Odaily Planet Daily News The Hong Kong virtual bank Fusion Bank (Fusion Bank), which Tencent participated in the investment, announced the news of layoffs after changing the CEO last month. It is said that about 20 people have been laid off, and some positions have been replaced by Tencent WeBank employees.
It is said that the employees affected this time involve the bank card business, the governance transformation department, the president's office and the wealth management business, and cover supervisory positions in the marketing department. Some IT employees are required to be converted to contract workers. If someone leaves the department, it may not be filled by recruitment, and there is room reserved for the introduction of WeBank professionals.
Furong Bank responded that in order to cooperate with the bank's strategic upgrade, the bank has optimized its existing business plan and has received unanimous support from shareholders. In the bank's strategic upgrading and business development, excellent financial and technological talents are needed to join the team, and they will be recruited in the market according to normal procedures.
Last year, the loss of Furong Bank continued to expand, and its operating expenses increased by 25.1% to 525 million yuan. The loss expanded from 435 million yuan the previous year to 534 million yuan last year. The bank announced a management change last month. Xu Yuanhong, the former strategic director of WeBank, succeeded Zhou Ming as the new executive director and chief executive officer. (Letter)