- January 17, 2024
We’ve started a new year, and retailers are clearing old inventory to make way for new items.
In come coupons to help move merchandise, and PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Coupon Apps ...
- December 13, 2023
Coupons are helpful to most consumers, especially amid the holiday season.
PYMNTS highlights the most popular savings applications every month in the Provider Ranking of Coupon Apps, whether you’re looking for ...
- November 14, 2023
In this edition of the PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Coupon Apps we see consistency in rankings but changes in scores. GoodRx climbs up the rankings with Groupon not far behind, whereas Flipp ...
- October 17, 2023
This month in the PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Coupon Apps we have some movers and shakers — but mostly shakers. Dollar General beat out CVS Pharmacy for the top spot leaving everyone ...
- September 14, 2023
In the world of retail, a prominent theme revolves around optimizing savings during the shopping experience.
According to the latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Coupon Apps, CVS Pharmacy and Dollar General ...
- May 31, 2023
Regardless of income level, we’re all wary of what things cost and where the best deal can be had, online or in-store.
It’s not too far-fetched to say we’ve become a ...
- April 19, 2023
The whole point of PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Coupon Apps is to track the action in the offers and discounts space so as to save money. We also keep it ...
- March 13, 2023
Call them deal chasers or money-savers, but those who use coupon apps are just being smart, and the latest Provider Ranking of Coupon Apps shows the thrifty are never content.
The ...
- September 21, 2022
Today in the connected economy, UnitedHealthcare extends its collaboration with the fitness platform Peloton as more consumers look for ways to mix digital and in-person health.
Also, Target and TD Bank ...
- September 21, 2022
Japan’s Rakuten Group has tapped Goldman Sachs and Daiwa Securities to oversee an initial public offering (IPO) for its banking unit.
That’s according to a Wednesday (Sept. 21) report by Bloomberg ...
- April 18, 2022
In today’s FinTech news, Uber Eats customers in Japan will soon be able to tap Rakuten for payments, while Zambia card issuing startup Union54 added more growth to its seed ...
- April 18, 2022
Today in food commerce, PYMNTS data reveal that consumers’ adoption of mobile grocery is growing significantly by the month, while restaurants in the United States focus their innovation strategies on ...
- April 18, 2022
Uber Eats in Japan is collaborating with Rakuten Group to offer users an additional online payment option, according to a press release on Monday (April 18).
Rakuten Pay, the Rakuten Group’s ...
- March 25, 2022
This week in FinTech Ukraine, Amazon announces an employment support program for Ukrainian refugees, and Rakuten unveils a charity fund.
Amazon
Amazon.com has launched an employment support program for refugees of the ...
- March 23, 2022
Rakuten, an app to find coupons and earn cash back on purchases, has launched the Rakuten Clutch Special Charity Fund to assist humanitarian aid to Ukraine, the company announced.
The company ...
- March 2, 2022
While teasing the possibility of eBay accepting bitcoin, eBay CEO Jamie Iannone this week pointed to the growth of non-fungible token (NFT) sales on the eCommerce site as the reason ...
- January 28, 2022
Like shoppers scrambling for the last on-sale item in a physical store, coupon apps have been moving fast in our monthly rankings of contenders in this category.
As a result, the ...
- December 6, 2021
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform Afterpay is teaming up with shopping rewards and cash-back program Rakuten on a program that combines cash-back rewards and flexible payment schedules, according to ...
- March 12, 2021
Japanese eCommerce and technology giant Rakuten is hoping to notch $2.2 billion with the issuance of new shares to Walmart, Tencent and Japan Post, the company said in a press ...
- March 1, 2021
New York Attorney General Letitia James has warned crypto firms to “play by the rules” or risk getting shut down, according to a press release.
Calling cryptocurrency “high-risk,” James said “devastating ...
- January 12, 2021
An ex-employee of SoftBank, a major Japanese wireless carrier, was reportedly arrested on Tuesday (Jan. 12) on suspicion of stealing trade secrets before taking a job with Rakuten Mobile, a ...
- December 8, 2020
In today’s top retail news, G-III Apparel Group reported that net sales dropped 26.7 percent as its Wilsons Leather and G.H. Bass brands suffered, while the Rakuten In-Store Network has ...
- December 8, 2020
The Rakuten In Store Network has turned on offers in Google Pay, allowing users of the payment method to receive cash back on promotions connected to their cards for eCommerce ...
- November 16, 2020
Rakuten, a Japanese tech company specializing in digital eCommerce solutions for retailers, is introducing a new subsidiary to bolster physical stores.
Tentatively called Rakuten DX, the new unit will launch schemes ...
- October 16, 2020
The fashion category has arguably been the most complex amid the pandemic and subsequent shift to the digital-first economy. Business models have been flipped to emphasize eCommerce over physical stores. ...
- September 17, 2020
In today’s top news in payments around the world, Delivery Hero said it has acquired Glovo’s Latin America operations, and Telefónica is teaming with Rakuten for the development of an ...
- September 16, 2020
Telefónica is teaming up with a pioneering Japanese eCommerce company in a bid to speed up the rollout of 5G.
Telefónica said on Wednesday (Sept. 26) that it will work with ...
- July 22, 2020
PYMNTS’ new Provider Ranking of Coupon Apps debuts this month with cool newcomers topping the list of competitors in the mobile shopping rewards category.
The Top 5
Coming in at No. 1 ...
- May 15, 2020
Customers waiting for Rakuten Inc.’s launch of its 5G services, which were originally planned for June, will have to wait.
Reuters reported that the Tokyo company’s 5G rollout will be delayed ...
- May 13, 2020
Rakuten Mobile Inc., a Tokyo internet services provider, plans to acquire InnoEye, an engineering technology company based in Virginia, per a company statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Rakuten ...
- February 28, 2020
The Fair Trade Commission in Japan (JFTC) has asked eCommerce company Rakuten to delay its plans to offer free shipping, which would take effect on March 18th, according to a ...
- February 25, 2020
Mastercard has expanded its partnership with Rakuten Viber to bring peer-to-peer (P2P) payments to Romania via Moneytou, which makes transferring money easy, quick and secure, Mastercard announced on Tuesday (Feb. ...
- February 20, 2020
Walmart, which has been struggling in Japan for a number of years, is seeing eye-opening growth in its online food grocery delivery service, according to a report by Reuters.
Walmart’s venture ...
- February 20, 2020
Earlier this week, Japan’s cabinet proposed a bill that seeks to, as reported by the country’s national daily, The Mainichi, “improve contract transparency” for deals struck by Big Tech firms ...
- February 16, 2020
Rakuten, the Japanese eCommerce conglomerate, has sold billions of dollars’ worth in shares, including the entirety of its stake in Pinterest.
The shares were from the company’s technology holdings, according to ...
- February 10, 2020
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), the country’s antitrust watchdog, searched the Tokyo headquarters of eCommerce giant Rakuten on Monday (Feb. 10) over complaints about its free shipping policy, numerous ...
- November 5, 2019
Japan’s Rakuten has taken a huge loss on Lyft shares, according to Reuters.
The company said it expects to lose 103 billion yen ($947 million) in the latest quarter due to ...
- October 17, 2019
Rebates and cash-back offers sound great in theory — the customer purchases something they wanted anyway, and get a small incentive payment to reward them for making the buy. It ...
- October 8, 2019
Rakuten In Store Network, an advertising platform to help push in-store sales and traffic with rewards programs linked to cards, has announced a partnership with engagement platform Prodege to increase ...
- October 7, 2019
Instant payments have use cases ranging from quickly paying gig workers for services rendered to refunding a shopper returning a purchase to speeding up insurance payouts and online rebates.
Online rewards ...
