das ich aber nicht für die Fintech-Umsätze von Rakuten reklamieren will, wäre bei einem Netto-Gewinn von 740 Millionen allein der Fintech-Bereich von Rakuten schon 37 Milliarden wert.
It also can be instructive to look at markets outside the U.S. In East Asia, businesses are taking a more aggressive posture vis-à-vis insurance. Baidu, Alibaba, Rakuten, Tencent and LINE have all shown some level of appetite for offering their own insurance products. These companies can verify identities, enforce trust and access the behavioral and financial data necessary to provide better policies than many insurance incumbents in those countries.
Insurance may not be lucrative-enough for tech giants in the short-term, but as real-time data and analytics are used to create insurance policies, tech giants may be tempted to use their troves of data to compete with insurers directly.
RAKUTEN MERCHANT CLOUD AND REASONS TO BE OPTIMISTIC SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
Hiroshi "Mickey" Mikitani, Chairman and CEO, Rakuten, Inc. Now, in this next stage of retail, we are here to offer a new kind of help. I call it: Rakuten Merchant Cloud.
With our global experience, data and technology backing the Merchant Cloud, we will help our customers to take the next step. Our customers may be retailers, restauranteurs or in mobility or finance. They may be small, medium or large in scale. Some will want to use all that we have to offer. Others will only need some of the services. But we will be ready to help as needed.
In case you haven’t heard, Viber is one of those widely popular messaging apps everybody’s using nowadays, with over a billion unique users worldwide. If you want to reach more customers and increase your profits, you may want to consider using Viber for business.
How (and why) you can use Viber to boost profit
OK, you’re probably asking: “Why in the world would I want a Viber profile of my brand? I want to make money, not chat about the weather.”
But the thing is… You can make money by promoting your brand on Viber!
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: AsiaYo Announces Partnership with Rakuten
Aug 16 AsiaYo, Taiwanese Travel Startup, Announces Partnership with Rakuten LIFULL STAY to Target the Sharing Economy Market
“Since AsiaYo launched in Japan in June, 2016, Japan has become our best-performing market in less than two quarters.“ said Chao-Kang Cheng, CEO of AsiaYo. “At present, the booking revenue in the Japanese market has taken over 50% of our total revenue, and we foresee an tremendous growth in the Japanese market after the strategic alliance with Rakuten LIFULL STAY with more well-managed, high quality accommodations.”
The 5 fastest-growing startups in Europe August 23, 2018
Glovo Headquarters: Barcelona, Spain Industry: Application software Growth rate: 607% Latest financing: €115M, Series C Last financing date: July 2018 Pre-money valuation: €185M Post-money valuation: €300M (estimated) An on-demand delivery app, Glovo relies on a fleet of independent couriers to collect and deliver packages, goods, food and more from local restaurants or stores. Customers can track expected deliveries in real time. To learn more about Glovo, check out its profile preview.
Rakuten Insight Launches R-Influencer Insight Research Service Utilizing Influencers - Leveraging the direct use of influencer opinions for more effective marketing plans -
Tokyo, September 19, 2018 - Rakuten Insight, Inc. announced that starting today it will begin offering “R-Influencer Insight,” a research service which utilizes influencers.
R-Influencer Insight is a service that enables companies to receive direct feedback on their services, products and projects through interviews and behavior observation surveys with influencers. With this service, Rakuten Insight will create interview questions and design the surveys, analyze the collected data and provide reports for client companies to use in product planning and the creation of marketing plans.
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: Market growth steady for foreseeable future
Japan is the third largest—and one of the fastest growing—eCommerce markets in the world. The growth rate has become stable over the past few years, with annual growth estimated at 9.1% in 2017. With Internet penetration estimated at 93.3% of the population, Japan represents a significant market opportunity. According to the Ecommerce Foundation’s Japan 2017 report, the E-GDP was forecasted to rise 1.59% in 2017, with 74% of the online population shopping online. Japan’s developed economy, highly urban population, and single language make the market attractive to online retailers. Highly developed distribution infrastructure and small country size make delivery easy and convenient. Market growth is expected to be steady for the foreseeable future.
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Cabify is a Spanish company that provides private vehicles for hire via its smartphone app. Although founded in Madrid, Cabify has always positioned itself as a Latin American company, investing heavily across the region. The company was able to gain a strong foothold due to some significant funding raised by its parent company, Maxi Mobility. In January 2018, Maxi Mobility raised another $160 million and said the funding would be used to accelerate both of its companies, Cabify and Easy Taxi, in the 130 cities where they operate throughout Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
Cabify reported it has over 13 million users and grew its installed-base by 500% between 2016 and 2017, tripling its user base and fulfilling six times more trips in 2017.
Cabify competes directly with Uber, 99, and Easy Taxi in Brazil; however, it reportedly has around 40% market share in Sao Pãolo, one of the largest cities in all of Latin America.
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: Rakuten LIFULL STAY lotet Möglichkeiten aus
Rakuten LIFULL STAY and ALSOK to Collaborate in Vacation Rental Business Joint development of vacant-home utilization services and specially priced sales of fire and crime prevention equipment for vacation rentals
Tokyo, September 20, 2018 - Rakuten LIFULL STAY, Inc., the Rakuten Group’s vacation rental service provider, and SOHGO SECURITY SERVICES CO.,LTD. (ALSOK) today announced that the two companies have reached an agreement to form a business collaboration in the vacation rental industry.
Based on the agreement, Rakuten LIFULL STAY and ALSOK will jointly develop vacant home-usage services with the aim of promoting the utilization of unused assets such as unoccupied homes and holiday villas as vacation rental.
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: Launch of MARKETSPEED II platform in autumn 2018
Launch of MARKETSPEED II platform in the autumn of 2018.
Japanese retail Forex broker Rakuten Securities, a subsidiary of Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), is planning to enlarge the platforms offering. The company aims to launch MARKETSPEED II platform in the autumn of 2018. The first improvement that the broker promises is the higher speed of order execution, as well as faster speed of delivery of investment information.
Another enhancement is the improved customization of the platform and making the interface more intuitive so that it is easy to understand by first-time users.