• About Lakala

    Founded in 2005, Lakala is a leading third-party payment provider in China and one of the first institutions to obtain the Payment Service License issued by the People's Bank of China in 2011. As a merchant digital service provider, Lakala leverages payments as its entry point and continues to advance its“Payments+”ecosystem. The company accelerates the integration of AI with business operations to deliver comprehensive digital and intelligent solutions for merchants.

    Lakala holds acquiring memberships with six major international card schemes: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB, Discover and UnionPay International—providing full-scenario foreign card acceptance solutions, with services covering key cities across China.

    The company is licensed by the People’s Bank of China to conduct cross-border RMB payment services. Its business network spans more than 100 countries and regions, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR of China, and multiple countries across Africa, helping businesses expand globally and enhance international competitiveness. Lakala International is also a Visa Issuing Member, enabling diversified overseas payment products and services for cross-border merchants and enterprises expanding overseas.

    Development History

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    Lakala was awarded the titles of "Top 100 Private Enterprises in Beijing" and "Top 100 Enterprises in Social Responsibility" by the Beijing Federation of Industry and Commerce

    Lakala has been named one of the Top 100 Chinese Internet Enterprises in Comprehensive Strength 2025 by the Internet Society of China

    Lakala Ranked 21st in 2025 Top 100 Beijing Digital Economy Enterprises, 21st in Top 100 Beijing High-end & Sophisticated Enterprises, 43rd in Top 100 Beijing Service Industry Enterprises, and 128th in Top 100 Jing-Jin-Ji Service Industry Enterprises

    Lakala Won the "Most Investment Value Award" on the 2025 Most Influential Enterprises List by Cls.cn

    Lakala Awarded as "2025 Listed Company with Investment Value" by JRJ.com

    Lakala won the 2025 Listed Company ESG Crystal Ball Award presented by Securities Market Weekly

    Lakala won the "Best ESG Pioneer Award" and "Best ESG Digital Innovation Application Award" in the 2025 Hong Kong International ESG Annual Ranking presented by Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao

    Lakala has been named one of the "Top 100 Competitive FinTech Enterprises in China" by the Zhongguancun Internet Finance Research Institute

    Lakala was awarded the "Topology Award" for 2025 Digital Financial Institutions by Cls.cn

    Lakala Won the Award for "Excellent Case of Innovative Application in Intelligent Risk Control Technology 2025" awarded by China Times

    Lakala Honored as "Enterprise with Brand Influence of 2025" at the 12th Golden Pine Awards

    Awarded "Top 100 Private Enterprises in Beijing" and "Top 100 in Social Responsibility" by the Beijing Federation of Industry and Commerce

    Recognized as one of the "Top 100 Enterprises in China's Internet Comprehensive Strength 2024"

    Selected as the "Best Typical Case of Digital Transformation of Chinese Listed Companies in 2024"

    Honored as "ESG Listed Company of the Year"

    Ranked 22nd in the "2024 Beijing Top 100 Digital Economy Enterprises" and 49th among "Beijing Top 100 Service Enterprises"

    Recognized by?China.org.cn?as an "Annual Outstanding Case in Boosting Domestic Demand"

    Received the "Topology Award" for Excellent Cross-border Payment Brand in 2024 and the "Topology Award" for Digital Financial Institution in 2024 by Cailian Society

    Awarded the 2023 China Ding Finance Annual Digital Finance Excellent Case

    Won the "Cross-border Digital Financial Service Award" at the 9th Golden Pine Award

    Awarded "the Most Investment-worthy Listed Company" in the 2023 Leading China Golden Wisdom Award Annual Selection

    Rated 79th among Beijing's Top 100 Private Enterprises and 77th among the Top 100 in Social Responsibility

    Ranked 23rd in the 2023 Beijing Top 100 Digital Economy Enterprises, 97th in the Beijing Top 100 Enterprises, and 48th in the Beijing Top 100 Service Enterprises

    Recognized as one of the Top 100 Enterprises in China's Internet Comprehensive Strength 2023

    Won the "Excellent Innovative Institution in the Payment Industry of the Year" at the 2023 6th Kejin Awards for Digital Finance

    Recognized as the Best Social Responsibility (S) Practice Enterprise in ESG 2022

    Honored as a National Advanced Private Enterprise in Employment and Social Security

    Selected as "China Well-Managed Company" for the third consecutive year

    Listed in the "Beijing Top 100 Private Enterprises" and "Top 100 Social Responsibility List" for the fifth consecutive year, ranking 62nd and 34th respectively

    Included in the"2022 List of Top 100 Internet Enterprises in China by Comprehensive Strength"

    Ranked 17th in the 2022 Beijing Top 100 Digital Economy Enterprises, 87th in the Beijing Top 100 Enterprises, and 48th in the Beijing Top 100 Service Enterprises

    Listed in the "Beijing Top 100 Software and IT Service Enterprises by Comprehensive Strengt" and "Beijing Software Enterprises Core Competitiveness" lists for two consecutive years

    Awarded the "2020 Listed Company Social Responsibility Award" and "2020 Outstanding Contribution Enterprise in Anti-epidemic" at the 10th China Public Welfare Festival

    Received the "Financial Technology Enterprise Anti-epidemic Contribution Award" issued by Mobile Payment Network

    Received the "2021 Outstanding Brand Image Award" at the 10th Finance and Economics Summit

    Recognized as a "China Well-Managed Company" by Deloitte China

    Selected as "2020 China Well-Managed Company" by Deloitte

    Awarded "Best Financial Technology Innovation Award", "Top 10 Financial Technology Innovation Awards", and "Top 10 Financial Technology Service Innovation Awards for Small and Micro Enterprises" by?The Banker?magazine

    Included in the "IDC Asia-Pacific Fastest Growing 101 Financial Technology Enterprises List"

    Awarded the "Most Valuable Brand Award" by?International Financial News

    Ranked among the TOP 50 Most Innovative Companies in China by?Forbes?magazine

    Included in "2020 China Financial Technology Competitiveness Top 100" and "2020 China Financial Technology Patent Technology Top 100" at the 4th International Cloud Summit on Financial Technology and Financial Security

    Awarded the CPEA2020 "Golden Vine Award" for Excellent Third-party Payment Enterprise

    Listed in the "2020 China (ChiNext) Listed Companies Top 100 Ranking" and "2020 China Fastest-Growing Listed Companies Ranking" compiled by Huadun Economic Research Institute

    Recognized among the "2019 China Internet Enterprise Top 100 " at the conference co-hosted by the Internet Society of China and the Cybersecurity Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

    Awarded "2019 China Financial Technology Industry Innovation TOP30" by EqualOcean

    Listed in the "Third-party Payment Pioneer List" by?Securities Times

    Listed in the "Beijing Top 100 Private Enterprises, Top 100 in Scientific and Technological Innovation, and Top 100 Cultural Enterprises" issued by the Beijing Federation of Industry and Commerce

    Awarded "2019 Most Investment-worthy Award" by?Investment Times

    Honored as "Annual Trustworthy Outstanding Listed Company" by?Investor Journal

    Received the "Annual Most Practical Technology Award" at the BRICS Award by?Southern Metropolis Daily

    Awarded the "Listed Company Social Responsibility Award" at the 9th China Public Welfare Festival

    Awarded "2018 Financial Technology Pioneer Institution" at the "2018 International Pioneer Financial Institution Summit Forum and Award Ceremony" hosted by International Financial News

    Honored as "Annual Most Innovative Platform" at the "2017 China Most Influential New Finance Award" co-hosted by China Directors Bureau and China Data Research Center

    Awarded "Most Marketing Innovative Enterprise" at the 10th Advertiser Golden Far Award

    Awarded "2017 Most Dazzling Financial Technology Award" at the "First New Era Capital Forum" hosted by Securities Daily

    Awarded "2017 Industry Influence · Annual Outstanding Institution" at the Phoenix Network Cushi Award

    Awarded "2017 Best Risk Control Platform in Science and Technology Finance" at the Huaxia Times Golden Cicada Award

    Recognized as "2017 Outstanding Small and Micro Financial Service Enterprise Award" by Beijing News

    Awarded the "2017 Inclusive Finance Excellent Brand Award" by the Internet Finance Working Committee of the Internet Society of China

    Received the "2017 China Mobile Payment Industry Annual Influence Award" by the China Mobile Payment Industry Association

    Listed in the "2016 Excellent Brand Award" on the China FinTech Innovation List by the Internet Finance Association

    Received the "Peking University Outstanding Education Contribution Award"

    Awarded "2017 China's Most Competitive Enterprise in Inclusive Finance" by Zhongguancun Financial Research Institute

    Received the "2017 Top 10 Internet Finance Marketing Innovation Awards" by?The Banker

    Sun Guohua, Chairman of Lakala, was awarded "2017 Hurun China New Finance Person of the Year"

    Sun Taoran, Chairman of Lakala, was awarded the "2017 New Era Business Leader " by Jiemian

    Sun Taoran, Chairman of Lakala, was awarded the "2017 Most Valuable Business Leader " by?East Finance

    Sun Taoran, Chairman of Lakala, was awarded the "2017 Industrial Innovation Person " by EqualOcean

    Lakala was awarded the "2017 Beijing Top 10 Financial Industry Brands Inclusive Finance Practice " by Beijing Business Daily and Beijing Brand Association

    Lakala's anti-money laundering project was awarded the Security Application Award in the 2017 Online and Mobile Payment Excellent Case Selection by the China Payment and Clearing Association

    Listed in the "2017 China Third-party Payment Pioneer List" by?Securities Times

    Lakala Payment was listed in the "2017 Beijing Top 100 Software and IT Service Enterprises"

    Received the 2016 "Best Inclusive Financial Service" award at the "2016 Golden Brick Award" hosted by Southern Metropolis Daily

    Sun Taoran, Chairman of Lakala, was awarded the "2016 Chinese Economic Leader" Award at the "Annual Chinese Economic Figure Ceremony" hosted by Phoenix TV and Phoenix Network

    Awarded the "2016 Beijing Top 10 Financial Brands (Transformation & Upgrading Pioneer)" at the 2016 Second Beijing Financial Forum

    Honored as the "2016 Top 10 Internet Financial Innovation Companies of the Year" at the Financial Times Annual Conference

    Awarded the "Annual Innovative Payment Institution" award at the New Finance Annual Conference

    Sun Taoran, Chairman of Lakala, was named"2016 Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year" at the "2016 Business Power Annual Cloud Summit"

    Sun Taoran, Chairman of Lakala, was listed among"2016 Top 30 Most Influential Entrepreneurs of the Year" at the "Aiwen Leading Figure Summit"

    Awarded "2016 Most Influential Technology Financial Enterprise" at the "2016 Technology Financial Innovation Summit" hosted by Financing China

    In the "Beyond Imagination" Innovation Competitiveness Selection list hosted by China Management Newspaper, Lakala was awarded "Brand Innovation Award"

    Lakala Smart Band won the "Best Wearable Product Award" at the Second "Golden Pine Award" Mobile Payment Industry Awards Ceremony

    Sun Taoran, Chairman of Lakala, was awarded the "2015 China Internet Finance Advanced Person" Award by the Internet Finance Working Committee of China

    Awarded the "2015 China's Most Competitive Internet Finance Enterprise " Award by Zhongguancun Internet Finance Research Institute and China Internet Finance 30 Forum (CIF30)

    Listed in the "2016 Hurun New Finance Top 100 (Top 50)" and awarded "2016 China's Best User Experience New Financial Enterprise"

    Ranked 7th in the 10th China Most Investment-worthy Enterprise Top 50 Selection Cloud List by Zero2IPO Group

    Awarded "Golden Reputation Internet Financial Institution" by Jinghua Times

    Received the "Analysys Star" Award at the Analysys A10 Summit

    Awarded the “2015 Best Comprehensive Internet Financial Platform” at the Internet Weekly Annual Conference

    Received the "Excellent Financial Service Award" at the Financial World Leading China Annual Selection

    Awarded the “2015 Golden Orange Award for Trustworthy Internet Financial Platform” by Economic Observer

    Awarded "2015 China's Most Popular Corporate Online Shopping Brand/Product" by CCID Research Institute

    Received the "New Financial Service Award" on the 2015 China Inclusive Finance List by?National Business Daily

    Sun Taoran, Chairman of Lakala, was named one of the Top 10 Brand China Figures of the Year 2015

    Sun Taoran, Chairman of Lakala, was awarded "2015 China's Top 10 Economic Financial Figures" by China Economic Information Magazine

    Sun Taoran, Chairman of Lakala, was awarded "2015 Internet Financial Figure of the Year" at the China Internet Financial Innovation Selection hosted by?Securities Times

    Honored as an"Internet Financial Innovation Practice Base" at the 14th China Internet Conference - China Inclusive Finance Conference 2015

    Sun Taoran, Chairman of Lakala, received the Financial Practice Innovation Award from Peking University's Cao Fengqi Financial Development Fund

    Sun Taoran, Chairman of Lakala, was named "2014 China's Top 10 Internet Financial Innovation Figures" by the Internet Finance Working Committee of China

    Awarded "2013 Mobile Payment Innovation Award"

    Awarded "2013 China Internet Financial Innovation Award"

    Awarded the "Golden Tripod Award" and "Annual Excellent Solution Award" at the China International Financial Exhibition

    Awarded the Golden Bee Award for "Social Network Marketing Case Award", "2014 Top 10 Corporate Official Weibo", and "2013 Top 10 Corporate WeChat Public Account"

    Awarded the "2014 Excellence in Payment Security Promotion Award" from the Internet Financial Payment Security Alliance (Ministry of Public Security & China UnionPay)

    Awarded the 2014 "Golden Spider" Award for Outstanding Corporate Social Responsibility in Internet Finance and the Internet Finance Practice Award by Xinhuanet

    Awarded the "Annual Internet Financial Innovation Solution Award" and "Annual Best O2O Business Model Award" by the Organizing Committee of the 10th Beijing International Financial Expo

    Awarded "2013 China's Best Internet Financial Product"

    Received the “Best Mobile Consumer Engagement Award”

    Awarded "China Excellent Financial Award"

    Awarded the honor of "Excellent Third-party Payment Institution"

    Awarded "Integrity Service Demonstration Unit" and "2012 Haidian District Advanced Unit for Rapid Consumer Dispute Resolution" by Haidian District Consumers Association

    Sun Taoran, Chairman of Lakala, was awarded the "Influencing China Annual Figures List - New Economy Industry Leader" Award by?China News Weekly

    Awarded "DCCI China E-commerce Marketing Hundred-person Summit" by Internet Data Center

    Awarded "2012 Golden Cicada Award for Most Innovative Third-party Payment"

    Awarded “Excellent Technology Innovation Product by Global Taxation

    Ranked third in the 11th Top 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in China

    Awarded "Annual Innovative Scientific and Technological Achievement" by Global Taxation

    Awarded "Top 50 Mobile Internet in China" at the 6th China Communications Industry Award

    Ranked third in the 11th Top 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in China

    Awarded the title of "2011 Top 10 Micro-Innovation Enterprises in China"

    Awarded "2011 Fastest-Growing Emerging Enterprise of the Year" at the 21 Future Star by?Chinese Entrepreneurs

    Awarded "China Fastest-Growing Emerging Enterprise Award" at the 2011 Standard Chartered Bank - China Growth Enterprise Value List

    Awarded "2011 China's Best Business Model Future Star" by Business World Media

    Awarded "China Electronic Transaction Promotion Award" by the Electronic Transaction Professional Committee of China E-commerce Association

    Awarded "2010 Best Corporate Social Responsibility Contribution Award"

    Awarded "Innovative Product Award" and "Annual Excellence IT Service Special Award"

    Awarded "21st Century China's Best Business Model Award"

    Awarded "Caring Partner" for the Caring Package Project by China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation

    Awarded "Best Electronic Payment Innovation Award"

    Ranked among the TOP50 "Enterprises with the Most Investment Potential" in the 2009 (3rd) China Venture Capital Value List

    Awarded "2009 Best Electronic Payment Innovation Award" by Financial World

    Awarded "Best Channel Construction Award"

    Awarded "2008 Excellent Enterprise Best Innovation Model Award"

    Awarded "2007 China's Best Fixed Network Payment Provider"

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