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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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Rakuten Applying For US Banking Charter
Rakuten Applying For US Banking Charter
July 26, 2019  |  Banking

A Japanese FinTech company is applying for a banking charter in the United States, according to a report by American Banker. The eCommerce firm Rakuten...

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Bitcoin Daily: Rakuten Secures Crypto Exchange License; LVMH Launches Luxury Retail Blockchain
Bitcoin Daily: Rakuten Secures Crypto Exchange License; LVMH Launches Luxury Retail Blockchain
March 27, 2019  |  Bitcoin

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...

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Walmart Opens eCommerce Store With Rakuten In Japan
Walmart Opens eCommerce Store With Rakuten In Japan
December 11, 2018  |  eCommerce

Walmart and Rakuten announced Tuesday (December 11) the opening of the first Walmart eCommerce store in Japan, dubbed Walmart Rakuten Ichiba Store. According to a...

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Bitcoin Daily: Rakuten Plans To Acquire Crypto Exchange, Asia Sees Surge In Blockchain Job Postings
Bitcoin Daily: Rakuten Plans To Acquire Crypto Exchange, Asia Sees Surge In Blockchain Job Postings
September 03, 2018  |  Bitcoin

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...

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Five At Five: Rakuten Takes On Amazon
Five At Five: Rakuten Takes On Amazon
August 28, 2018  |  News

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...

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Rakuten Reveals Its Plan To Take On Amazon
Rakuten Reveals Its Plan To Take On Amazon
August 28, 2018  |  Retail

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...

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