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**UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

(Mark One)

☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31,2025

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to .

OR

☐ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

**Date of event requiring this shell company report **

For the transition period from to

Commission file number:001-38726

**CNFinance Holdings Limited

**(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

N/A

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Cayman Islands

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

**22/F, South Finance Center, No. 7 Chunrong Road

Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

**Bin Zhai, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

Tel:+86-20-62316688

E-mail: ir@cashchina.cn

At the address of the Company set forth above

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
American depositary shares, each ADS representing two hundred (200) Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per shareCNFThe New York Stock Exchange
Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share*The New York Stock Exchange
*Not for trading, but only in connection with the listing on the New York Stock Exchange of American depositary shares.

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

**None

(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

**None

(Title of Class)

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

1,371,643,240 Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share and 0 Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, as of December 31, 2025.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes ☐No ☒

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ☐No ☒

Note – Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated Filer ☐Accelerated Filer ☐Non-accelerated Filer ☒Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

☒U.S. GAAP
☐International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board
☐Other

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

☐ Item 17 ☐ Item 18

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ☐ No☒

APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.

Yes ☐ No ☐

†The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Introductioniii
Forward-Looking Informationv
Part I1
Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers1
Item 2. Offer Statistics And Expected Timetable1
Item 3. Key Information1
3.A. [Reserved]5
3.B. Capitalization and Indebtedness5
3.C. Reason for the Offer and Use of Proceeds5
3.D. Risk Factors5
Item 4. Information On The Company57
4.A. History and Development of the Company57
4.B. Business Overview58
Item 4A. Unresolved Staff Comments100
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects100
5.A. Operating Results100
5.B. Liquidity and Capital Resources127
5.C. Research and Development132
5.D. Trend Information132
5.E. Critical Accounting Estimates132
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees133
6.A. Directors and Senior Management133
6.B. Compensation134
6.C. Board Practices137
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions143
7.A. Major Shareholders143
7.B. Related Party Transactions143
7.C. Interests of Experts and Counsel143
Item 8. Financial Information144
8.A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information144
8.B. Significant Changes144
Item 9. The Offer And Listing145
9.A. Offering and Listing Details145
9.B. Plan of Distribution145
9.C. Markets145
9.D. Selling Shareholders145
9.E. Dilution145
9.F. Expenses of the Issue145

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Item 10. Additional Information146
10.A. Share Capital146
10.B. Memorandum and Articles of Association146
10.C. Material Contracts146
10.D. Exchange Controls146
10.E. Taxation146
10.F. Dividends and Paying Agents153
10.G. Statement by Experts153
10.H. Documents on Display153
10.I. Subsidiary information153
Item 11. Quantitative And Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk154
Item 12. Description of Securities Other Than Equity Securities155
12.A. Debt Securities155
12.B. Warrants and Rights155
12.C. Other Securities155
12.D. American Depositary Shares155
Part II157
Item 13. Item Defaults, Dividend Arrearages And Delinquencies157
Item 14. Material Modifications To The Rights Of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds157
14.A.-14.D. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders157
14.E. Use of Proceeds157
Item 15. Controls and Procedures158
Item 16. [Reserved]159
16.A. Audit Committee Financial Expert159
16.B. Code of Ethics159
16.C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services159
16.D. Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees160
16.E. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers160
16.F. Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant161
16.G. Corporate Governance161
16.H. Mine Safety Disclosure162
16.I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections162
16.J. Insider Trading Policies162
16.K. Cybersecurity162
Part III163
Item 17. Financial Statements163
Item 18. Financial Statements163
Item 19. Exhibits163

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