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: NBA Champion Golden State Warriors auf Viber
The 2017 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors are the first NBA team to launch an account on the messaging platform Rakuten Viber, it was announced today. The Warriors will use Rakuten Viber to communicate directly with fans on a global scale, including through tools such as a chat bot available in multiple languages, a free sticker pack and weekly trivia contests with exclusive prizes for fans. The Warriors’ chat bot will provide fans with instant access to schedule information, standings, team news, team videos, tickets and live in-game score updates. It is currently available in the following 10 languages, including the native languages of
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: Tech players disrupt the insurance industry
Rakuten‘s acquisition of Asahi Fire & Marine this week could be a portent of how tech players around the world are set to disrupt the insurance industry.
The acquisition of Asahi Fire & Marine is not Rakuten’s first foray into financial services. It already has interests in credit cards, banking, securities, life insurance, payment services and electronic money. In Germany, it has invested in insurtech startup Simplesurance. By leveraging its customer base through big data, Rakuten’s financial services revenues now contribute 38% of its overall sales.
But Asahi Fire & Marine is bigger than most of those businesses. According to Nomura, revenue for the last full financial year, in March 2017, was US$910 million.
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: Was daran negativ sein soll, dass 38% des Umsatzes
inzwischen aus dem Fintech-Bereich kommt - und damit der Anteil des simplen E-Commerce sinkt, der aber immerhin noch ordentlich wächst, aber nicht mehr so schnell wie die anderen Bereiche, kann ich nicht nachvollziehen.
Uber’s Middle Eastern rival Careem raises $350M at a $1B valuation Jon Russell@jonrussell / Dec 19, 2016
2016 is almost out but there’s just time to anoint one more ride-sharing unicorn. Careem, one of Uber’s lower profile rivals in emerging markets, has taken a step into the global limelight today after it announced that it has raised $350 million led by Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten and Saudi Telecom Company (STC). The investment gives Dubai-headquartered Careem a valuation of $1 billion. That’s according to a filing from STC, which reveals that it has acquired 10 percent of the company for $100 million.
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: In Malaysia wird unter dem Namen Rakuten Trade
dieses Joint Venture betriieben. Hier halte ich unter dem Namen Rakuten eine Ausweitung auf weitere südostasiatische Staaten für denkbar.
Malaysia’s first completely online equities broker, Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd is the result of a joint venture between Malaysia's Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad and Japan's Rakuten Securities, Inc.
Rakuten Trade extends its trading services including the app - iSPEED.my - the localised version of Japan’s leading mobile app developed by Rakuten Securities, Inc’s. Its web and mobile based trading services offer a 360° trading experience from account opening, execution, settlement of trade, research and trading ideas as well as rewards and financial knowledge. The all-in-one seamless platform enables investors to execute their own trading ideas end-to-end.
Rakuten Trade holds a restricted Capital Markets Services License (“CMSL”) by the Securities Commission Malaysia to deal in listed securities and provide investment advice.
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: Und neben Rakuten Ichiba ist man in Taiwan
mit Taiwan Rakuten Card verteten.
Rakuten Card Launches in Taiwan Tokyo, January 13, 2015 - Rakuten Card Co., Ltd. today announced that it has established Taiwan Rakuten Card, Inc., and from January 13, 2015, the new company has begun accepting applications for and issuing Taiwan Rakuten Card credit cards. Taiwan is the first country outside Japan in which Rakuten Card has issued its own credit card.
Rakuten Card, where cardholders can earn Rakuten Super Points, Rakuten’s loyalty points program, has been highly successful in Japan. In order to develop this model in Taiwan, Taiwan Rakuten Card obtained a license to issue credit cards in Taiwan from Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission in June 2014.
The company’s first move abroad began with Hong Kong. In September 2015, Rakuten Securities acquired Hong Kong forex innovator FXCM Asia (now Rakuten Securities HK), combining the expertise of one of Asia’s leading forex brokers with Rakuten Securities’ more than 15 years of online trading experience.
The following year it was Australia’s turn: In August 2016, Rakuten Securities expanded its global forex coverage even further across the region with the acquisition of Australia-based “FXAsia Pty Ltd” (now Rakuten Securities Australia).
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: Für besonders aussichtsreich unter den 14
Minderheitsbeteiligungen von Rakuten halte ich Upstart:
Online lending startup Upstart is hoping to raise about $100 million in funding. According to Bloomberg, one source said that the California-based startup is looking to sell shares that would value the business at $500 million to $1 billion.
While a spokeswoman for Upstart said the company isn’t currently raising funds, she does anticipate completing “a final private round” over the next year. She added that the company became profitable last year, while the value of loan transactions increased threefold and gross revenue went up fourfold.
Last year, the company announced a $32 million round of funding led by Rakuten, the Japanese eCommerce company. That brought Upstart’s total amount raised to $85 million. At the time, the company said it would put the money toward future growth, as well as to help license the technology to banks, credit unions and retailers.
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: New opportunities für Rakuten durch Minipaku
The number of foreign visitors to Japan surged 19.3 percent in 2017 from the previous year, hitting a record high of over 28 million, according to the Japan Tourism Agency. The government has set a target of 40 million foreign visitors by 2020, when Tokyo hosts the Olympics and Paralympics. In line with the enforcement of the new law, companies are also trying to exploit new opportunities, expecting the minpaku market will expand.
Expedia Inc.'s vacation rental service subsidiary HomeAway and Rakuten Lifull Stay Inc. will jointly renovate and certify old Japanese-style houses known as "kominka" for vacation rentals. Rakuten Lifull Stay is a joint venture of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. and real estate information service company Lifull Co.
Die Allianz hat ihre Beteiligung am Insurtech Simplesurance erhöht. In Summe habe das Berliner Unternehmen im Rahmen einer Finanzierungsrunde 24 Millionen Dollar (rund 20,19 Millionen Euro) einsammeln können. Neben dem Versicherer seien die Risikokapitalgeber Rheingau Founders und Rakuten Capital mit Investitionen beteiligt.
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: Und auch die Minderheitsbeteiligung Acorns
ist miense Erachtens ein Super-Investment von Rakuten.
Acorns, the financial management service focused on getting low- and middle-income households to invest and save responsibly, has reached 3 million users in the United States. The company has roughly $800 million in assets under management, with accounts coming from primarily low and middle income customers across all fifty states, according to Acorns co-founder and chief executive Noah Kerner.
Unlike other savings and investment services — like the automated advisory services on offer from Betterment or Wealthfront, or the no-fee stock and cryptocurrency trading service from Robinhood — Acorns is trying to introduce responsible investing principles and savings methods to consumers who have never had the option before.
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: Unfobip and Viber Enhance Market Presence
Philippines
MANILA, Philippines, March 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping Enterprises reach its Client and Customer base with impactful Measures Global communications platform company Infobip strengthens its presence and market in Manilla offering Viber enterprise messaging campaigns for the region's businesses and organizations. By using Infobip's OMNI solution, businesses can choose the optimal communication channels for specific types of messages including SMS, number of chat app messages, email, voice, and in-app push messages. Any eCommerce or brick-and-mortar store can conveniently promote their offers to as many as 900 million users and prospective customers in 193 countries worldwide. Bank of the Philippine Islands is planning to utilize Viber and Infobip to enhance the customer experience for their cardholders. "We are very excited to begin working with Viber and Infobip. There is significant value to explore how we can utilize Viber as a new tool in reaching out to our clients, our BPI cardholders. Viber will serve as a relevant new channel for our bank where we can further our customer engagement," said Monica Vergara, Head of Marketing and Media Solutions at BPI Cards. 59 percent of the South East Asia's smartphone users have Viber installed.
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: Kredittech aus Hamburg gehört ebenfals zu den
Minderheitsbeteiligungen von Rakuten im Fintechbereich
The Biggest AI Startup in Germany
Founded in 2012, German startup Kreditech has raised $497.3 million from investors including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund to develop a machine learning algorithm that uses clients’ social media and browsing data to determine creditworthiness. Like Affirm, Kreditech can provide access to credit for people with little or no credit history. Their proprietary algorithm checks up to 20,000 data points per application and provides a customer credit score within a minute. The service is currently available in Mexico, Spain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia, and India providing various consumer-facing credit products.
In the commercial segment, Kreditech offers their technology and services as a partner to other financial institutions and corporates, providing point-of-sale loans like Affirm does, and white labeling their technology to banks. For their recent expansion into the Indian market, the company partnered with PayU, an online payment provider present in emerging markets to provide monthly installments to e-commerce customers without a bank card.
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