Top 10 companies with most fintech patent applications
2020-08-11
China's leading insurer Ping An took the top spot in the world in fintech patents by filling 1,604 patents last year, according to a report released by the World Intellectual Property Organization.
A total of 3,909 enterprises from 33 countries filed 14,706 fintech patents by the end of 2019, the report said. Among the top 100 list, 48 enterprises came from China, covering traditional finance, fintech, internet, e-commerce, technology, and telecommunications.
Let's take a look at the top 10 companies with the most fintech patent applications.
No 10 Ping An HealthKonnect
Screenshot of Ping An HealthKonnect. [Photo/paybkj.com]
No 9 Ping An Property Insurance
Pedestrians walk past an outlet of Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance of China, one of the major insurers, in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province. [Photo provided to China Daily]
No 8 Bank of China
An exterior view of the Nanyou branch of the Bank of China in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, Nov 29, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]
No 7 Ping An Life Insurance
Screenshot of Ping An Life Insurance. [Photo/life.pingan.com]
No 6 IBM
A man stands near an IBM logo at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Feb 25, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
No 5 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Screenshot of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. [Photo/statefarm.com]
No 4 Tencent
A Tencent sign is seen at the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, Oct 20, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
No 3 OneConnect
Screenshot of OneConnect, a fintech service company under Chinese insurance giant Ping An. [Photo/ocft.com]
No 2 Ping An Technology
People visit Ping An Technology's booth at an expo in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, Nov 13, 2019. [Photo/tech.pingan.com]
