Rakuten Reports Loss for Q3 of 2019, Dragged Down by Lyft The company recorded an impairment loss on its investment in Lyft of $1.02 billion.
Rakuten Launches Crypto Trading Platform with 3 Listings The mobile-only platform is only available for Android users for the time being.
Rakuten Securities Posts 75% Revenue Decline as Low Volatility Bites With the FX market stuck in the doldrums, several brokers performed badly in Q1 of this year
Rakuten Wallet Starts Registration Process The exchange has limited the process to existing Rakuten clients
Rakuten to Launch Crypto Exchange in April The company has rebranded its crypto exchange to Rakuten Wallet.
Is ‘Japanese Amazon’ Rakuten Moving Toward Crypto Payments? The Japanese e-commerce giant may be accepting crypto payments on the latest version of its app.
Shorter Fiscal Year Sees Rakuten Securities Revenue Decline A change in accounting policy meant the broker's 2018 fiscal 'year' was only 9 months long
Rakuten to Launch a New Payment Subsidiary The company will move its crypto exchange under the new entity.
Rakuten Reveals Sponsorship of Football Star Lukas Podolski Podolski is a German-native who is currently playing for Vissel Kobe, a Japanese professional football club.
Rakuten Signs NBA Star Stephen Curry as Brand Ambassador The firm will sponsor Curry’s upcoming country-wide basketball camp tour.
Rakuten Reports Record Third-Quarter Revenues, up 17.7% YoY Operating income was weighed down by the company’s insurance business following numerous natural disasters in Japan.
Rakuten Appoints Executive Naho Kono as its Chief Marketing Officer Kono is also the Group Managing Executive Officer and Senior Vice President of the firm’s e-commerce operations.
Rakuten Reports 15 Percent Profit Increase in Half-Year Results Despite a large uptick in administrative expenses the broker was able to maintain decent revenue growth.
Rakuten Builds Blockchain Presence, Acquires Crypto Exchange in $2.4m Deal The acquisition comes in response to demand from Rakuten's foreign exchange customers.
Rakuten Coin to Launch on Viber Messenger in Russia Next Year Viber has 45 million active users in Russia.
Barcelona and Rakuten Continue Partnership with Sustainability Initiative The launch comes two months after the Japanese firm agreed to sponsor the Spanish giant's football schools
Rakuten Securities Reports 20% Rise in Revenues During First Quarter The Japanese brokerage house is well on its way to deliver materially different results in Q1 2018
Rakuten Strikes Partnership with FC Barcelona school FCBEscola The partnership is another step in the strong relationship between Rakuten and FC Barcelona.
Rakuten Australia COO: FX is Here to Stay, Crypto “Has a Long Way to Nick Twidale talked to Finance Magnates about the Japanese forex giant's expansion into Australia.
Rakuten Securities Expands to Australia, Launches a Retail Forex Brokerage Following a series of acquisitions, the Japanese based financial firm continues its advance in the Asia Pacific region.