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Wednesday, July 15 2020 - 21:06
AsiaNet
Yeahka Increases Investments in Payment Service Industry and Empowers Business Services through Continued Development in SaaS Technology
HONG KONG, July 15, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

YEAHKA LIMITED ("Yeahka" or the "Company", stock code: 9923.HK), a leading 
technology platform in China, was listed on the Main Board of The Stock 
Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in June 2020. The shares of the Company initially 
offered under the Hong Kong Public Offering and International Offering were 
significantly over-subscribed and very significantly over-subscribed 
respectively. After the listing, a number of brokers, including CLSA, China 
Renaissance, and Oriental Patron, initiated buy ratings on Yeahka, reflecting 
the capital market's confidence in the Company's business model and future 
prospects. 

As payment technologies mature, demand from merchants for digital and smart 
solutions continues to increase, with the aim to acquire customers and improve 
overall customer experience through the use of innovative technologies. As the 
leading payment-based technology platform in China, Yeahka has rapidly expanded 
its customer base in recent years, and has accumulated vast volumes of data 
through countless payment transactions, enabling the Company to leverage its 
growing expertise in big data analysis and the use of AI technology to further 
fulfill the needs of merchants and consumers for digital and smart solutions.

In March 2019, Yeahka and its shareholder Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd ("Recruit 
Holdings"), a renowned Japanese internet company, jointly established RYK 
Capital Partners Limited ("RYK Capital Partners"), an industrial investment 
platform. Yeahka will continue to explore investment opportunities across the 
business services and technology fields via RYK Capital Partners, aiming to 
create synergies with Yeahka's strategies. 

Investment platform continues to expand in the industry 

More recently, Yeahka has expanded its payment and SaaS business through its 
investment platform by continuing to strengthen its value chain from payments 
to business services to create value for merchants and consumers.

In May 2020, Yeahka, through RYK Capital Partners, increased investment in 
Fushi Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.'s payment and service platform 
"Haoshengyi". Haoshengyi connects a variety of payment methods, assisting 
merchants to consolidate cash register and integrated billing functions, as 
well as to offer them store management and customer services. Haoshengyi has 
been expanding rapidly by effectively capitalizing on market opportunities that 
stem from the evolving digital economy, where micro and small merchants are in 
dire need of intelligent business solutions. Expanding gradually from cities, 
Haoshengyi is now available in 17 cities including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan, 
and Chengdu. Haoshengyi serves numerous micro and small businesses across 
various sectors, including from catering, retail, fashion, lifestyle, 
entertainment to social services, on-campus services, postal services, 
automobiles, telecommunications and hospitals. Yeahka's investment in 
Haoshengyi has further strengthened its own sales channels and business 
operations, enabling Yeahka to offer in-depth payment and business services 
empowered by technology for more merchants and consumers.  

In June 2020, Yeahka, through RYK Capital Partners, made a strategic investment 
in Shenzhen Zhibaiwei Technology Development Co., Ltd. ("Zhibaiwei"), a leading 
SaaS software developer in China. Yeahka will further collaborate closely with 
Zhibaiwei on value-added services such as payment solutions, SaaS software, and 
marketing services. Zhibaiwei is a development and operations service provider 
that focuses on retail, ERP for the catering industry, SaaS, mobile internet 
and O2O technology platform. Zhibaiwei provides customers with a comprehensive 
range of solutions that include management consulting, mobile payments, 
equipment procurement, system integration and technical services. As of the end 
of 2019, Zhibaiwei cumulatively served nearly 300,000 merchants across China.

Technology-enabled smart services catering to merchants' needs in all scenarios

By leveraging transaction data generated from the Company's payment services 
and powered by AI-enabled image recognition, intelligent credit analysis and 
scoring technologies, Yeahka offers a variety of technology-enabled business 
services, including merchant SaaS products and marketing services, allowing 
merchants to improve operational efficiency and effectively reach target 
markets. At the same time, Yeahka creates value by enabling companies to 
improve their end-to-end ecosystems and promoting transactions between 
merchants and consumers.

As a pioneer in providing technology-enabled business services to merchants, 
Yeahka successfully launched Smart Shopkeeper in 2015, an intelligent ordering 
machine. By using Smart Shopkeeper, customers can use Yeahka's restaurant 
management app to view menus and place orders, which helps restaurants 
alleviate the pressure on their staff during the peak hours and improve their 
operational efficiency. The Smart Shopkeeper has been the bestselling and the 
second-bestselling cash register on Tmall and Pinduoduo, respectively.

In March 2020, Yeahka launched Juhuisaosao, the Company's proprietary smart 
payment speaker application, which supports a wide variety of payment methods. 
The app enables voice reminders to merchants when new payments arrive, thus 
minimizing the likelihood of missed or lost orders during business rush hours. 
Juhuisaosao also enables merchants to gain additional insights into their 
business performance through analysis of transaction data gathered within the 
app. 

In the same month, Yeahka launched Yuehuiquan, a coupon aggregation platform 
which enables merchants to build their customer base for private marketing, 
through the creation, distribution, receipt and sharing of coupons to acquire 
customers. It helps merchants to maintain customer relationships, while 
providing customers a platform to acquire coupons, achieving a win-win 
situation for all parties.

Continuous investment in tech innovations to build a new smart payment ecosystem

Throughout the development of Yeahka in recent years, with the aim of creating 
a smart payment ecosystem, Yeahka has been investing to upgrade its technology 
through strategic investments in RYK Capital Partners and developing products 
for SaaS and sales services across its own platforms. Looking ahead, Yeahka 
will further increase its strategic investments in upstream and downstream 
business sectors, as well as in basic technologies and core product upgrades. 
Yeahka will also explore comprehensive scenario-specific functionalities for 
mobile payments and smart marketing services by leveraging technological 
innovations in AI and cloud computing. This will improve the Company's ability 
to offer premium customized services, while creating tangible value for 
merchants and consumers. By leveraging its strong technological innovation and 
risk management capabilities, the Company will continue to develop and build a 
sustainable and trusted technology platform.

About YEAHKA LIMITED (9923.HK)

YEAHKA LIMITED ("Yeahka" or the "Company") is a leading payment-based 
technology platform in China providing payment and business services to 
merchants and consumers. As of December 31, 2019, Yeahka was one of the only 16 
payment service providers that were granted both the national bank card 
acquiring license and mobile phone payment license. The Company has one of the 
largest third-party payment service customer bases in China, and it is growing 
rapidly. According to Oliver Wyman, Inc., Yeahka is the second largest non-bank 
independent QR code payment service provider in China, with approximately 14.0% 
market share in terms of transaction count in 2019. Leveraging the customer 
base and data assets acquired from payment services, the Company has extended 
its product and service offerings to technology-enabled business services, 
which have enabled the Company to complete an end-to-end ecosystem which 
facilitates transactions between merchants and consumers and creates value for 
merchants and consumers.

SOURCE  Yeahka
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