Japanese eCommerce giant Rakuten has opened two new research branches of the Rakuten Institute of Technology (RIT) in Boston and Singapore to spearhead its efforts in...
Japan’s largest online retailer, Rakuten, announced the acquisition of fit preference specialist Fits.me yesterday (July 13). The eCommerce company plans to utilize Fit.me’s virtual fitting...
Japan’s biggest e-commerce player, Rakuten Inc., has plans to raise $1.5 billion via a share offering. The firm is looking to strengthen its financial position...
Bitcoin just got another big fan in the eCommerce world — Japan’s largest online retailer. Rakuten announced yesterday (March 17) that it would begin accepting bitcoin...
Lyft has snagged a $300 million investment from Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten in a funding round that gives the ride-sharing company a $2.5 billion valuation,...
Rakuten has been referenced as the “Alibaba of Japan,” and though it didn’t gain the same attention as the Chinese e-Commerce giant in the third-quarter earnings season,...
The Bitcoin payments processor that was created by former Visa and Cybersource people, Bitnet, has pulled in $14.5 million in funding, including from a new...