WUJIANG, CHINA--(Marketwired - Jul 25, 2014) - China Commercial Credit, Inc. (
After determining that the majority of these defaulting borrowers had subsequently acquired the capability of repaying these funds, CCCR recovered approximately $0.7 million in cash from these borrowers and converted an additional $2.1 million of their debt into one-year loan notes payable by the borrowers directly to the company. All funds reclaimed via the above measures will be applied to CCCR's total capital available for use on its microfinance lending and loan guarantee businesses.
The company expects to announce that its second quarter payments to lenders on behalf of loan guarantee customers, although less than in the first quarter, will still amount to about $3.7 million. Of this total, CCCR has thus far recovered $1.1 million and converted an additional $1.6 million of their debt into one-year loan notes payable by the borrowers directly to the company. The financial adjustments related to these events will be included in the company's upcoming Q2 report.
About China Commercial Credit
China Commercial Credit ( http://www.chinacommercialcredit.com ), founded in 2008, provides business loans and loan guarantee services to more than 260 small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), farmers and individuals in China's Jiangsu Province. Due to recent legislation and banking reform in China, these SMEs, farmers and individuals -- which historically had been excluded from borrowing funds from State-owned and commercial banks -- are now able to borrow money at competitive rates from microfinance lenders. According to 2012 data, SMEs account for eight of ten jobs in China and comprise nearly 60 percent of the nation's GDP.Utilizing proceeds of the recently completed secondary public offering, the company intends to commence its financial leasing business. It also recently launched a peer-to-peer online lending platform designed to pair SME borrowers with willing lenders.
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Forward-Looking Statements
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