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Japan’s FTC Raids Rakuten Over Merchants’ Shipping Complaints
Japan’s FTC Raids Rakuten Over Merchants’ Shipping Complaints
February 10, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

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...

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Rakuten Expects To Lose $947M On Falling Lyft Shares
Rakuten Expects To Lose $947M On Falling Lyft Shares
November 05, 2019  |  Investments

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)...

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Why Simple And Instant Is The Secret To Making Rebates Truly Rewarding
Why Simple And Instant Is The Secret To Making Rebates Truly Rewarding
October 17, 2019  |  Consumer Finance

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...

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Rakuten And Prodege Team Up For Card-Linked Rewards
Rakuten And Prodege Team Up For Card-Linked Rewards
October 08, 2019  |  Loyalty & Rewards

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...

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Paper Checks Still Common For Rebate Payouts
Paper Checks Still Common For Rebate Payouts
October 07, 2019  |  Disbursements

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...

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Deep Dive: How Instant Payments And Solutions Are Changing Rebates
Deep Dive: How Instant Payments And Solutions Are Changing Rebates
October 04, 2019  |  Disbursements

Retailers have long enticed consumers with rebates, cash back and other rewards. Savvy shoppers have found these traditional programs to be lucrative, but long wait...

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Why Paper Checks Continue To Dominate Online Rebates
Why Paper Checks Continue To Dominate Online Rebates
October 03, 2019  |  Disbursements

Checks are still used for 75 percent of rebate payouts, but the tide may finally be turning. Online rebate providers are experimenting with new payout...

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Rakuten On Growing Demand For Instant Rebates
Rakuten On Growing Demand For Instant Rebates
October 02, 2019  |  Disbursements

Consumers are no longer willing to wait for even the simplest of disbursements. Whether they’re waiting to receive government payments, wages or rebate checks from...

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Event Startup Fever Notches $35M
Event Startup Fever Notches $35M
August 05, 2019  |  Investments

Event startup Fever announced it has raised $35 million in a funding round led by Rakuten Capital. Atresmedia, Accel, and former chairman of U.S. investments...

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