Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

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Rakuten Kobo Inc. is the world’s only dedicated digital bookseller. Owned by Tokyo-based Rakuten and headquartered in Toronto, Rakuten Kobo enables more than 38 million readers worldwide to read anytime, anywhere, and on any device. With a mission to make reading lives better for all, Rakuten Kobo connects readers to stories using thoughtful and personalized curation of eBooks and audiobooks, and the best dedicated devices and apps for reading. With the singular focus of making reading lives the best they can be, Kobo’s open platform allows people to fit reading into more moments in their busy lives.

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Bike & Scooter Rental: Global Market Analysis & Outlook to 2027 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Business Wire•September 30, 2019
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The "Bike and Scooter Rental - Global Market Outlook (2018-2027)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The Global Bike and Scooter Rental accounted for $2.04 billion in 2018 and is expected to reach $11.1 billion by 2027 growing at a CAGR of 20.7% during the forecast period.

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Youku inks deal with Youtube, Amazon and Viki for Chinese detective series
JUL 4, 2019

What happened: Alibaba’s video-streaming platform Youku’s detective thriller series “The Longest Day in Chang’an” will be available overseas via Youtube, Amazon Prime and Rakuten Viki. First debuting on Youku on June 27, the series is available in Chinese, English, and Vietnamese. It will go live in Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Brunei on partnering streaming platforms and TV networks throughout the month. Youtube, Amazon, and Rakuten Viki will also offer the program to their paid-subscriber base in the US, Canada, and South America.

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- E-commerce giant Rakuten Inc.'s mobile unit started taking limited orders for service on its own network Tuesday after a delay in installing network base stations forced it to postpone a full-scale launch until next April.

Rakuten Mobile Inc. initially aimed to make a full-service entry into the mobile phone market on Tuesday, bringing it into direct competition with Japan's three established telecom companies and spurring greater competition in the saturated market.

It will kick off the new network by offering free service to 5,000 people in the 23 wards of Tokyo, Kobe, Nagoya and Osaka.

Rakuten has not revealed the new price plan for its full-scale mobile phone services, but will not charge cancellation fees, which are often criticized as stifling competition among carriers and keeping charges relatively high.

Rakuten first entered the mobile phone business in October 2014 as a virtual mobile network operator that uses other wireless carriers' networks.

Its low-cost wireless communication service, Rakuten Mobile, has attracted around 2.2 million subscribers. The company has said it will aim for more than 10 million subscribers by the end of March 2029.

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The country's second-largest ridesharing platform is stepping on the gas. Revenue soared 72% in its latest quarter, as millennials forgo costly auto ownership in favor of app-based ride-hailing. Lyft is growing faster than the country's largest player -- another broken IPO -- and it also hasn't followed Uber (NYSE: UBER) into the cutthroat restaurant-delivery niche or outside of North America.

Lyft and Uber are scaring investors away with their 10-digit annual deficits, but there's no denying that this is a niche that's only growing in popularity. Lyft and Uber have a duopoly here, and things will get better once they feel that they don't have to spend so much on promoting their apps. Regulatory risks remain, and the price of doing business in California is about to get more expensive. Lyft is still growing too quickly to ignore now that it's selling 43% below its springtime IPO price of $72.

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Nach meiner Einschätzung werden wir hier einen Shortsquezze sehen, denn die Shortseller wetten hier m.E. gegen die Fundamentals und fast alle Analysten.

Rakuten ist der globale Innovationspartner und „Powered by“-Partner von Spartan. Was beide verbindet, sind die gemeinsamen Werte. Rakuten ist ein globaler Innovationskonzern mit Hauptsitz in Tokio und auf Japanisch bedeutet Rakuten Optimismus. Sowohl Spartan als auch Rakuten bringt die Welt mit innovativen Ideen voran, baut eine starke Community aus leidenschaftlichen und ehrgeizigen Menschen auf und empowert seine Follower um eine bessere Zukunft zu gestalten. Zu den mehr als 70 Geschäftszweigen von Rakuten gehört unter anderem der Messaging-Dienst Viber, über den sich die Spartan-Community verbindet und über Events, Rennen und Training austauschen kann.

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weiter aus

Bamberg, 09. Juli 2019 – Der deutsche Ableger des globalen Internetkonzerns Rakuten, der u.a. einen Marktplatz betreibt, baut sein Kundenbindungssystem in Deutschland weiter aus. Unter anderem bildet ab sofort auch idealo die „Rakuten Super Points“ in seinem Preisvergleich ab.

Rakuten vergibt „Rakuten Super Points“ auf jeden Einkauf bei Rakuten und ermöglicht so, dass Kunden bei jedem folgenden Einkauf sparen können. Die gesammelten Punkte können im gesamten Rakuten Ökosystem eingesetzt werden, beispielsweise um einen aktuellen Blockbuster auf Rakuten TV zu sehen oder einen internationalen Anruf über den Messaging- und Call-Service Rakuten Viber zu tätigen. Ab sofort werden auf der Angebotsseite eines Produkts auf idealo die potenziellen „Rakuten Super Points“ angezeigt, die Rakuten Club Member beim Kauf des Produkts über den Marktplatz sammeln können. Damit wird bereits in einem der ersten Schritte der Customer-Journey ein klarer Vorteil hervorgehoben, den Kunden bei einer Shopping-Tour auf Rakuten genießen. Um von der Zusatzleistung zu profitieren, müssen sich Kunden bei idealo anmelden und das Bonusprogramm auswählen.

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One reason Husain is increasingly bullish on scooters is their improved durability. "The main delta for whether or not these scooters are sustainable has to do with how long-lasting they are."
The first generation, he said, was sourced from Chinese suppliers building for personal use, not the American scooter-sharing market, where riders are much harder on the equipment.
As a result, a lot of the early e-scooters lasted less than a month. Compare that to the cost of those scooters at $400 each, Husain said, and "that's no way to make money."  From his perspective, the biggest driver of "margin positive is: ‘how many days can you get scooters to be operational?'"
As e-scooter companies have shifted to longer-lasting vehicles, the business model is starting to make sense, according to Husain, although he qualified that statement by saying questions remain whether new funding rounds will close.

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bringen Instant Messenger Payments zu Millionen von osteuropäischen Verbrauchern

DGAP-News: Wirecard AG
04. Oktober 2019

Wirecard, Libra Internet Bank und Rakuten Viber bringen Instant Messenger Payments zu Millionen von osteuropäischen Verbrauchern

- Der neue von Mastercard unterstützte Moneytou-Service erweitert die Rakuten Viber Messenger App, die weltweit bereits über eine Milliarde Nutzer hat

- Wirecard wickelt alle Kartentransaktionen innerhalb der App ab und sorgt für ein optimales Nutzererlebnis

- Es wird erwartet, dass bis Ende des Jahres 25 Millionen Verbraucher den Service nutzen

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benefit from its marketplace

By Taruka Srivastav-30 September 2019 07:10am

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für absurd, denn die Dot-coms waren um die Jahrtausendwende mit zig Milliarden bewertet - ohne nennenswerte Umsätze und Beschäftigungszahlen vorlagen.

Lyft wird in 2019 vermutlich einen Umsatz von ca 3,5 Milliarden erreichen und beschäftigt Tausende von Mitarbeitern. Zusammen mit den Fahrern produzierten Umsätzen wird man 2019 vermutlich weit über zehn Milliarden Umsätze produzieren und die Zahl der Drivers geht in die Zehntausende.

Die Dot-coms der Jahrtausendwende hat höhere Umsatzmultiples als 100 - Lyft liegt dagegen bei meines Erachtens idiotisch niedrigen 3.

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Addressable market for trips to be 9.7 billion by 2028 against Lyft gave 619 million rides in 2018

"Investors bullish on app-based ride hailing business must decide whether LYFT, a U.S. pure-play, can overcome its second-mover status and capture its fair share of future ecosystem profits," the team lead by Brian Fitzgerald said in a note to clients.
"Market share runners-up in platform businesses have not, historically, benefitted from network effects to the same degree the market leader, ultimately resulting in lower growth and profitability."

The bank doesn't expect that to be the case for ride-hailing though, which most industry experts see as still in an extremely nascent stage. Instead, it all comes down to how much market share Lyft can grab from Uber.

That runway could be huge, too, considering that Wells Fargo estimates the total addressable market for trips to be 9.7 billion by 2028. (For context, Lyft gave 619 million rides in 2018, it said in IPO filings.)

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“[IPO Companies] look at these market blips just like they look at themselves and say, ‘What do I need to do to be public, let me work through the things and challenges I have every day. I’m a high-growth company,’” Kelley says. “Some of these companies are growing 10%, 20%, 50%, some of them 100% year-over-year. They’re fearless. Blips in the market don’t scare them at all.”

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at more than 10,000 restaurants around the country

Rakuten Inc. announced an agreement with Rewards Network to create Rakuten Dining, a partnership program that offers 5% cash back on meals at more than 10,000 restaurants around the country.
Rakuten members can start earning 5% back by linking a personal credit or debit card in the Rakuten app and use that card to pay at participating restaurants. The cash back accrues automatically and is rewarded one every quarter.

"We're on a mission to deliver rewards on more everyday purchases, and dining was one area where we are actively expanding," David Marks, gm of strategic initiatives at Rakuten, said via email.
He said over the past year, Rakuten has been working with food delivery services like Postmates, Doordash, GrubHub and Caviar.

Rakuten Dining is currently available on the Rakuen app for iOS and will later be available for Android.

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Rakuten Partners with Rewards Network to Launch New Dining Program
Rakuten Members Can Now Earn 5% Cash Back From 10,000+ Restaurants Nationwide

SAN MATEO, Calif. and CHICAGO, Oct. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Rakuten and Rewards Network, the largest dining loyalty program in the U.S., are teaming up for Rakuten Dining, a new partnership program offering consumers an introductory 5% Cash Back on dining at more than 10,000 restaurants nationwide. Available on the Rakuten app, Rakuten Dining offers Rakuten members a seamless way to earn Cash Back for dining out at their favorite restaurants.

Rakuten members can start earning 5% Cash Back today when they dine at participating restaurants nationwide. Members simply link a personal credit or debit card in the Rakuten app and then use the same card to pay when they dine at a participating restaurant. Cash Back accrues automatically in Rakuten and is awarded on a quarterly basis to members.

Rakuten Dining is the newest addition to Rakuten's commitment to delivering rewards for everyday purchases, whether online, in-store or on-demand services – all via the app. The new Dining program brings together Rewards Network's extensive directory of restaurants and Rakuten In Store Network to offer Cash Back on dining experiences. Having this resource available on mobile devices allows consumers to easily search restaurants when deciding where to eat and earn even more rewards whenever and wherever they are.

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Pizzaportal an Kurierdienst Glovo verkauft
Mittwoch, 14. August 2019

Der polnische Multi-Konzept-Spezialist Amrest verkauft sein Tochterunternehmen Restaurant Partner Polska, die Mutter der polnischen Lieferplattform Pizzaportal, an den aufstrebenden Kuriervermittlungsdienst Glovo. Glovo ist einer der führenden digitalen Liefervermittler in Spanien.
Die Höhe des Deals benennt Amrest mit 30 Mio. Euro zuzüglich 5 Mio. Euro erfolgsabhängiger späterer Zahlungen. Der Kaufpreis wird in einer Kombination aus Cash und Glovo-Aktien bezahlt. Amrest investierte bereits 2018 25 Mio. Euro in Glovo im Gegenzug für 10 Prozent Unternehmensanteile.

Mit der Glovo-App können Kunden unterschiedliche Produkte innerhalb einer Stadt bestellen aber auch versenden. Laut Unternehmen hat die App 5,5 Mio. Nutzer und mehr als 16.000 Partner. Glovo bietet seinen Service in 202 Städten in 26 Ländern an. Die Unternehmenszentrale ist in Barcelona, Glovo hat mehr als 1200 Mitarbeiter weltweit. Mehr als 36.000 Fahrer – die sogenannten Glover – sind für Glovo aktiv.

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A hedge fund manager who oversees $2 billion lays out the road to profitability for Uber and Lyft — and explains why they have a unique bull case compared to WeWork

But instead of generalizing, Glen Kacher — the chief investment officer and founder of Light Street Capital — would rather study each company's fundamentals to unearth the strong long-term bets.
He is bullish on two companies that fit the bill of the tech-startup mania: Uber and Lyft. Lyft's stock has tanked 47% since its IPO while Uber has fallen 24%. Uber reported a $5.2 billion loss in the second quarter and Lyft bled $644 million in the same period.

Despite these numbers and the concerns of other investors, Kacher sees a road to profitability for both companies.

"Yes, absolutely" was his response when asked to confirm that he was invested in both companies at CNBC's recent Delivering Alpha conference.

He added: "We look at ridesharing and say, 'the end market is huge."

Besides the size of the addressable market, Kacher sees an advantage that other parts of the sharing economy do not have.

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mit bis zu einer Milliarde bewertet:

€676m - €1.0b (Dealroom.co estimates Apr 2019)

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Names, of course, are a big deal, even outside the context of famous 16th century tragedies, which is why a name change is not something to be taken lightly. That’s especially true for digital lenders like Insikt, better known by its brand name Lendify, which has been operating and introducing itself to the world under one of those two names for the last four years.

However, as CEO and Founder James Gutierrez told Karen Webster on the eve of the firm’s renaming and rebranding, the firm is growing up, expanding what it does and evolving the role it wants to play in its customers’ lives. The company wanted a new name to better capture its expanding view of its mission.

The name it settled on was Aura.

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About Aura:

Aura is a technology-powered Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides small, affordable loans to working families in America. Aura’s mission is to build financially healthy low-income communities by providing empowering financial services to America’s 66 million underbanked and unbanked. Aura has pioneered a cloud-based lending technology that enables trusted local businesses to submit credit applications for centralized review and approval by its proprietary scoring algorithms.

Currently available in 1,250 locations across California, Texas, Illinois and Arizona, Aura has provided hundreds of thousands of credit-building, responsible loans to low-income households since launching in 2014. Aura was founded in 2012 by James Gutierrez, Kevin Kang, and Randy Wong. All three founders helped create and scale Oportun (NASDAQ: OPTN), one of Time Magazine’s Top 50 Most Genius Companies in 2018.

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Barcelona, October 4, 2019 - Rakuten, Inc., FC Barcelona and Rakuten TV today announced the launch of Matchday – Inside FC Barcelona, an official FC Barcelona TV documentary series that follows the club through its 2018-2019 season, offering behind-the-scenes insights into what makes Barça “more than a club.”

Matchday will premier exclusively on Rakuten TV in Europe in November, to be followed by a Japan premiere and distribution globally by Rakuten through content partners.

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