Qifu Technology, Inc. ADR Class A (QFIN.US) has once again been named as the "most respected company." The market has recognized the combination of "AI+ finance."

On May 20, Extel, a leading global research firm in corporate governance and investor relations (formerly known as "Institutional Investor"), released the results of the 2025 Asia (excluding Japan) Best Management Team ranking. China's leading financial technology company Qudian Technology (NASDAQ: QFIN; HKEX: 3660) once again won the title of "Most Respected Company" and ranked first in several sub-categories such as "Best CEO," "Best CFO," and "Best Investor Relations Professional," making it a shining benchmark in the field of financial technology within ASIA FINANCIAL. Qudian Technology stood out in this selection due to its leading achievements in applying AI technology, coupled with outstanding performance in areas such as information disclosure transparency, corporate governance integrity, and effectiveness in communicating with capital markets, creating a competitive advantage that is difficult to replicate. As an authoritative benchmark for evaluating the overall management level of enterprises in Asia, the Extel awards were voted on by 5,437 fund managers and buy-side analysts, as well as 863 sell-side analysts, covering core dimensions such as financial disclosure, corporate governance, executive leadership, ESG strategies, and more. The Extel awards, a predecessor of "Institutional Investor," have accumulated years of experience and have become an important reference for measuring corporate governance capabilities in the global capital markets. The financial report for the first quarter of 2025, released on the same day, showed that Qudian Technology's business scale and user stickiness continued to increase: it has connected with 163 financial institution partners, registered users reached 268 million, and credited users were at 58.4 million; the total loan volume reached 88.883 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 15.8%. The performance growth was attributed to the deep implementation of its "AI + Financial" strategy. The company is currently building the industry's first intelligent entity that empowers credit core businesses, which is composed of multiple intelligent modules and has already promoted process reconstruction and efficiency improvement in business scenarios. Qudian Technology's end-to-end competitiveness is led by its core management team. CEO Wu Haisheng was awarded "Best CEO," demonstrating outstanding strategic leadership in macroeconomic challenges, leading the company to achieve resilient business growth through the AI strategy, particularly in the effectiveness of AI technology in empowering credit technology and promoting digital transformation in financial institutions. CFO Xu Zuoli, on the other hand, won "Best CFO" with outstanding capabilities in optimizing capital structure and improving capital allocation efficiency. In the first quarter of 2025, the company issued $690 million in convertible bonds, the largest in the industry, and the company's financial health was highly recognized, creating value for shareholders. On the investor relations side, the company received the title of "Best Investor Relations Professional" by depth analysis of financial reports, high-frequency interaction between executives and analysts, and forming a transparent communication system with capital market leader Qi Yun.