ChinaLink Professional Service

What ChinaLink Professional Service does

CLPS Incorporation (NASDAQ: CLPS) is a Cayman Islands-domiciled IT services company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Hong Kong, with operational roots in Shanghai. The firm primarily serves financial institutions with legacy system modernization, core banking testing, IT consulting, and proprietary AI-driven automation products, and operates 10 offshore delivery centers across 19 countries with 4,500+ employees. Its proprietary technology stack includes NiBot RPA (an AI-augmented robotic process automation engine with 300+ components and 60+ APIs that integrates NLP, OCR, and large language models), CAKU (a cloud-native, microservices-based card processing system supporting 4,000+ TPS, 1,200+ APIs, and Visa/Mastercard/UnionPay/JCB integration), and the AI Rainstorm Factory development methodology—a six-workshop SDLC framework that targets 50%+ acceleration in project delivery cycles. The company also sells an AI-driven COBOL-to-Java migration solution and CoreOptimizer.ai for mainframe code optimization, addressing the banking "COBOL cliff" with LLM-based semantic understanding and knowledge-graph reconstruction of undocumented legacy systems.

CLPS generates the bulk of revenue (96.2% of H1 FY2026) from IT consulting and outsourced talent services, supplemented by a fast-growing "Customized IT Solutions" stream (+134.7% YoY in H1 FY2026) that bundles proprietary products, plus small contributions from education (CAE in Singapore) and other services. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales targeting banks and fintechs, delivered through wholly-owned subsidiaries including Qinson Credit Card Services (QCC) for payment infrastructure, JAJI Global for automotive and IT solutions, College of Allied Educators for fintech talent development, and Purple Potato Finance for licensed money lending in Hong Kong. Customer segmentation is vertical-led, with banking as the primary vertical (~303 IT services clients in H1 FY2026) followed by automotive, e-commerce, and education, and pricing is negotiated on multi-year project-based contracts with no public SaaS list pricing.

Name

ChinaLink Professional Service

Legal name

CLPS Incorporation

Website

https://clpsglobal.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

CLPS is a NASDAQ-listed IT services firm providing AI-driven legacy banking modernization, RPA, and payment infrastructure to 303+ financial institution clients across 19 countries via 4,500+ employees and 10 offshore delivery centers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Technology Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) & Document Automation (BPAEAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

CCP Settlement & Payment Infrastructure Services (FSAFAFAL)

Keywords

• IT consulting services
• Financial software development
• Robotic process automation
• Card processing systems
• Legacy system modernization

Headquarters

HQ city

Shanghai

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. IT Consulting Services: Traditional IT consulting and outsourcing services providing technology professionals to clients. Revenue grew 2.2% year-over-year to $81.8 million, accounting for 96.2% of total revenue in H1 FY2026. Driven by client base growth and global expansion strategy, particularly outside mainland China.
2. Customized IT Solutions: Proprietary product and tailored solution development including AI, RPA, and payment technology implementations. Revenue surged 134.7% year-over-year to $2.2 million in H1 FY2026, representing 2.6% of total revenue. Growth fueled by Nibot AI agent launch, AI-powered banking modernization projects, and CAKU payment system deployments.
3. Academic Education Services: Educational services through the College of Allied Educators (CAE) in Singapore, offering programs from certificates to doctoral degrees in Fintech, Business Management, Psychology, and related fields. Revenue was $0.9 million in H1 FY2026, representing 1.0% of total revenue, affected by post-acquisition resource integration.
4. Other Services: Includes IT product sales and headhunting services. Revenue was $0.1 million in H1 FY2026, representing 0.2% of total revenue, declining 79.9% year-over-year due to reduced IT product sales and headhunting activity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ChinaLink Professional Service (CLPS) provides IT consulting, custom software development, and proprietary fintech platforms to financial institutions globally. The company supplies technology professionals and solutions spanning banking system implementation, core banking testing, COBOL-to-Java legacy migration, robotic process automation (NiBot RPA), and an open-platform card processing system (CAKU), delivered through 10 offshore delivery centers across 19 countries.

Product overview

CLPS offers a dual-engine product portfolio centered on AI-powered enterprise automation and modern payment infrastructure. The core products are NiBot RPA (an intelligent automation engine combining RPA with AI for business process automation) and CAKU (an open-platform card processing system for high-concurrency payment processing). These are complemented by QCC (a wholly-owned subsidiary providing payment and financial infrastructure solutions), the AI-driven COBOL-to-Java Migration Solution for mainframe modernization, the CoreOptimizer.ai optimization platform, a Web3 issuance platform, and the proprietary AI Rainstorm Factory development methodology. The portfolio enables end-to-end digital transformation across banking, payment, and enterprise operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NiBot RPA: CLPS's proprietary enterprise RPA and intelligent automation engine that integrates RPA with AI for business process automation.
• CAKU

Products and services

• Banking System Consulting & Implementation End-to-end consulting and implementation services for core banking systems, targeting financial institutions undertaking banking platform deployment and modernization.
• Core Banking System Testing Services Independent software testing services for core banking systems, leveraging AI-powered automated testing and TMMi Level 5 certified quality management processes.
• Financial Banking Products Development and delivery of financial banking products and solutions for financial institution clients, including payment products and lending platforms.
• IT Consulting Services Broad IT consulting, custom development, and IT talent outsourcing services for clients across banking, automotive, e-commerce, and education sectors, delivered through a global offshore delivery center model.
• NiBot RPA Proprietary enterprise-grade Robotic Process Automation (RPA) engine combining RPA with AI (NLP, OCR, LLMs) for business process automation, with 300+ standardized components, low-code visual development, and 60+ open APIs.
• CAKU Open-platform cloud-native card processing system built on distributed microservices architecture, supporting 4,000+ TPS, 1,200+ out-of-the-box APIs, Visa/Mastercard/UnionPay/JCB integration, and digital wallets, with PCI-DSS and ISO 27001 compliance.
• AI-Driven COBOL-to-Java Migration Solution Proprietary AI-powered solution using Large Language Models for high-precision migration of legacy COBOL core banking systems to Java, preserving business logic through knowledge graph construction for black-box legacy systems.
• CoreOptimizer.ai AI-powered platform for deep analysis of COBOL and RPG code, identifying performance bottlenecks and redundant logic for code-level optimization during mainframe modernization transitions.
• Web3 Issuance Platform Web3-ready platform bridging traditional finance and digital assets, enabling secure, compliant, and real-time stablecoin settlement meeting global regulatory standards.
• QCC Payment Solutions (Qinson Credit Card Services) Payment technology and digital credit solutions for Asia-Pacific banks and fintechs, integrating CLPS's AI and RPA capabilities into scalable and compliant payment frameworks.
• College of Allied Educators (CAE) Programs Educational programs from certificates to doctoral degrees in Fintech, Business Management, Psychology, Special Education, and related fields, offered through CLPS's wholly-owned Singapore-based College of Allied Educators subsidiary.

Quantifiable outcome

• Revenue growth of 15.2% to $164.5 million in FY2025; 2.8% growth to $85.1 million in H1 FY2026
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Emerging Southeast Asian Neobank (subsidiary)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 25 March 2026CLPS subsidiary QCC partnered with an emerging Southeast Asian neobank (a subsidiary of a leading SEA neobank group) to deploy the CAKU payment system for comprehensive credit card issuance and management. QCC provides end-to-end professional services including project management, solution design, testing, training, and deployment. This partnership includes pioneering cloud-direct connectivity with card schemes.
• The Bank of East Asia (BEA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 November 2025CLPS partnered with BEA to conduct a Proof-of-Concept of Nibot, CLPS's proprietary AI agent, within the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's (HKMA) GenA.I. Sandbox. The initiative explores Nibot's potential to improve banking operations, enhance efficiency, and ensure regulatory compliance, involving multiple countries and strategic regional hubs.
• Shell Infotech (Singapore)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 June 2024CLPS acquired Shell Infotech, a Singapore-based IT consulting firm, through its subsidiary Ridik Pte. Ltd. The acquisition aims to expand CLPS's market share and client base in Southeast Asia, with an expected revenue increase of 25% to 30%. It supports CLPS's global expansion strategy across Asia-Pacific including Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• TCS (Tata Consultancy Services): Largest Indian IT services firm with one of the deepest banking practices globally. Competes with CLPS on mainframe modernization, core banking testing, and large-scale financial institution engagements.
• Infosys: Global IT services leader with deep banking and financial services practice. Competes with CLPS for large bank IT modernization deals, particularly in Asia-Pacific where Infosys has significant offshore delivery presence.
• Cognizant: Large global IT services firm with a substantial banking and financial services vertical. Directly comparable to CLPS in core banking modernization, testing, and IT consulting, but operates at materially greater scale with broader delivery capabilities.
• Temenos: Global banking software provider specializing in core banking platforms. Adjacent to CLPS — Temenos provides the core systems that CLPS often helps implement, modernize, and integrate for financial institution clients.
• Wipro: Major global IT services firm with a banking, financial services, and insurance vertical. Comparable in delivering large-scale banking modernization and consulting services, though at vastly greater scale.

Emerging players

• Hexaware Technologies: Mid-size IT services firm with banking and financial services focus. Comparable in scale and customer base, especially for digital transformation and automation services within financial institutions.
• Mphasis: India-based IT services provider with strong banking vertical, particularly in mortgage and lending technology. Comparable to CLPS in providing legacy modernization and IT consulting to financial institutions.

Direct peers

• Chinasoft International: Hong Kong-listed Chinese IT services firm with comparable geographic footprint and banking/financial services focus. Most directly comparable to CLPS given similar size, China-rooted operations, and bank-IT delivery model.
• iSoftStone: China-based IT services and solutions provider serving financial institutions and enterprises. Comparable in scope of banking IT consulting, custom development, and offshore delivery model centered on Greater China.

Others

• UiPath: Leading pure-play RPA platform vendor. Adjacent to CLPS's NiBot RPA product — both target enterprise process automation, though UiPath is a software platform vendor while NiBot is part of CLPS's broader services portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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