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Viber adds a privacy boost – bringing disappearing messages to regular chats

29 Apr, 2020

Rakuten Viber, one of the world’s leading apps for free and easy communication, announces the upcoming launch of the “disappearing messages” feature to all chats. Previously a feature only available in secret chats, soon, any user will be able to set a timer for sending text, photo, video or other types of files for a few seconds, minutes, hours or even days. An automatic countdown to the deletion of the content will be started immediately after the recipient sees the sent message. The impact of disappearing messages in any 1×1 chats strengthens Viber’s position as the world’s most secure messaging app.

To create a disappearing message, a user needs to:

- Tap the clock icon on the bottom of the chat and select the disappearance period for the message.

- Type and send a message to the recipient.

Viber has proven its commitment to privacy over the years. In a series of firsts in the messaging app space, Viber released a “delete message” feature for all chats in 2015, default end-to-end encryption in 2016 and hidden & secret chats in 2017. As part of its ongoing commitment to privacy, Viber is announcing the launch of disappearing messages in regular chats.

This marks another step in our journey towards being the safest messaging platform in the world,” said Ofir Eyal, COO of Viber.

https://www.businessnews.lk/blog/2020/04/29/viber-adds-a-pri…

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Rakuten Securities Reports Positive Financial Results for Q1 2020

Rakuten Securities yielded an operating revenue of ¥17.6 billion ($161 million) during the Q1 2020.

Rakuten Securities Inc, one of the largest foreign exchange brokers in Japan, ‎has reported its financial results for the fiscal first quarter ending March 31, 2020, which were characterised by upbeat revenues and profits, according ‎to a Rakuten statement. ‎
Rakuten Securities yielded an operating revenue of ¥17.6 billion ($161 million) during the Q1 2020, a gain of 20 percent from ¥14.3 billion in the year earlier. ‎

The same narrative was noted across the profit attributable to owners of the parent company (net income), with the figure coming ‎in at ¥3.9 billion ($36.4 million) which is higher by 16.7 percent compared to its 2019 equivalent. ‎
In terms of overall assets, the Tokyo-headquartered brokerage currently holds ¥1.87 trillion ($17.5 billion), virtually unchanged from which it was at the end of the previous fiscal year. ‎
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Rakuten Securities is one of the largest Japanese FX brokers, and operates regional businesses including in Hong Kong, following an acquisition of one of FXCM’s prior businesses five years ago.
Rakuten Securities, which also operates retail foreign exchange brands in Australia and Malaysia via a joint venture with Kenanga Investment Bank Berha, is part of E-commerce giant Rakuten. Rakuten.com runs the fourth largest e-commerce business, trailing ‎only behind Alibaba, eBay and Amazon.

Leveraging synergies within the group, Rakuten has ventured into the digital asset space with the launch of its cryptocurrency exchange, known as “Rakuten Wallet.”
The move comes nearly four years after the e-retailer acquired Bitcoin payments startup Bitnet and opened a blockchain lab in the UK., ‎becoming one of the more noteworthy firms in the Asia-Pacific ‎region to hop on the cryptocurrency bandwagon.
Through the smartphone app, customers can make transactions for crypto asset trading accounts, such as depositing/withdrawing Japanese yen and crypto assets. Rakuten Wallet, formerly Everybody’s Bitcoin, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rakuten which acquired it for $2.4 million in August 2018.


https://www.financemagnates.com/forex/brokers/rakuten-securi…

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Wieder bessere Geschäfte im Wertpapierbereich

Better securities-results in Q1/20

April 28, 2020
Financial Reports
For the first quarter ended March 31, 2020 Rakuten Securities, Inc. Rakuten Securities, Inc. (President: Yuji Kusunoki. Head Office: Setagaya-ku,Tokyo) consolidated financial reports for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020 (J-GAAP).

Results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020 First quarter ended March 31, 2019
Consolidated Operating Results* (Millions of yen, rounded down)

Operating revenue 17,262 14,386

Net operating revenue 16,737 14,386

Operating income 3,893 3,336

Ordinary income 3,884…3,073

Net income 2,680…1,909

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2020/0428_02.html…

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Find new customers with Rakuten Takeout

Town Hall Meeting: What is Rakuten Takeout?

Town Hall Meeting Featuring Rakuten

http://sanmateochamber.chambermaster.com/events/details/town…

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Rakuten ist ein wichtiger Eigner von Altiostar

US Companies Airspan and Altiostar Announce Partnership to Commercialize 4G & 5G Open Virtualized RAN Network Solutions

BOCA RATON, Florida, March 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Airspan Networks and Altiostar Networks announced today a partnership for accelerating the commercialization of Open RAN 4G and 5G platforms. This partnership will combine the proven expertise of Airspan to deploy compact and intelligent form factors for radio solutions at scale with Altiostar's proven expertise next generation virtualized RAN (vRAN) solutions.

The partnership is born out of real-world field experience and successful integration of thousands of sites in the world's first commercial Open cloud-scale web-based virtualized RAN network in Japan. Together the companies will enable network operators all over the world to take advantage of fully virtualized cloud native network architectures utilizing Altiostar's Open vRAN solution with Airspan's OpenRANGE platform. Open RAN architectures completely change the status quo for mobile network economics by reducing CapEx and OpEx costs up to 40%, according to a 2019 study conducted by Strategy Analytics.

https://web.tmxmoney.com/article.php?newsid=6969667591421908…

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 63.473.687 von ellexi am 28.04.20 06:52:53

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Ebates Korea war bisher Teil von Rakuten Rewards (siehe area served, auch der dort angeführte China-Ableger wurde bereits verkauft)

Rakuten Rewards

Type
subsidiary

Industry Cashback website, Coupons, Mobile applications, Browser extension

Founded May 3, 1998 in Menlo Park, CA, United States
Founders Alessandro Isolani and Paul Wasserman
Headquarters San Mateo, California

Area served United States, Canada, China, South Korea, Singapore, Japan

Key people Amit Patel (CEO)
Number of employees 760 (Worldwide, 2019)
Parent
Rakuten

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakuten_Rewards

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Rakuten Viber reports 4x higher call volume

http://www.ft.lk/it-telecom-tech/Rakuten-Viber-reports-4x-hi…

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Singapore cashback app aquires Rakuten-owned Ebates Korea

https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/singapore-shopback-eb…

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Delivery service Glovo accelerates expansion in Romania amid lockdown

22 April 2020

Spanish fast delivery service Glovo launched operations in five more Romanian cities last week, reaching a network of 23 cities in the country.

Bacau, Deva, Piatra Neamt, Focsani, and Baia Mare are the new additions on Glovo's map.
"During this period, more than ever before, more and more people need jobs and delivery services, which is why we believe that our presence in these cities will be beneficial to local communities. Deliveries represent a chance for partners to remain active, as well as a chance for those who are looking for a job or want to increase their income," said Victor Racariu, General

In the last month, Glovo has taken numerous protective measures for the couriers and their customers. It has equipped all the Glovo offices in the country with over 20,000 masks, gloves and disinfectants, and disabled the delivery signature so that there is no contact between the courier and the customer. It also excluded the high-risk areas from the delivery and pick-up areas and conducted online training dedicated to couriers.

Throughout the year, in the cities covered, Glovo will enter into partnerships with local restaurants and national chains, cosmetics stores, florists, and supermarkets. One of the app's biggest local partners is Kaufland.

https://www.romania-insider.com/glovo-expansion-romania-coro…

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Another step in Rakuten‘s journey towards being the safest messaging platform in the world

Rakuten adds disappearing messages to Viber app

ANNE FREIER | APRIL 27, 2020
App Business

Viber, the voice-over-IP and instant messenger software by Japanese developer Rakuten, will launch “disappearing messages” to boost privacy and security across its messenger.

The feature will be added to its existing messaging apps and users can even set a timer for the content they share to remain visible for irrespective of whether they’re sharing text, images or videos.

The timer can be set for seconds to days, making it a truly customisable options. Once the timer is up, messages will be automatically deleted.

But it’s not exactly a new function, because Viber had previously launched disappearing messages on its secret chats.

However, the company confirmed that rolling it out across its normal app allows for enhanced security. Viber also provides the option to delete sent messages and implements end-to-end encryption.

https://www.businessofapps.com/news/rakuten-adds-disappearin…