Event startup Fever announced it has raised $35 million in a funding round led by Rakuten Capital. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
A Japanese FinTech company is applying for a banking charter in the United States, according to a report by American Banker. Get the Full Story...
Louis Vuitton label owner LVMH is reportedly gearing up to roll out a crypto provenance platform that has the code name AURA, CoinDesk reported. AURA...
Walmart and Rakuten announced Tuesday (December 11) the opening of the first Walmart eCommerce store in Japan, dubbed Walmart Rakuten Ichiba Store. Get the Full...
Japanese eCommerce company Rakuten is planning to acquire the cryptocurrency exchange service called everybody’s bitcoin Inc., according to an announcement. The deal could happen through a...
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest plan to challenge Amazon, along...
Japanese eCommerce firm Rakuten is thinking big these days, according to recent reports, sharing ambitious goals of taking on wireless technology provider SoftBank by launching a...
Providing Curbside with resources to grow its platform globally, Rakuten has acquired the mobile ordering technology company. The deal’s terms were not made public, retail...
Payments and commerce so often boil down to giving consumers what they want, and the same is looking to be true for blockchain, the popular...