Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

wäre allein der Fintech-Bereich von Rakuten mehr als 34 Milliarden Dollar wert.

in der Realität vorkommen, diese Überlegungen muss ich leider Euch selbst überlassen, weil mich sonst der Webmaster sperren müsste bzw. würde.

ist für mich nachvollziehbar und auf keinen Fall als negativ zu betrachten:

My name is Kono, and I'd like to explain about the EC. If I repeat for the current, the quarter, in Q1, ¥857.6 billion was the GMS, which was up by 11.4% year-on-year. Double-digit growth is still maintained.

Next, in terms of the revenue and operating income. Revenue, which came to ¥97.261 billion, which was up by 8.8% year-on-year. And in terms of the operating income, it was ¥16.4 billion, or the negative growth year-on-year, that is because of the investments that was required in the focal area. And there were two points, first, C2C business. And as to C2C business, we are seeing remarkable growth there, and therefore, at present, commission is free for users and that is reflected in here. Yet looking at the market, I'd like to make the decision on the right timing. And also about the Rakuten direct, this is the first-party business that we're making the increase in investment. But for other businesses, other segments, they are about the same level as last year, and therefore, we're currently making the quite disciplined investment, I would say.

seekingalpha.com/article/...s-earnings-call-transcript?page=3

Speaking about Viber, the number of unique IDs has gone beyond 1 billion - excuse me, (inaudible) billion, and the revenue is also growing significantly. Total revenue grew by 75.8% year-on-year in terms of revenue.

seekingalpha.com/article/...nings-call-transcript?part=single

Rakuma-Fril GMS reaches $1.3bln U.S. in 2017

by Tariq Ahmed Saeedi
in Financials / Deals
27 Feb 2018

Japan’s biggest e-retailer Rakuten Inc., recorded a 2.7 times jump in the combined gross merchandise sales (GMS) of its two consumer-to-consumer marketplaces in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2017, over the corresponding period a year earlier. Rakuten owns two flea market apps: Rakuma and Fril, which were merged last week.

aimgroup.com/2018/02/27/...il-gms-reaches-1-3bln-u-s-in-2017/

„Glovo“, ein spanisches Unternehmen das Produktlieferdienste anbietet, hat am Dienstag (6.) in São Paulo und Rio de Janeiro (Brasilien) seinen Betrieb aufgenommen. Mit Brasilien ist das Unternehmen nun in vier lateinamerikanischen Länder präsent, nachdem es bereits in Chile, Peru und Argentinien durch ein Joint Venture mit der spanischen Firma Cabify vertreten ist. McDonald’s bietet den Lieferdienst bereits in Spanien an.

latina-press.com/news/...ferdienst-glovo-startet-in-brasilien/

PremFina Ltd., a U.K. firm that provides software to insurance brokers, raised $36 million in its first round of funding as founder and serial entrepreneur Bundeep Singh Rangar seeks to expand the company..

The equity and debt investment came from investors including the venture capital arm of Japan’s Rakuten Inc., and U.K.-based Draper Esprit Plc, backed by billionaire Tim Draper, the people said.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...-in-rakuten-draper-funding

PremFina (the "Company") is proud to announce the recent go-live of insurance brokers: Reactive Insurance, Larsen Howie, The Auto Group (TAG), and Motor Products Online (MPO), amongst 20 brokers that signed on to PremFina's financing or software platform in the first quarter of 2018.

www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/...okers-2018-and-counting

www.top10bestbusinessloans.com/reviews/bluevine

ist Currencycloud:

www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2018/...accounts-receivable/

Kyiv, 25 April, 2018 – following the strategic plan of digital transformation, METRO Cash & Carry Ukraine together with its technology partner Middleware company (USA), continues to offer its customers the best digital services. Shortly after the launch of a new version of the mobile app, METRO presented an opportunity to receive digital customer cards in Viber app.

From now on any potential METRO client can easily receive digital card in 1 click and for free in Viber public account. A new user needs to send his (or her) phone number – and METRO`s Viber-bot will issue a fully capable digital METRO customer card instantly. Such a card can be immediately used in METRO at the checkout, without necessity to undergo any additional procedures. All cashier desks in METRO stores are already equipped with the special scanners able to accept digital cards from customers’ smartphones.  

METRO Cash & Carry Ukraine became the first retailer in Ukraine, that started registering clients in messengers. Viber is the most popular messenger in Ukraine with around 20 mln registered users. All these people from now on can easily receive METRO digital card without having to apply for the plastic card in the store.

METRO also set up a perfect personalised communication channel, since Viber allows not only to issue digital cards, but also to send reminders, instant   notifications about discounts, promotions etc. METRO leverages Corezoid Process Engine and Deepmemo Rules Engine by Middleware to power cards issuance and communication with clients in Viber.

new.corezoid.com/2018/04/...ustomer-cards-instantly-in-viber/

das nachstehende Unternehmen?

247wallst.com/media/2017/03/02/is-viber-the-next-snapchat/

Pinterest IPO Fact Sheet
No filings have been submitted to the SEC. As such, we have no formal financial information regarding Pinterest. As a potential IPO date nears, we’ll see an initial Form S-1 filing submitted followed by amendments.

Company Name: Pinterest
 Founders:          §Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp
Estimated IPO Date: 2018
Valuation:          §$20+ billion
accessipos.com/pinterest-ipo-fact-sheet/

Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce giant leading a $100 million investment in Pinterest, valuing the company at $1.5 billion, will be making two major contributions to the image-based social network as it gears up for its next stage of growth: the funds to take the image-based social network into new international markets, and a business model.

First up, Rakuten’s home market of Japan, where “Pinterest is growing very fast,” notes Rakuten’s CEO, Hiroshi Mikitani, in an interview with TechCrunch. He wants Rakuten to grow right there with it by using Rakuten’s services to become the basis for buying things off the site.

techcrunch.com/2012/05/17/...pin-images-and-buy-using-our-id/

kress.de/news/detail/beitrag/...-mio-dollar-in-pinterest.html

techcrunch.com/2018/02/26/...ryone-else-adds-3-million-users/

Newport Beach-based Acorns, the developer of a mobile app which turns your spare change into investments in an exchange traded fund (ETF), has raised $30M in a new funding round from PayPal and Rakuten, the company disclosed today. The startup, led by Walter and Jeff Cruttenden, takes spare change from a user's debit and credit card purchases--rounding up those purchases to a whole dollar amount--and invests those into an ETF for the user. The company has now raised $62M in funding. Acorns previously raised funding from Greycroft Partners, e.ventures Sound Ventures, Garland Capital, and MATH Venture Partners. The company has been targeting millenials and other younger users with its app.

www.socaltech.com/...rakuten_for_investing_app/s-0065014.html

www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/...50-million-300571000.html

14 December 2017
Investors insert $50m into Insikt
Grupo Coppel has led a $50m series D round for Insikt, an online lender to the underbanked, whose existing shareholders also include Rakuten.
Author: Thierry Heles, Reporter
Insikt, a US-based online lending service backed by e-commerce firm Rakuten, closed a $50m series D round yesterday led by financial services group Grupo Coppel.

www.globalcorporateventuring.com/...ors-insert-50m-into-insikt

japanmarkt.de/2017/06/28/...f-um-vermittlungsmarkt-entbrannt/

Dadurch fällt Rakuten ein neuer Markt in den Schoß, Interessant ist, dass sich Rakuten bisher an das Verbot hielt, Airbnb - typisch für einige US-Unternehmen vom Schlag Amazon, Facebook oder Uber - dagegen nicht.

Ich halte die Strategie von Rakuten, die sich auch im Verhalten von Rakuten-Beteiligungen wie Lyft oder Cabify widerspeigelt - auf lange Sicht für nachhaltiger.

Coda Payments was founded in 2011 to make it easier for customers in Southeast Asia to transact online. Coda's flagship offering is Codapay, an alternative payment service provider that enables digital content providers to accept payments in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Singapore using payment channels that every consumer can use, even if they don't have a credit or debit card.  Coda also operates Codashop, where they sell Google Play gift codes, Steam Wallet codes, and other products to consumers. Coda also distributes gift codes in bulk to corporate clients.

www.crunchbase.com/organization/coda-payments

www.geekwire.com/2017/...d-led-googles-new-ai-investment-arm/

www.businesswire.com/news/home/...r-Generated-Content-Powered

von Rakuten

www.techtag.de/digitalisierung/...aring-auf-der-ueberholspur/