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SEC Comment Letter for Beta FinTech Holdings Ltd (BTFT) (CIK 0002046216) — Jan 13, 2025

Beta FinTech Holdings Ltd (BTFT) (CIK 0002046216)
Date: Jan. 13, 2025 · CIK: 0002046216 · Accession: 0000000000-25-000301

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January 10, 2025
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Beta FinTech Holdings Ltd (BTFT) (CIK 0002046216)

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January 10, 2025 Xianxin Xiang Chief Executive Officer Beta FinTech Holdings Ltd Rm 3326, East Block, China Merchants Tower 168-200 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Re:Beta FinTech Holdings Ltd DRS filed December 13, 2024 and DRS amendment filed December 23, 2024 File No. 377-07604 Dear Xianxin Xiang : We have reviewed your draft registration statement and amendment and have the following comments. Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on EDGAR. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing the information you provide in response to this letter and your amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional comments. DRS filed December 13, 2024 and DRS amendment filed December 23, 2024 Cover Page 1.In the fifth paragraph of the cover page of the DRS/A, indicate, as you do on page 45, that you do not operate your business through a VIE structure. 2.We note the disclosure in the in the first paragraph of the first full risk factor on page 28 (of the amended DRS) that you will apply to have your securities approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market upon consummation of this offering. We also note the last sentence of that risk factor which states, "Trading in the Ordinary Shares will commence within five days after the date of the initial issuance of Ordinary Shares pursuant to this prospectus." You also state on the Cover Page that you "plan to apply." Please clarify on the Cover Page and throughout, the timing of your application and whether the closing of the offering is contingent upon such listing.

January 10, 2025 Page 2 3.Clearly disclose how you will refer to the holding company and subsidiaries when providing the disclosure throughout the document so that it is clear to investors which entity the disclosure is referencing and which subsidiaries or other entities are conducting the business operations. Refrain from using terms such as “we” or “our” when describing activities or functions of subsidiaries and other entities. For example, disclose, if true, that your subsidiaries conduct operations in Hong Kong and that the holding company does not conduct operations. Disclose clearly the entity (including the domicile) in which investors are purchasing an interest. 4.We note the statement on the Cover Page and page 7 that subsidiaries do not have operations in Mainland China. Please reconcile with the statement on page 85 that customers of underwriting services for U.S. dollar-denominated municipal bonds "are PRC companies." Additionally, clarify the extent to which the entities have customers, vendors, counterparties or otherwise in Mainland China, regardless of whether subsidiaries or other entities have no physical presence in Mainland China. Prospectus Summary, page 1 5.In the first paragraph, we note the reference to the industry report prepared by Frost & Sullivan. Please file a consent related to the report you commissioned from "Frost & Sullivan" and either provide the report supplementally or file it as an exhibit. Summary of Risk Factors Risks Relating to Doing Business in Hong Kong, page 3 6.In regard to the first two bullet points, include cross-references to the more detailed discussion of these risks in the prospectus. Implications of Our Being an "Emerging Growth Company" ..., page 10 7.Please revise your disclosure on pages 10 and 30 to reflect the annual gross revenue cap of $1.235 billion rather than the $1.07 billion that is currently disclosed. Risks Related to Our Business, page 13 8.Please include a risk factor relating "Concentration Risk." We note the first section on page 61 of the amended DRS. Risk Factors Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure, page 30 9.Reference is made to the final risk factor on page 30 of the amended DRS. Please revise to clarify the nature of circumstances where the Board may refuse to register transfers. For example, it is unclear if shares eligible for trading on an exchange would be subject to such transfer restrictions, have restrictive legends, or otherwise. 10.Reference is made to the penultimate risk factor on page 33 of the amended DRS where you refer to your "trading price," which appears to depend on completion of this offering. Since the risks discussed appear to relate to matters prior to effectiveness of a registration statement for this offering, it does not appear to be a risk that would affect the offering. Please advise.

January 10, 2025 Page 3 Our History and Structure, page 45 11.Please revise to indicate which entity is the registrant and which entity or entities conduct operations. Management's Discussion and Analysis, page 46 12.Please revise page 85 and "Securities brokerage commissions and handling fee," "Custodial and other service income," and "Interest income from loans to customers" on page 54 to further describe the nature of the customers for each type of business. For example, do margin loan customers typically have credit ratings in the prime, sub- prime, near prime or other category? Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Performance, page 47 13.Please include discussions in the risk factors if these are considered material risks. In addition, when referencing economic conditions, please also include a discussion of current economic conditions. Placing services fee, page 54 14.We note that the company recognized $1.9 million of placing services fee revenue in fiscal year 2024, which was attributed to three customers the company supported in placing and listing in the HKEX. Given this was a new offering in the year ended June 30, 2024, please enhance your disclosure to discuss the extent to which you have added customers subsequent to June 30, 2024 and whether growth in this revenue stream is expected to continue in future periods. 15.We note your disclosure that during the year ended June 30, 2024, the Company successfully assisted three customers to do the placing and listing in HKEX with placing services fee of $559,535, $517,490 and $822,995, respectively. We also note your disclosure on pages 1 and 80 that during the year ended June 30, 2024, the Company participated in placing four IPOs on HKEX. Please explain this apparent inconsistency and revise your disclosure, as appropriate. 16.We note your disclosure on page F-15 that the Company is entitled to placing commission based on fixed percentage of the gross amount of fundraising from the transaction, either IPO or other fundraising activities. Please expand your disclosure here, or on page 54, to disclose the gross amount of fundraising from the transactions and fee percentage for each period presented Securities brokerage commissions and handling fee, page 54 17.We note that a the increase in securities brokerage commissions in fiscal year 2024 is partially attributed to a $221,305 increase in brokerage income from the subscription of IPOs by customers. Please expand your disclosure to quantify and discuss any key variables that drive this revenue stream (e.g., size of the customers allocation, number of transactions, price of the IPO, commission structure, etc.) and whether this growth is expected to continue in future periods. 18.Please expand your disclosure discussing the number of securities transactions to include the trading volume for each period presented.

January 10, 2025 Page 4 Selling and marketing expense, page 54 19.We note that in the year ending June 30, 2024 you signed a new marketing service promotion agreement for third party marketing via social media and social platforms, which resulted in an expense of $105,822. Please expand this disclosure to address whether this is anticipated to be a recurring expense in future periods and to discuss any known trends related to this expense category. Liquidity and Capital Resources Loans to customers, net, page 56 20.Please revise to disclose the minimum collateral requirements required to be maintained at all times for your margin loans collateralized by the customers' securities. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk Concentration risk, page 61 21.We note your disclosure that for the year ended June 30, 2024, three customers accounted for approximately 35%, 24% and 22% of the company’s total revenue, respectively. We also note your disclosure that as of June 30, 2024, two customers accounted for approximately 72% and 18% of the company’s loans to customers balance, respectively, and four customers accounted for 15%, 14%, 14% and 13% of the company’s payables to customers balance, respectively. Please expand your disclosure to further discuss whether, and if so, how this concentration of business volume with your major customers makes the entity vulnerable to a reduction in liquidity or income from operations. In addition, please revise your disclosure to discuss how you are managing this concentration risk. Industry, page 62 22.Please revise to remove inapplicable disclosure or advise us why the prospectus provides charts and other information regarding geographic areas and markets in which operations do not appear to be conducted, for example, "Securities Trading Market in the US." 23.Please revise to identify the vendor or vendors "engaged in order to provide" mobile trading, facial recognition and other services as stated on pages 81 and 82. File the agreements and include them in the exhibit index. 24.Please revise "Executing Securities Transactions" on page 81 and your regulations disclosure generally to clarify the extent to which you are required to have or hold licenses for trading in the US and PRC markets. Additionally, expand the regulations disclosure to address PRC regulations. Issuance of Additional Shares, page 105 25.Please include a risk factor discussing the possible dilutive effect of such issuances. Clarify if there are any circumstances where shareholders would be required to authorize such Ordinary Shares such as in a merger transaction.

January 10, 2025 Page 5 Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Loans to customers, net, page F-11 26.Please revise to disclose whether customers are required to make a minimum deposit in order to open and maintain a margin account. 27.We note your disclosure that the Company’s policy is to charge off any delinquent margin loans, including the accrued interest on such loans. Please expand your disclosure to define delinquent in terms of your margin loans. In addition, please tell us whether you have issued any margin calls related to the margin loans, and if so, whether those margin calls have been met. 28.Please revise to disclose the types of securities held as collateral associated with margin loans extended to customers for each period presented. Please also disclose the extent to which this collateral is permitted to be repledged or sold by the Company and, if relevant, disclose the amount of collateral that has been repledged or sold. 29.We note your disclosure that the Company has the right to realize any securities in customers’ account at prevailing market prices in the situation of default. Please expand your disclosure to discuss what constitutes a default under the terms of your margin loans. Receivables from customers and broker-dealers and clearing organziation, page F-11 30.Please revise to disclose the charge-off policy for receivables from customers and broker-dealers and clearing organizations. Please contact Sarmad Makhdoom at 202-551-5776 or Ben Phippen at 202-551-3697 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Todd Schiffman at 202-551-3491 or James Lopez at 202-551-3536 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Finance

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January 10, 2025
Xianxin Xiang
Chief Executive Officer
Beta FinTech Holdings Ltd
Rm 3326, East Block, China Merchants Tower
168-200 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Re:Beta FinTech Holdings Ltd
DRS filed December 13, 2024 and DRS amendment filed December 23, 2024
File No. 377-07604
Dear Xianxin Xiang :
            We have reviewed your draft registration statement and amendment and have the
following comments.
            Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either
submitting an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration
statement on EDGAR. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
            After reviewing the information you provide in response to this letter and your
amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional
comments.
DRS filed December 13, 2024 and DRS amendment filed December 23, 2024
Cover Page
1.In the fifth paragraph of the cover page of the DRS/A, indicate, as you do on page 45,
that you do not operate your business through a VIE structure.
2.We note the disclosure in the in the first paragraph of the first full risk factor on page
28 (of the amended DRS) that you will apply to have your securities approved for
listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market upon consummation of this offering. We also
note the last sentence of that risk factor which states, "Trading in the Ordinary Shares
will commence within five days after the date of the initial issuance of Ordinary
Shares pursuant to this prospectus." You also state on the Cover Page that you "plan
to apply." Please clarify on the Cover Page and throughout, the timing of your
application and whether the closing of the offering is contingent upon such listing.

January 10, 2025
Page 2
3.Clearly disclose how you will refer to the holding company and subsidiaries when
providing the disclosure throughout the document so that it is clear to investors which
entity the disclosure is referencing and which subsidiaries or other entities are
conducting the business operations. Refrain from using terms such as “we” or “our”
when describing activities or functions of subsidiaries and other entities. For example,
disclose, if true, that your subsidiaries conduct operations in Hong Kong and that the
holding company does not conduct operations. Disclose clearly the entity (including
the domicile) in which investors are purchasing an interest.
4.We note the statement on the Cover Page and page 7 that subsidiaries do not have
operations in Mainland China. Please reconcile with the statement on page 85 that
customers of underwriting services for U.S. dollar-denominated municipal bonds "are
PRC companies." Additionally, clarify the extent to which the entities have
customers, vendors, counterparties or otherwise in Mainland China, regardless of
whether subsidiaries or other entities have no physical presence in Mainland China.
Prospectus Summary, page 1
5.In the first paragraph, we note the reference to the industry report prepared by Frost
& Sullivan. Please file a consent related to the report you commissioned from "Frost
& Sullivan" and either provide the report supplementally or file it as an exhibit.
Summary of Risk Factors
Risks Relating to Doing Business in Hong Kong, page 3
6.In regard to the first two bullet points, include cross-references to the more detailed
discussion of these risks in the prospectus.
Implications of Our Being an "Emerging Growth Company" ..., page 10
7.Please revise your disclosure on pages 10 and 30 to reflect the annual gross revenue
cap of $1.235 billion rather than the $1.07 billion that is currently disclosed.
Risks Related to Our Business, page 13
8.Please include a risk factor relating "Concentration Risk." We note the first section on
page 61 of the amended DRS.
Risk Factors
Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure, page 30
9.Reference is made to the final risk factor on page 30 of the amended DRS. Please
revise to clarify the nature of circumstances where the Board may refuse to register
transfers. For example, it is unclear if shares eligible for trading on an exchange
would be subject to such transfer restrictions, have restrictive legends, or otherwise.
10.Reference is made to the penultimate risk factor on page 33 of the amended DRS
where you refer to your "trading price," which appears to depend on completion of
this offering. Since the risks discussed appear to relate to matters prior to effectiveness
of a registration statement for this offering, it does not appear to be a risk that would
affect the offering.  Please advise.

January 10, 2025
Page 3
Our History and Structure, page 45
11.Please revise to indicate which entity is the registrant and which entity or entities
conduct operations.
Management's Discussion and Analysis, page 46
12.Please revise page 85 and "Securities brokerage commissions and handling fee,"
"Custodial and other service income," and "Interest income from loans to customers"
on page 54 to further describe the nature of the customers for each type of business.
For example, do margin loan customers typically have credit ratings in the prime, sub-
prime, near prime or other category?
Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Performance, page 47
13.Please include discussions in the risk factors if these are considered material risks.  In
addition, when referencing economic conditions, please also include a discussion of
current economic conditions.
Placing services fee, page 54
14.We note that the company recognized $1.9 million of placing services fee revenue in
fiscal year 2024, which was attributed to three customers the company supported in
placing and listing in the HKEX. Given this was a new offering in the year ended June
30, 2024, please enhance your disclosure to discuss the extent to which you have
added customers subsequent to June 30, 2024 and whether growth in this revenue
stream is expected to continue in future periods.
15.We note your disclosure that during the year ended June 30, 2024, the Company
successfully assisted three customers to do the placing and listing in HKEX with
placing services fee of $559,535, $517,490 and $822,995, respectively. We also note
your disclosure on pages 1 and 80 that during the year ended June 30, 2024, the
Company participated in placing four IPOs on HKEX. Please explain this apparent
inconsistency and revise your disclosure, as appropriate.
16.We note your disclosure on page F-15 that the Company is entitled to placing
commission based on fixed percentage of the gross amount of fundraising from the
transaction, either IPO or other fundraising activities. Please expand your disclosure
here, or on page 54, to disclose the gross amount of fundraising from the
transactions and fee percentage for each period presented
Securities brokerage commissions and handling fee, page 54
17.We note that a the increase in securities brokerage commissions in fiscal year 2024 is
partially attributed to a $221,305 increase in brokerage income from the subscription
of IPOs by customers. Please expand your disclosure to quantify and discuss any key
variables that drive this revenue stream (e.g., size of the customers allocation, number
of transactions, price of the IPO, commission structure, etc.) and whether this growth
is expected to continue in future periods.
18.Please expand your disclosure discussing the number of securities transactions to
include the trading volume for each period presented.

January 10, 2025
Page 4
Selling and marketing expense, page 54
19.We note that in the year ending June 30, 2024 you signed a new marketing service
promotion agreement for third party marketing via social media and social platforms,
which resulted in an expense of $105,822. Please expand this disclosure to address
whether this is anticipated to be a recurring expense in future periods and to discuss
any known trends related to this expense category.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Loans to customers, net, page 56
20.Please revise to disclose the minimum collateral requirements required to be
maintained at all times for your margin loans collateralized by the customers'
securities.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
Concentration risk, page 61
21.We note your disclosure that for the year ended June 30, 2024, three customers
accounted for approximately 35%, 24% and 22% of the company’s total revenue,
respectively. We also note your disclosure that as of June 30, 2024, two customers
accounted for approximately 72% and 18% of the company’s loans to customers
balance, respectively, and four customers accounted for 15%, 14%, 14% and 13% of
the company’s payables to customers balance, respectively. Please expand your
disclosure to further discuss whether, and if so, how this concentration of business
volume with your major customers makes the entity vulnerable to a reduction in
liquidity or income from operations. In addition, please revise your disclosure to
discuss how you are managing this concentration risk.
Industry, page 62
22.Please revise to remove inapplicable disclosure or advise us why the prospectus
provides charts and other information regarding geographic areas and markets in
which operations do not appear to be conducted, for example, "Securities Trading
Market in the US."
23.Please revise to identify the vendor or vendors "engaged in order to provide" mobile
trading, facial recognition and other services as stated on pages 81 and 82. File the
agreements and include them in the exhibit index.
24.Please revise "Executing Securities Transactions" on page 81 and your regulations
disclosure generally to clarify the extent to which you are required to have or hold
licenses for trading in the US and PRC markets. Additionally, expand the regulations
disclosure to address PRC regulations.
Issuance of Additional Shares, page 105
25.Please include a risk factor discussing the possible dilutive effect of such issuances.
Clarify if there are any circumstances where shareholders would be required to
authorize such Ordinary Shares such as in a merger transaction.

January 10, 2025
Page 5
Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Loans to customers, net, page F-11
26.Please revise to disclose whether customers are required to make a minimum deposit
in order to open and maintain a margin account.
27.We note your disclosure that the Company’s policy is to charge off any delinquent
margin loans, including the accrued interest on such loans. Please expand your
disclosure to define delinquent in terms of your margin loans. In addition, please tell
us whether you have issued any margin calls related to the margin loans, and if so,
whether those margin calls have been met.
28.Please revise to disclose the types of securities held as collateral associated with
margin loans extended to customers for each period presented. Please also disclose the
extent to which this collateral is permitted to be repledged or sold by the Company
and, if relevant, disclose the amount of collateral that has been repledged or sold.
29.We note your disclosure that the Company has the right to realize any securities in
customers’ account at prevailing market prices in the situation of default. Please
expand your disclosure to discuss what constitutes a default under the terms of your
margin loans.
Receivables from customers and broker-dealers and clearing organziation, page F-11
30.Please revise to disclose the charge-off policy for receivables from customers and
broker-dealers and clearing organizations.
            Please contact Sarmad Makhdoom at 202-551-5776 or Ben Phippen at 202-551-3697
if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please contact Todd Schiffman at 202-551-3491 or James Lopez at 202-551-3536
with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Finance