SHENZHEN, China, June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- X Financial $(XYF)$ ("X Financial" or the "Company" or "we"), a leading Chinese fintech platform, today announced that Mr. Yufan Jiang resigned from his position as the Chief Risk Officer of the Company, effective from July 1, 2026, due to personal reasons. Mr. Yufan Jiang's resignation was not a result of any disagreement with the Company's operations, policies or procedures. We express our gratitude for his dedicated contributions during his tenure with the Company. We also extend our sincere best wishes to Mr. Yufan Jiang for his future career and personal life.

Effective July 1, 2026, Mr. Kan Li will be appointed as Acting Chief Risk Officer of the Company. Mr. Kan Li has served as the President and Director of the Company and will continue to hold these positions.

Mr. Kan Li has served as the President of the Company since May 2021, Director since December 2021 and our Chief Risk Officer from November 2017 to November 2023. Mr. Li joined our company in 2015, initially serving as a Department Head overseeing unsecured loan risk from 2015 to 2017.

About X Financial

X Financial (NYSE: XYF) (the "Company") is a leading Chinese fintech platform. The Company is committed to connecting borrowers on its platform with its institutional funding partners. With its proprietary big data-driven technology, the Company has established strategic partnerships with financial institutions across multiple areas of its business operations, enabling it to facilitate and originate loans to prime borrowers under a risk assessment and control system.

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Mr. Fuya Zheng

Mr. Noah Kauffman

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June 17, 2026 05:50 ET (09:50 GMT)