The less bumpy way to ride e-commerce = Rakuten (Seite 359)

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Rakuten France Leads the Way in Second-hand Marketplace

Rakuten France has a well-established reputation as a pioneer in the second-hand goods market and two out of three products sold on its platform are actually from the circular economy. In this report, we look at some recent initiatives introduced by the business to further drive sales in this area, including incentives for purchasing higher-end second-hand goods, an instant chat solution to facilitate C2C (consumer-to-consumer) exchange between private buyers and sellers, and a unique warranty program for refurbished smartphones.

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Rakuten TV expands FAST offering in Europe with 21 new channel

Written by Stuart Thomson

3 days ago

AVOD and FAST channel platform Rakuten TV has launched 21 new channels across Spain, Italy, and France as part of ongoing expansion plans across key territories.

The new additions will offer a variety of entertainment across lifestyle, nature, film, animation, music, and culture.

All Rakuten TV linear channels are currently accessible for free on the Rakuten TV app on selected Samsung, LG and Vestel Smart TV devices. Users can launch the app with a single click through the branded remote-control button and the pre-installed app.the channels are either available immediately or set to launch within the coming months, Rakuten said.

https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2021/11/18/rakuten-tv-expand…

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Gutes Rating für Fintech von Rakuten

Fitch Revises Outlook on Rakuten International Commercial Bank to Stable; Affirms at 'A(twn)'

Fitch Ratings - Taipei - 27 Oct 2021: Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on the National Long-Term Rating on Taiwan-based Rakuten International Commercial Bank Co., LTD. (RICB) to Stable from Negative. The rating has been affirmed at 'A(twn)', while the National Short-Term Rating is affirmed at 'F1+(twn)'.

RICB's ratings are driven by Fitch's expectation of a high likelihood of institutional support from its Japanese parent, Rakuten Bank, Ltd., if needed. This is underpinned by our assessment of Rakuten Bank's intrinsic credit profile, as well as RICB's strategic importance to its parent and role in the group. We expect RICB and Rakuten Bank to develop strong synergies, as we believe Taiwan is a strategically important market for the group.

https://www.fitchratings.com/research/banks/fitch-revises-ou…

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Eine m.E. wichtige Ursache für die Unterbewertung

This low numbers must increase

Institutional shareholders 11.73%

Per cent of shares held by top holders
Holder Shares % Held

Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
AS OF 29 OCT 2021
39.90m 2.53%

Baillie Gifford & Co.
AS OF 18 NOV 2021
31.88m 2.02%

The Vanguard Group, Inc.
AS OF 31 OCT 2021
20.11m 1.27%

Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.
AS OF 05 NOV 2021
19.33m 1.22%

Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd.
AS OF 29 OCT 2021
19.10m 1.21%

BlackRock Fund Advisors
AS OF 04 NOV 2021
15.82m 1.00%

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Ltd.
AS OF 30 SEP 2021
13.12m 0.83%

JPMorgan Asset Management (Japan) Ltd.
AS OF 31 OCT 2021
10.18m 0.64%

Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.
AS OF 04 NOV 2021
8.33m 0.53%

Norges Bank Investment Management
AS OF 31 DEC 2020
7.58m 0.48%

markets.ft.com/data/equities/tearsheet/profile?s=4755:TYO

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Lowering of Losses of Mobile will coming soon

At the end of September, Rakuten Mobile had over 30,000 4G base stations on air, up from 17,560 as of March. Yoshihisa Yamada, president of Rakuten Mobile, said another 10,000 base stations are ready to go on air and are awaiting delivery of semiconductor components. Still, he noted that with progress on the buildout, Rakuten is now importantly ready to make inroads in switching off users from its roaming partner KDDI and onto its own network. The move started gradually in October, shifting to Rakuten’s network from KDDI in 39 prefectures.

Getting onto the Rakuten network will help boost the customer experience, as Yamada noted that data is limited to a 5 GB per month cap in roaming areas, but users can take advantage of unlimited plans once they’ve transitioned.

Coming off of roaming also is expected to reduce costs for the operator starting in Q2 2022, while an increase in fee-paying customers who are rolling off free service promotions will also contribute to lower losses at that time.

https://5gnewshubb.com/2021/11/11/rakuten-mobile-losses-stac…

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WLAN-Management für Kommunikationsdienstleister

17.11.2021/ Redakteur: Bernhard Lück / Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Andreas Donner

Die von HCL Technologies entwickelte Plattform HCL SMARTWiFi ist eine Wi-Fi-6-Cloud-Lösung für Communications Services Providers (CSP) und Managed Services Providers (MSP) zur zentralen Verwaltung von Access Points in groß angelegten Implementierungen mit mehreren Standorten.
HCL SMARTWiFi sei in Zusammenarbeit mit Rakuten Mobile entwickelt worden. Die Plattform werde derzeit im Netz des Betreibers in ganz Japan implementiert. „Durch unsere Partnerschaft mit HCL können wir unseren Rakuten-Mobile-Kunden in Japan und weltweit über Rakuten Symphony fortschrittliche WLAN-Management-Services anbieten“, erklärt Tareq Amin, Chief Technology Officer bei Rakuten Mobile.

https://www.ip-insider.de/wlan-management-fuer-kommunikation…

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Vibers Unique IDs increased 8.3% YoY

Jun/20: 1,186 billion Unique ID’s

Sep/20: 1,209 billion Unique ID‘s

Dez/20: 1,237 billion Unique ID‘s

Mar/20: 1,262 billion Unique ID‘s

Jun/20: 1,285 billion Unique ID’s

Sep/20: 1,309 billion Unique ID’s

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Cabify-IPO

Founded in 2011, this "Latin Uber-rival" as media likes to call them because of their market leadership in LATAM, reached a valuation of $1,4 billion in the beginning of 2018, after having raised $160 million.

In April 2021, Cabify got into the very hot and competitive last-mile delivery space "to build up a new business unit beyond traditional ride-hailing". According to Forbes, "the logistics service is being expanded to take advantage of the surge in e-commerce and online shopping during the Covid-19 pandemic."

The same article reveals that Cabify has hired a new chief financial officer to finally do an IPO, something that the Spanish startup ecosystem has eagerly been waiting for since early 2019, when rumors of the company reaching this important milestone first started.

In September 2019, Cabify implied to Spanish newspaper Cinco Días that they had learnt from its American competitor Uber what not do, saying that "it would be optimal to reach profitability before doing an IPO to become a publicly traded company". Instead Management started planning for an IPO in 2020, then in March 2020, well, you know..

https://www.expandtospain.com/post/creative-recount-of-spani…

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Better version than in U.K., Spain, France and Germany: Accumulated cashback in Ukraine to bank accounts or Visa or Mastercard

Rakuten Europe Launches Cashback Shopping Platform in Ukraine

After successfully launching Shopping & Affiliate Platforms in the U.K., Spain, France, and Germany, Rakuten Europe expands its unique membership proposition to Ukraine

Rakuten Chatbot within Rakuten Viber, cross-platform messaging and voice-based communication app enhances the digital shopping experience.

Luxembourg/Kyiv, November 04, 2021 – Rakuten, a global leader in internet services including e-commerce, fintech, digital content, and communications, and best known to the Ukrainian audience with its messaging service provider Rakuten Viber, is launching its Shopping and Affiliate Platform in Ukraine, offering consumers a new Cashback program.

Internet penetration in Ukraine has grown significantly in recent years, leading to increased demand for e-commerce and mobile shopping. Both sectors have experienced massive growth, with mobile commerce becoming increasingly popular, with roughly a third of digital orders being placed via smartphone.

Viber is the most popular messenger in Ukraine according to InMind research and is one of the top 3 most popular applications (according to Kantar CMeter). Viber is installed on 97% of Ukrainian users’ smartphones.

Rakuten is building a new loyalty proposition for customers in Ukraine, with more than 250 retail partners such as Intertop, AliExpress, Puma, Foxtrot, Argo, Watsons, Moyo, Answear, Yakaboo, iHerb, Kasta and Citrus across many categories, including entertainment, electronics, beauty, clothing, travel, books, household items, food and outdoors.

By signing up to become a Rakuten member for free, customers can shop on partners’ websites and will receive cashback for each purchase. The cashback rates go up to 30 percent. After reaching the minimum threshold of redemption of 150 Hryvnias, members can withdraw the accumulated cashback to their bank accounts (or to their Visa or Mastercard) in just a few steps.

https://corp.rakuten.eu/pressrelease/rakuten-europe-launches…

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Das große Ding war das sicher nicht

Walder Wyss with Rakuten in the sales of its minority stake in getAbstract

Rakuten Group, a global innovation company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, has entered into an agreement in 2016 to acquire a substantial minority stake in getAbstract, a global company specializing in compressed digital content.

On 02 November 2021 Rakuten Group has sold its minority stake in getAbstract.
Walder Wyss acted as legal advisor to Rakuten. The team included Alexandre Both (partner, corporate/m&a, pictured), Luc Defferrard (partner, corporate/m&a), Janine Corti (counsel, tax), Grégoire Henriod (senior associate, corporate/m&a) and Lucas Nanchen (trainee, corporate/m&a).

https://legalcommunity.ch/rakuten-sells-stake-getabstract/