | ( | | ||
Contract assets from post facilitation service |
| |
| | ( | | ||
Total |
| |
| | ( | |
The Group’s contract assets generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 are as follows:
| Accounts |
| Allowance for |
| Accounts | |
receivable | uncollectible | receivable | ||||
and contract | accounts receivable | and contract | ||||
As of December 31, 2021 | assets | and contract assets | assets, net | |||
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from post facilitation service |
| |
| ( |
| |
Total |
| |
| ( |
| |
| Accounts |
| Allowance for |
| Accounts | |
receivable | uncollectible | receivable | ||||
and contract | accounts receivable | and contract | ||||
As of September 30, 2022 | assets | and contract assets | assets, net | |||
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from post facilitation service |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from referral services | | — | | |||
Total |
| |
| ( |
| |
The movement of allowance for uncollectible accounts receivables and contract assets generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:
| Opening |
|
|
|
| Ending | ||
balance as of | Current | Write off in | balance as of | |||||
January 1, | period net | the current | September 30, | |||||
2021 | provision | period | 2021 | |||||
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from post facilitation service |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
| Opening |
|
|
| Ending | |||
balance as of | Current | Write off in | balance as of | |||||
January 1, | period net | the current | September 30, | |||||
2022 | provision | period | 2022 | |||||
Contract assets from loan facilitation service |
| |
| ( |
| ( |
| |
Contract assets from post facilitation service |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
| ( |
| |
As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, the principal of accounts receivable and contract assets by year of origination:
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| Total | |
As of December 31, 2021 |
|
|
| |||
Loan facilitation service |
| |
| |
| |
Post facilitation service |
| |
| |
| |
Referral Service |
| |
| — |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
| |
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| 2022 |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| Total | |
As of September 30, 2022 | ||||||||
Loan facilitation service |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Post facilitation service |
| | | | | |||
Referral Service |
| |
| — |
| — |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
| |
| |
The past-due balance of the Group’s accounts receivable as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 are immaterial.
The Group did not recognize any contract liabilities during the periods presented. The amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, are RMB
4. FINANCIAL ASSETS RECEIVABLE, NET
The Group’s financial assets receivable as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 are as follows:
| December 31, |
| September 30, | |
2021 | 2022 | |||
RMB | RMB | |||
Financial assets receivable |
| |
| |
Allowance for uncollectible receivables |
| ( |
| ( |
Financial assets receivable, net |
| |
| |
The movement of financial assets receivable for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
2021 | 2022 | |||
| RMB |
| RMB | |
Balance at beginning of period | |
| | |
Addition in the current period | |
| | |
Collection in the current period | ( | ( | ||
Write-off | ( |
| ( | |
Balance at end of period | |
| |
The movement of allowance for uncollectible receivables for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
2021 | 2022 | |||
| RMB |
| RMB | |
Balance at beginning of period |
| |
| |
Current period net provision |
| |
| |
Write-off |
| ( |
| ( |
Balance at end of period |
| |
| |
The movement of financial assets receivable generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
Balance at beginning of period |
| |
| — |
Addition in the current period |
| — |
| |
Collection in the current period |
| ( |
| ( |
Write-off |
| ( |
| ( |
Balance at end of period |
| — |
| |
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The movement of allowance for uncollectible receivables generated from related parties and recorded in amounts due from related parties for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
Balance at beginning of period |
| |
| — |
Current period net provision |
| |
| |
Write-off |
| ( |
| ( |
Balance at end of period |
| — |
| |
The following table summarizes the aging of the Group’s financial assets receivable as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022:
31-60 | Over 60 | Total | ||||||||
0-30 days | days | days | financial | |||||||
| past |
| past |
| past |
| assets | |||
| due |
| due |
| due |
| Current |
| receivable | |
December 31, 2021 | | | — | | | |||||
September 30, 2022 |
| |
| | — |
| | |
As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, the principal of financial assets receivable by year of origination:
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| Total | |
As of December 31, 2021 | | | |
| 2022 |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| Total | |
As of September 30, 2022 |
| |
| |
| |
| |
5. LOANS RECEIVABLE, NET
Loans receivable consists of the following:
| December 31, |
| September 30, | |
2021 | 2022 | |||
RMB | RMB | |||
Loans receivable |
| |
| |
Less allowance for loan losses |
| ( |
| ( |
Loans receivable, net |
| |
| |
As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, the accrued interest receivables are RMB
The following table presents the aging of loans as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022:
| 0-30 days |
| 31-60 days |
| Total amount |
|
| |||
past due | past due | past due | Current | Total loans | ||||||
As of December 31, 2021 |
| | | |
| |
| | ||
As of September 30, 2022 |
| | | |
| |
| |
The Group has not recorded any financing income on an accrual basis for the loans that are past due for more than 60 days for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 (60 days in 2021). Loans are returned to accrual status if they are brought to non-delinquent status or have performed in accordance with the contractual terms for a reasonable period of time and, in the Group’s judgment, will continue to make periodic principal and interest payments as scheduled. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, the Group has charged off loans receivable of RMB
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Movement of allowance for loan losses is as follows:
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
2021 | 2022 | |||
| RMB |
| RMB | |
Balance at beginning of period | |
| | |
Provision for loan losses | |
| | |
Gross write-off | ( |
| ( | |
Recoveries | | | ||
Balance at end of period | |
| |
The principal of loans receivable as of December 31, 2021 by year of origination is as follows:
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| Total loans | |
Loans receivable |
| |
| | |
The principal of loans receivable as of September 30, 2022 by year of origination is as follows:
| 2022 |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| Total loans | |
Loans receivable |
| |
| | |
| |
6. LAND USE RIGHTS, NET
Land use rights represent acquired right to use the parcel of land on which the Group’s regional headquarters and affiliated industrial park stand. In 2021, the Group acquired the land use rights in Shanghai from the local authorities. Amortization of the land use right is made over the remaining term of the land use right period from the date when the land was made available for use by the Group. The land use rights are summarized as follows:
December 31, | September 30, | |||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
| RMB | RMB | ||
Cost |
| | | |
Accumulated amortization |
| ( | ( | |
Land use rights, net |
| | |
The total amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 amounted to RMB
7. SHORT-TERM LOANS
Short-term loans as of December 31, 2021 represents bank borrowings of USD
Short-term loans as of September 30, 2022 represents bank borrowings of USD
The weighted average interest rate for the outstanding borrowings as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 was
8. LONG-TERM LOANS
In June 2022, Shanghai 360 Changfeng Technology, Co., Ltd. (“360 Changfeng”) signed a mortgage loan agreement of RMB
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regional headquarters and the affiliated industrial park. The mortgage loan agreement requires the subsidiary’s registered capital to be paid in the same proportion of the total facility used. In September, the registered capital of the subsidiary has been fully paid. As of September 30, 2022, the balance of used mortgage loan is RMB
9. GUARANTEE LIABILITIES
The movement of guarantee liabilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:
Guarantee liabilities-stand ready
| RMB | |
As of January 1, 2021 |
| |
Provision at the inception of new loans |
| |
Released into revenue |
| ( |
As of September 30, 2021 |
| |
As of January 1, 2022 |
| |
Provision at the inception of new loans |
| |
Released into revenue | ( | |
As of September 30, 2022 |
| |
Guarantee liabilities-contingent
| RMB | |
As of January 1, 2021 |
| |
Provision for contingent liabilities |
| |
Net payout (1) | ( | |
As of September 30, 2021 |
| |
As of January 1, 2022 |
| |
Provision for contingent liabilities |
| |
Net payout (1) | ( | |
As of September 30, 2022 |
| |
(1) | Net payout represents the amount paid upon borrowers’ default net of subsequent recoveries from the borrowers during a given period. |
The following table summarizes the aging of the Group’s contractual amounts of the outstanding loans subject to guarantee:
31-60 | 61-90 | Over 90 | ||||||||||
0-30 days | days | days | days | |||||||||
past | past | past | past | |||||||||
| due |
| due |
| due |
| due |
| Current |
| Total loans | |
December 31, 2021 (RMB): | | | | — | |
| | |||||
September 30, 2022 (RMB): | | | | — | |
| |
As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, the contractual amounts of the outstanding loans subject to guarantee by the Group were RMB
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10. RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS
The table below sets forth the major related parties and their relationships with the Group, with which the Group entered into transactions during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022:
Name of related parties |
| Relationship with the group | |
360 Security Technology Inc. (“360 Group”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Beijing Qifutong Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qifutong”) |
| An affiliate of 360 Group, ultimately controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | |
Shanghai Qibutianxia Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qibutianxia”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Beijing Qicaitianxia Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qicaitianxia”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Beijing Qihu Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qihu”) | An affiliate of 360 Group, ultimately controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Jinshang Consumer Finance Co.,Ltd. (“Jinshang”) | An affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Beijing Zixuan Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Zixuan”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Xixian New Area Financial Asset Exchange Co., Ltd. (“Xixian”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Beijing Qifei Xiangyi Consultation Co., Ltd (“Beijing Qifei”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Hangzhou Qifei Huachuang Technology Co, Ltd (“Hangzhou Qifei”) | Investee of the Group | ||
Shanghai Jiehu Internet Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Jiehu”) | An affiliate of 360 Group, ultimately controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Kincheng Bank of Tianjin Co., Ltd. (“Kincheng Bank”) | An affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Tianjin Yujie Technology Co., Ltd. (“Yujie”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Beijing Hongying Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Hongying”) | Entity controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group | ||
Shareholders | Shareholders of the Group | ||
Others | Entities controlled by Mr. Zhou, the Chairman of the Group |
The Group entered into the following transactions with its related parties:
For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, services provided by the related parties were RMB
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
Referral service fee charged by Yujie | | | ||
Bandwidth service fee charged by Qihu | | | ||
Brand fees charged by Qihu | | | ||
Referral service fee charged by Qihu | | | ||
Rental expenses charged by Hongying | | | ||
Corporate expenses allocated from Qibutianxia | | — | ||
Others |
| |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
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For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, services provided to the related parties were RMB
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
Referral service fee charged from Kincheng Bank |
| — |
| |
Loan facilitation services fee charged from Kincheng Bank | | | ||
Loan facilitation services fee charged from Jinshang | | | ||
Loan facilitation services fee charged from Beijing Zixuan | | — | ||
Post-facilitation services fee charged from Kincheng Bank | | | ||
Post-facilitation services fee charged from Jinshang | | | ||
Post-facilitation services fee charged from Beijing Zixuan | | — | ||
Others |
| |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
Jinshang is an affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou and provides funds to the borrowers through the Group’s platform. Kincheng Bank is an affiliate of an entity controlled by Mr. Zhou and provides funds to the borrowers through the Group’s platform. The Group collected service fees from Jinshang and Kincheng. Bank. The amounts from Jinshang and Kincheng Bank represent the loan facilitation service, post-facilitation service and referral service fees charged from them.
The Company has held bank deposit with Kincheng Bank which amounted to RMB
As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, amounts due from related parties were RMB
| December 31, |
| September 30, | |
2021 | 2022 | |||
RMB | RMB | |||
Kincheng Bank |
| |
| |
Jinshang | | | ||
Shareholders (1) | | | ||
Others |
| |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
(1) | The balance represents the ADS registration fees incurred on behalf of certain shareholders that are to be reimbursed from them. |
As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, amounts due to related parties were RMB
| December 31, |
| September 30, | |
2021 | 2022 | |||
RMB | RMB | |||
Qibutianxia |
| |
| |
Qihu | | | ||
Yujie | | | ||
Others |
| |
| |
Total |
| |
| |
Qibutianxia provided joint back to back guarantee to certain third party guarantee companies for the loans facilitated by the Group. The amounts of loans under such arrangement are RMB
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In September, 2020, Beijing Qifei transferred to the Group part of its interest in Hangzhou Qifei, a joint venture company established by Beijing Qifei and an independent third party. After the transfer, Beijing Qifei and the Group hold
In October 2020, the Group established a company, 360 Changfeng in Shanghai, China through Qiyu together with Shanghai Jiehu and an independent third party, Changfeng, to develop and build regional headquarter and the affiliated industrial park in Shanghai. Changfeng, Shanghai Jiehu and the Group each holds
In December 2021, the Group acquired the
Pursuant to the agreement, the shareholders is obligated to contribute initial funding for acquisition of land use rights and funds required for subsequent developments will be mainly financed by external financings with any remaining shortfall funded by the shareholders ratably in proportion to their respective equity interest ownership.
As of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, shareholders of the Company have invested a total of RMB
11. NET REVENUE
The following table presents the disaggregation of revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022:
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||
|
|
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
| RMB | RMB | ||||
Credit driven services |
|
|
| |
| |
Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital heavy |
|
|
| |
| |
Revenue from loan facilitation services |
| At a point in time |
| |
| |
Revenue from post-facilitation services |
| Over time |
| |
| |
Financing income |
| Over time |
| |
| |
Revenue from releasing of guarantee liabilities |
| Over time |
| |
| |
Other services fees |
| At a point in time |
| |
| |
Platform services |
|
|
| |
| |
Loan facilitation and servicing fees-capital light |
|
|
| |
| |
Revenue from loan facilitation services |
| At a point in time |
| |
| |
Revenue from post-facilitation services |
| Over time |
| |
| |
Referral services fees |
| At a point in time |
| |
| |
Other services fees |
| At a point in time/ Over time |
| |
| |
Total net revenue |
|
|
| |
| |
Total revenue recognized at a point of time is RMB
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12. INCOME TAXES
The current and deferred portion of income tax expenses included in the condensed consolidated statement of operations, which were all attributable to the Group is as follows:
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
| 2021 |
| 2022 | |
RMB | RMB | |||
Current tax |
| |
| |
Deferred tax |
| ( |
| ( |
Total |
| |
| |
The effective tax rate is based on expected income and statutory tax rates. For interim financial reporting, the Group estimates the annual tax rate based on projected taxable income for the full year and records a quarterly income tax provision in accordance with the guidance on accounting for income taxes in an interim period. As the year progresses, the Group refines the estimates of the year’s taxable income as new information becomes available. This continual estimation process often results in a change to the expected effective tax rate for the year. When this occurs, the Group adjusts the income tax provision during the quarter in which the change in estimate occurs so that the year to- date provision reflects the expected annual tax rate.
The Group’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022 was
The Group did not incur any interest and penalties related to potential underpaid income tax expenses. From 2022, Beihai Borui Credit Service Co., Ltd., benefits from a preferential tax rate of
13. DIVIDENDS
Quarterly Dividend Policy
On November 15, 2021, the board of directors of the Company approved a quarterly cash dividend policy. Under the policy, the Company will declare and distribute a recurring cash dividend every fiscal quarter, starting from the third fiscal quarter of 2021, at an amount equivalent to approximately
The board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$
The board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$
The board of directors of the Company has approved and declared a dividend of US$
The board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$
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14. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Contingencies
Historically the Group has provided guarantees to certain funding partners through a subsidiary that does not hold a financing guarantee license. In October 2019, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (“CBIRC”) and other government authorities, promulgated a new regulation pursuant to which this structure, may not deemed appropriate. The Group has ceased the business in 2020, and for existing loans, the Group will execute the contract until the expiration of the loans. The new regulation is silent with respect to any grace period that may be permitted to undertake the restructuring. Management has concluded, with the advice of the Group’s legal counsel, that it is not reasonably possible to estimate any potential financial exposure the Group may have as a result of operating the business during this intermediate time period, due to the substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of the relevant laws and regulations. As of September 30, 2022, the outstanding loan balance under this guarantee model amounted to RMB
In July 2020 and in February 2021, CBIRC promulgated two regulations stating that regional banks that carry out internet lending business shall mainly serve local customers, and are not allowed to conduct the internet lending business beyond the local administrative area of their registered place, except those who have no physical business branch, conducting business primarily online as well as meeting the other conditions prescribed by the CBIRC. The Company has changed its distribution strategy so that only local borrowers would be matched to regional banks for new loans facilitated starting from January 1, 2022. The Company believed that, as advised by the Group’s legal counsel, given the lack of exact definition regarding the regional banks in the existing laws and regulations, there are uncertainties as to how the regulation will be implemented, therefore the impact to the Company’s current business operations cannot be reasonably estimated.
In September, 2021, the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”) issued a new regulation stating that organizations that engage in credit investigation business should obtain the credit reporting business license and comply with its other provisions within an 18 month grace period from its effectiveness date of January 1, 2022. Given that the rule does not specify the legitimacy of existing data analytics or precision marketing service providers in the financial service industry, the Company has concluded, as advised by its legal counsel, that it is not reasonably possible to estimate its impact on the Company’s current business operations for credit assessment on borrowers and the potential penalties incurred by the Company thereof.
The Company and its certain current and former officers and directors are named as defendants in a putative securities class action brought by investors who purchased the Company’s securities between April 30, 2020 and July 8, 2021 and who allegedly suffered damages as a result of alleged misstatements and omissions in the Company’s public disclosure documents in connection with its compliance and data collection practices. On January 14, 2022, Lead Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint. On March 15, 2022, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint. On September 26, 2022, Lead Plaintiff notified the Court that he does not intend to file a Second Amended Complaint. The Court entered a judgment in favor of defendants on September 29, 2022. Plaintiff has until October 31, 2022 to appeal the judgment. As the Plaintiff has not appealed till such date, the judgement is final and the Company had no losses over this case.
Commitments
As of September 30, 2022, the Group has certain capital commitments that primarily related to commitments for construction of the regional headquarters and the affiliated industrial park. The total capital commitments contracted but not yet reflected in the financial statements was not less than RMB
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15. NET INCOME PER SHARE
Basic and diluted net income per share for each of the periods presented were calculated as follows:
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
2021 | 2022 | |||
| RMB |
| RMB | |
Numerator: |
|
| ||
Net income attributable to shareholders of the Company | | | ||
Denominator: |
|
| ||
Weighted average Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding used in computing basic income per ordinary share |
| |
| |
Plus: incremental weighted average ordinary shares from assumed exercise of stock options and restricted shares using the treasury stock method |
| |
| |
Weighted average Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding used in computing diluted income per ordinary share |
| |
| |
Basic net income per share |
| |
| |
Diluted net income per share |
| |
| |
For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022,
16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On November 11,2022, the board of directors of the Company has approved a dividend of US$
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