BEIIJING, March 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Yirendai Ltd. (NYSE: YRD) ("Yirendai" or the
"Company"), a leading online consumer finance marketplace in China, today announced the
appointment of Dr. Yichuan Pei as its Chief Credit Officer.
Dr. Pei will be responsible for the overall management of Yirendai's Credit Department to ensure that the credit risk of loan
portfolio on the Company's platform is within the Company's guidelines. He will also work closely with the Company's Chief Risk
Officer, Ms. Yiting Pan, to manage the Risk Management Department. Ms. Yiting Pan is expected to transit from her current position as Yirendai's Chief Risk Officer into a new role
with CreditEase and relocate to the U.S. in the middle of 2017 due to personal reasons. Dr. Pei will take over the full
responsibilities of risk management and assume the Chief Risk Officer position at end of the transition period.
Dr. Pei brings with him over 26 years of experience in the financial industry from consumer lending risk management, credit
product marketing management, asset-backed securities valuation in the United States. Prior to
joining Yirendai, Dr. Pei was Vice General Manager of Ping An Bank in Shanghai, China and Chief Risk Officer of Knowledge Decision Sciences in San Jose,
California. Previously, Dr. Pei served as Senior or Executive Vice President at various banks in the United States, including Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Washington Mutual Bank, Providian Financial
Services, and Fleet Boston Bank. Dr. Pei graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Science and
Technology of China, received a PhD from the Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, Maryland, and awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from
Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey.
"Dr. Yichuan Pei is a highly regarded credit expert with extensive experience in the financial industry. We warmly welcome him
to join our senior management team. With Dr. Pei assuming his roles as Chief Credit Officer, we are very confident to further
enhance our market leading capabilities of credit underwriting and risk management," said Ms. Yihan
Fang, Chief Executive Officer of Yirendai. "At the same time, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to Ms.
Yiting Pan for her outstanding contribution to our risk management during her tenure. We wish her
all the success for the new role with CreditEase in the U.S."
"Yirendai is a leading financial technology company with proven track record and strong momentum," added Dr. Yichuan Pei. "I'm
excited to join the team to contribute to its credit risk management and support its business growth."
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actual results to differ materially from those contained in any such statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to, uncertainties as to Yirendai's ability to attract and retain borrowers and investors on its marketplace,
its ability to introduce new loan products and platform enhancements, its ability to compete effectively, PRC regulations and
policies relating to the peer-to-peer lending service industry in China, general economic
conditions in China, and Yirendai's ability to meet the standards necessary to maintain listing
of its ADSs on the NYSE or other stock exchange, including its ability to cure any non-compliance with the NYSE's
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About Yirenda i
Yirendai Ltd. (NYSE: YRD) is a leading online consumer finance marketplace in China
connecting investors and individual borrowers. The Company provides an effective solution to address largely underserved investor
and individual borrower demand in China through an online platform that automates key aspects of
its operations to efficiently match borrowers with investors and execute loan transactions. Yirendai deploys a proprietary risk
management system, which enables the Company to effectively assess the creditworthiness of borrowers, appropriately price the
risks associated with borrowers, and offer quality loan investment opportunities to investors. Yirendai's online marketplace
provides borrowers with quick and convenient access to consumer credit at competitive prices and investors with easy and quick
access to an alternative asset class with attractive returns. For more information, please visit yirendai.investorroom.com.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
Yirendai
Hui (Matthew) Li
Director of Investor Relations
Email: matthewli@yirendai.com
Christensen
In China
Christian Arnell
Phone: +86 (0) 10-59001548
Email: carnell@christensenir.com
In the U.S.
Linda Bergkamp
Phone: +1 (480) 614-3004
Email: lbergkamp@christensenir.com
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