Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

Azimo continues to grow its share of the $600 billion global cross-border payments market, having built an unrivalled global platform that enables payments in more than 80 currencies to more than 200 receiving countries. The company now reaches more than 5 billion potential customers via a wide variety of payout methods, including cash, bank deposits and mobile wallets. Azimo advantages in speed, price and ease of use have led to sustained top-line growth above 100% year-on-year. The service now has more than 1.5 million registered customers and well over $1 billion in annualised sending volume.

africafeeds.com/2019/06/26/azimo-welcomes-facebook-libra/

Fresh off its official launch on June 30, there are already plans for LinkAja — a digital payment service created and operated by several of Indonesia’s state-owned enterprises — to integrate with super app Go-Jek, currently one of the largest e-payment service providers in the country, in the near future.

Yesterday, the two e-wallets announced their collaboration, which will allow users of the Go-Jek app to pay for all of its services — which range from ride hailing to booking a massage and ordering food delivery — using LinkAja.

coconuts.co/jakarta/news/...ek-for-digital-payment-this-year/

Fever, que ha captado hasta la fecha más de 70 millones de dólares (62 millones de euros), logra así nuevos fondos para acelerar su expansión internacional. La operación, una de las mayores rondas cerradas por una start up española en lo que va de año, reafirma el interés de Rakuten por el ecosistema emprendedor nacional. El brazo inversor del gigante japonés es accionista de Cabify y Glovo.
Además de la inyección de capital, Rakuten sentará en el consejo de Fever a Oskar Mielczarek de la Miel, socio de Rakuten Capital. También se une al consejo el inversor Michael Zeisser, consejero de Lyft y responsable de las inversiones de capital riego de Alibaba en Estados Unidos.

www.expansion.com/empresas/2019/07/08/...5fdeae67b8b4577.html

Co-headquartered in London and Madrid, Fever is an events and experience technology company focused on inspiring users and helping event organisers generate demand. Launched in 2014, the Fever mobile app and website, together with its Secret Media Network, reaches and inspires over 12 million unique users per week across its key markets (London, New York, Paris and Madrid), allowing them to discover the best events in their city. Using a recommendation algorithm, the app features personalised listings and transactional capabilities for everything from music festivals and gigs to theatre, fashion, restaurants and pop-ups.

Integral to Fever is its data-led editorial arm, the Secret Media Network, which includes the hugely popular Secret London social media channel. All of the Secret Media channels, including Secret London and Secret NYC, have an in-house editorial team who use the platform’s data to create targeted content that in turn allows the company to better inform and refine the event offering on the Fever app.

www.eu-startups.com/2018/07/...experience-economy-revolution/

09.07.2019
Der Internet-Player Rakuten intensiviert sein Engagement: Sieglinde Roberts hat die Rolle der Senior Sales-Managerin bei Rakuten-Marketing in DACH übernommen.

In dieser Position berichtet sie an Stefan Bernauer, Director DACH bei Rakuten-Marketing, und arbeitet vom Standort München aus. Zu ihren Aufgaben gehören der strategische Aufbau von neuen sowie die Pflege und der Ausbau von bestehenden Kundenbeziehungen und Key Accounts. Mit der personellen Aufstockung will Rakuten-Marketing die Bedeutung des deutschen Marktes unterstreichen. Sieglinde Roberts bringt mehr als zehn Jahre

Branchenerfahrung im internationalen Online Marketing und Key Account-Management mit. So war sie viele Jahre lang auch im Sillicon Valley in den USA tätig. Ihre letzten beruflichen Stationen beinhalteten unter anderem eBay Advertising, Vionic Shoes und Zazzle. Sie verfügt über ein breites Marktwissen, Marketing-Expertise und besonderes Know-how in den Bereichen Internationales Marketing, Cross-Channel-Kampagnen-Entwicklung und Performance-Optimierung.

www.pbs-business.de/news/e-business/...ktivitaeten-forcieren/

Tony Owusu
Jul 10, 2019 3:58 PM EDT

Lyft (LYFT)  was higher Wednesday as analysts at Jefferies released a bullish note on the ride-hailing service, reiterating a buy rating and $90 price target.Analysts Brent Thill and John Byun said they expected the stock would recover "as Lyft executes and misconceptions clear."

The company must "overcome concerns that growth will be capped as a #2 behind Uber." (UBER)  They noted that 2018 revenue, $2.2 billion, was six times the 2016 figure. And they see "plenty of headroom in [the] U.S. for a duopoly in a market that is less than 1% penetrated."

And Lyft must "disprove bears" who say the company will never be profitable. The analysts note that pretax profit margins and per-ride metrics are improving. They call Lyft "highly focused" and said it "has been able to outexecute [Uber] and gain outsized share in a duopoly."

www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/...en=YAHOO&yptr=yahoo

Congratulations to the Top 500 Fintech companies in the world awarded by Growjo. In the past few years there has been a lot of growth in the Fintech space including blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, payments and investing. In fact within the Fintech 500 there has been a total funding amount of $10B. These rankings are based not just on past growth, but also how much we predict these companies to grow in the future. . Our algorithm is based on multiple  datasets including employee growth, estimated revenue growth, valuations, quality and  quantity of funding, hiring announcements, current job openings, leadership team  announcements, and numerous other growth triggers.

growjo.com/industry/Fintech

Auch an der Nr. 19 Acorns ist Rakuten beteiligt.

www.modernfrugality.com/...ays-i-use-ebates-to-get-cash-back/

Eagles announce plans to make Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi world's first cashless stadium
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles want you to leave your cash at home.

The Pacific League club late last week unveiled a plan to make its home stadium, Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi, completely cashless in 2019. The Eagles say it will be the world’s first such stadium.
“The cashless movement has been going forward around the world, and there are countries where cashless payments are used more than cash,” the team said on its website. Having had success with its QR code service, Rakuten Pay, the Eagles have decided to take the plunge and attempt to go completely cashless at their ballpark. Fans will be able to purchase tickets, food and goods with Rakuten Pay, which allows for payment through smartphones, and Rakuten Edy, a prepaid smart card, as well as credit cards. The club also plans to set up some sort of support for children and those without any cashless payment options.

www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/01/12/...adium/#.XSdbGHduIdU

These are the businesses where we are strong enough to defend our turf and keep growing 10-30% annually. Our Japanese ecosystem belongs to this category, as well as our Taiwan business. In Taiwan, we’re strong not just in terms of our marketplace but our credit card business is growing and our travel business has started to take off, especially travelling to Japan.

In Japan, we have leading positions in services from e-commerce, online travel, internet banking, credit cards and e-money, to mobile payment and online golf reservations. We will continue to add new services to our strong platform. In our e-commerce business, we will focus even more on quality and customer satisfaction and, at the same time, offer incentives to promote cross-use of the more than 70 group services available in Japan.

rakuten.today/mickeysvoice/vision2020.html

Deutschland weiter aus und verstärkt dafür die Partnerschaft mit dem Preisvergleichsportal Idealo. So werden unter anderem die Rakuten Super Points in dem Preisvergleich von Idealo abgebildet und Rakuten werde im Idealo Direktkauf fest verankert, wie der japanische Marktplatz mitteilt. Durch die Anzeige der Rakuten Super Points bei Idealo sollen Rakuten Club Member den Vorteil auch auf Idealo entdecken können. Zudem werde bereits in einem der ersten Schritte der Customer-Journey ein klarer Vorteil hervorgehoben, den Kunden beim Einkauf auf Rakuten genießen könnten, erklärt der Marktplatz weiter. Um die Zusatzleistung in Anspruch nehmen zu können, sei eine Registrierung bei Idealo und eine Auswahl des Bonusprogramms notwendig.

Rakuten kooperiert bereits seit dem Jahr 2010 mit Idealo in Deutschland. Seitdem sind Angebote von Rakuten-Händlern bei Idealo gelistet. Das Vergleichsportal hat 2015 den Direktkauf eingeführt und bietet damit einen weiteren Vertriebskanal für seine Partner-Händler. Kunden können Produkte damit direkt über Idealo kaufen, ohne den Umweg über den Checkout des jeweiligen Anbieters zu machen.

www.onlinehaendler-news.de/online-handel/...lo-naechste-runde

operating costs

Although the Rakuten Cloud Innovation Lab will play a pivotal role in enabling Rakuten and its customers to benefit from the versatility of 5G, it also needs to be cost-effective. Raghavendran explained that Rakuten’s use of standard off-the-shelf computer servers makes it viable to provide vendors with such a robust test environment. In his presentation, Khan noted that Rakuten is only using 10 different configurations of computer servers across its network in Japan, whereas a conventional mobile operator would use several hundred. “This is a huge benefit”, he explained, as it allows Rakuten to reduce both capital costs and operating costs by making deployment and maintenance straightforward.

By rethinking the architecture of mobile infrastructure from the ground-up, Rakuten has created a low-cost, yet highly flexible and versatile network that will easily be able to evolve from 4G to 5G and beyond, providing cutting edge services to customers at speed.

rakuten.today/blog/...en-cloud-innovation-lab-cisco-live.html

These businesses are unique and smart, mainly focusing on niche markets, yet with enough market share and sustainable profit opportunities for the future as well. The growth target for these businesses is between 25% and 70%. Ebates, Rakuten Marketing, our marketplaces in the US and Europe, Kobo, Overdrive, and Wuaki.tv belong to this category. In the US, Ebates is the membership platform for our open e-commerce strategy that connects over 3000 consumer and retail brands to a growing group of highly loyal and active users. With gross merchandise sales already at USD 4.9 billion and year-on-year growth of more than 40%, we envision Ebates as the center of a vibrant e-commerce ecosystem in the US.

rakuten.today/mickeysvoice/vision2020.html

geplante Kryptobörse

Rakuten Wallet hat sich mit der Blockchain-Sicherheitsfirma CipherTrace zusammengetan, um Geldwäsche auf der geplanten Kryptobörse zu verhindern. Dies geht aus einer Pressemitteilung hervor, die Cointelegraph am 29. Mai zugespielt wurde. Das Unternehmen CipherTrace entwickelt Lösungen zur Geldwäschebekämpfung (AML) beim Handel von Kryptowährungen und soll im Zuge der neuen Partnerschaft sowohl für die Sicherheit der Nutzer von Rakuten Wallet als auch für die Integrität der Handelsplattform sorgen.

Wie das Unternehmen zuvor verlauten ließ, sollen die Nutzer auf der Handelsplattform in der Lage sein, Kryptowährungen per Smartphone-App handeln zu können. Außerdem sollen für die Eröffnung eines Handelskontos keine Einrichtungsgebühr anfallen, des Weiteren werden die Gelder der Kunden in einer sogenannten Cold Wallet deponiert, die vom Internet getrennt ist und deshalb als besonders sicher gilt.

de.cointelegraph.com/news/...-of-its-upcoming-crypto-exchange

ShopBack is a digital loyalty and discovery platform, on a mission to create a world of Smarter Shoppers. Founded in 2014, ShopBack has since established its online presence in 7 APAC countries and offices in 8 countries.

With more than 2,000 eCommerce merchants onboard, ShopBack counts Taobao, Expedia, Lazada, Zalora and other well-known local and international brands amongst its merchants. With >8 million users and powering 1 order every 3 seconds, we have awarded more than US$30 million in cashback till date. Join us to be part of this mission in creating The Smarter Way.

corporate.shopback.com/

www.biba2019.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/...PremFina-Leaflet.pdf

Ayla Ellison

Four things to know:

1. Nonemergency medical transportation, which is typically paid for by third-party payers, helps elderly patients or those lacking reliable transportation get to healthcare appointments, according to WSJ.

2. Uber and Lyft are competing for a slice of the nonemergency medical transportation business, which Dan Trigub, head of Uber Health, estimates is worth $15 billion annually, according to the report.

3. Uber and Lyft have established business units dedicated to nonemergency medical transportation. Uber is working with more than 1,000 healthcare organizations and Lyft recently became a covered transportation option for Medicaid beneficiaries in Arizona, according to WSJ.

4. Nonemergency medical transportation could be a lucrative opportunity for ride-hailing companies. However, it's still unclear how popular on-demand rides will be with patients, according to WSJ.

www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/...-things-to-know.html

10 July 2019 07:13 PM

The High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has suspended regulatory conditions of a 60 minute waiting period set by the metropolitan area of Barcelona on ridesharing companies such as Uber and Cabify
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According to the regulations set by the Catalan government, instead of being able to book cabs instantaneously, customers would have to book at least 15 minutes in advance. However, city and town councils were given the opportunity to set this minimum waiting time higher, and the Barcelona metropolitan area opted to place a 60 minute waiting period on ridesharing cabs.

The lifting of the regulation now opens the door to Uber and Cabify potentially returning to near-normal operation in Barcelona once again, although they have been critical of the 15 minute waiting period in the past, which will remain in effect.

www.catalannews.com/society-science/item/...on-uber-and-cabify

finance.yahoo.com/quote/LYFT?p=LYFT&.tsrc=fin-srch

www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/04/...pending/#.XSj0eXduIdU

wenn man das erreicht:

Accelerating Topline Growth and Achievable Pace of Profit Growth

With this vision, we are planning on growing rapidly. By 2020, we are looking to achieve 1700 billion yen in annual revenue (or approximately US$15 billion at today’s exchange rates). We also plan to achieve operating income (non-GAAP) of 300 billion yen (US$2.7 billion) by 2020, and EBITDA of 360 billion yen (US$3.2 billion).

Here is the breakdown of our plan for non-GAAP operating income. Last year, our domestic e-commerce business did 96 billion yen in profit and we plan to grow this to 160 billion yen. Operating income from other internet services was negative at -18 billion yen and we’re planning to take this to 20 billion yen by 2020. Our Fintech businesses made a profit of 64 billion yen last year and we’re planning to make 120 billion yen in 2020. These numbers add up to 300 billion yen. These are not overly optimistic or ambitious goals. If we execute well, we will be able to achieve these numbers.

rakuten.today/mickeysvoice/vision2020.html

bei einem KGV von 15 ein Markkapitalisierung von 40,5 Milliarden US-Dollar und bei einem KGV von 20 eine Marktkapitalisierung von 54 Milliarden Dollar.

Vergleicht das einmal mit der momentanen Marktkapitalisierung!

A startup espanhola Fever celebra a 25 de julho um ano de presença em Portugal, mas soprou as velas antes da data. A empresa de entretenimento arrecadou 35 milhões de dólares (cerca de 31 milhões de euros) numa nova ronda de financiamento liderada pelo grupo tecnológico japonês Rakuten.

jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/...1-milhoes-de-euros-464378

Discover the best events in your city
Get inspired and find out about what your city has to offer. All the way from music festivals and gigs, to theatre, fashion, restaurants and the most exciting pop-ups

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Aktienzahl von 1,435 Milliarden Kurse von 27,9 US-Dollar bei einem KGV von 15 bzw.  37,6 US-Dollar bei einem KGV von 20.

Aktienanzahl§1.435 Mio. (Stand: 18.02.19)
https://www.ariva.de/rakuten-aktie