Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

Ende von Q2/18?

https://www.statista.com/statistics/316414/...enger-registered-users/  

des Wertes von Currencycloud lagen wir schon über 300 Millionen:

https://www.funderbeam.com/startups/currency-cloud?ref=teleport  

Currencycloud seals remittance partnership with Hyundai
07 June 2018  

Currencycloud, the leading international payment platform, today announced the launch of South Korea’s first remittance service by a non-bank, following its strategic partnership with the country’s leading credit card company, Hyundai Card.

The news builds on Currencycloud’s momentum in Asia-Pacific, with the UK-headquartered fintech signing 14 partnerships in the region in the past year and growing the volume of payments in the region by 66% in the past year since Q1 2017.

These partnerships include agreements to process business payments between the West and China with X-Transfer and to deliver local payouts in Europe with Geoswift. A strategic partnership has also been signed with EasyPay to facilitate the collections process for Hong Kong merchant service providers.

https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/74244/...ip-with-hyundai/retail
 

Rakuten LIFULL STAY and WAQOO Agree to Form Partnership to Promote and Operate Historic Japanese Temple Accommodation Properties

- The two companies to collaborate with the aim of promoting historical temples and shrines and encouraging regional tourism revitalization -

Tokyo, July 18, 2018 – Rakuten LIFULL STAY, Inc., the Rakuten Group’s vacation rental service provider, and WAQOO Co., Ltd., which operates a temple stay*1 portal site and reservation site, today announced that the two companies have agreed to form a business partnership to operate and promote temple lodgings as accommodation options for domestic and international travelers.

Through the partnership, Rakuten LIFULL STAY and WAQOO will collaborate to promote the sale of temple lodgings around Japan as accommodation with the aim of promoting historical temples and shrines and enouraging regional revitalization. As part of the partnership, WAQOO will carry out the renovation and maintenance of traditional temple lodging properties to make them more accessible to travelers, and will make them available for booking through the its “Terahaku” temple lodgings booking site. Rakuten LIFULL STAY will also offer the lodgings through its vacation rental and shared accommodation reservation site “Vacation STAY”, in addition to carry out the operation of the facilities, such as creating house manuals at WAQOO’s request and sales management.

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2018/...category=corp%20ec
 

hinter Mercari, die nach dem IO eine Marktkapitalisierung von ca. 6 Milliarden US-Dollar haben.

https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/4385:JP  

Europe

Viber trusted Connecto.ai

Viber trusted Connecto.ai to develop bots for their campaigns in 6 countries (Russia, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia) servicing more than 12 million unique users. Viber is the strongest messaging platform in Central and Eastern Europe with ambitions to have 2 billion users worldwide by 2020.

http://connecto.ai/portfolio/viber/
 

schneller wächst ald der herkömmliche E-Commerce.

Jul 30, 2018

E-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. says it has reached a capital alliance agreement with restaurant search business Gurunavi Inc. as it looks to strengthen its foothold in the growing online reservation market.
Rakuten said Monday it will buy Gurunavi shares worth ¥4 billion currently held by Gurunavi Chairman Hisao Taki and acquire a stake of 9.6 percent. The transaction is to be completed Aug. 22.

Through the alliance, Rakuten hopes to develop new services and products using customer data collected by Gurunavi. The two companies’ customer loyalty programs will also be gradually integrated to enhance services for each other’s customers and member stores, Rakuten said.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/30/...urunavi/#.W19pRfZuIdV
 

insbesondere dort, wo die Rakuten-Präsenz schon stärker ist.  

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2018/...category=corp%20ir  

Posted: Feb 27, 2018
The 2017 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors are the first NBA team to launch an account on the messaging platform Rakuten Viber, it was announced today. The Warriors will use Rakuten Viber to communicate directly with fans on a global scale, including through tools such as a chat bot available in multiple languages, a free sticker pack and weekly trivia contests with exclusive prizes for fans.
The Warriors’ chat bot will provide fans with instant access to schedule information, standings, team news, team videos, tickets and live in-game score updates. It is currently available in the following 10 languages, including the native languages of Warriors center Zaza Pachulia (Georgian) and Warriors forward Omri Casspi (Hebrew) beginning today:
         •   English
         • Bulgarian 
         •  Croatian 
         •  Georgian 
         •     Greek 
         •    Hebrew 
         • Hungarian 
         •   Russian 
         •   Serbian 
         • Ukrainian§
https://www.nba.com/warriors/news/...messaging-platform-rakuten-viber
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=249HQo99yuk  

CUSTOMER STORIES JUN 20 2018
How Viber empowers advertisers to have two-way conversations with one billion people around the world

Key Insights

         •§Today, advertisers are looking for alternative ways to connect and engage with younger and more digitally engaged demographics, beyond Facebook and Snapchat.  

         •§Viber is the breakout industry leader that has proved the value of  their media and “new” telecom hybrid model and their unique approach to partnering with advertisers and major brands.

         •§With Mixpanel’s user insights, Viber is able to systematically move the needle on their most important business metrics, and signal to advertisers and brands that Viber is a platform to take one-way conversations into two-way engagements with communities.

         •§Global brands such as FC Barcelona, The Golden State Warriors, Coca-Cola, L’Oreal, and Uber, use Viber’s inventive platform to connect with 1 billion people worldwide.

https://mixpanel.com/blog/2018/06/20/...ging-platform&utm_term=na
 

https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/...esia-go-jek-funding-100615/  

was We Chat schon anbietet.

https://www.iotgadgets.com/2018/03/...monthly-active-users-worldwide/  

Global Collections von Currencycloud versetzt Firmen mit Kunden in den USA oder Europa in die Lage, bezahlt zu werden, als seien Sie vor Ort geschäftlich tätig. Dafür ist keine Präsenz im Lande erforderlich. Mit der neuen Funktion können Firmen internationale Kontonummern (IBAN) sowie virtuelle Kontonummern (VAN) einrichten, und Kunden können Überweisungen in US-Dollar und Euro erhalten, ohne dass Gebühren anfallen.

https://www.presseportal.de/pm/130008/3896555
 

BlackRock becomes an Anchor Investor in Acorns

(New York) Wednesday, May 9, 2018 -- BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) and Acorns, the country’s fastest growing micro investing app with more than 3.3 million investment accounts, today announced a partnership focused on improving the savings and investing behaviors of the next generation of investors.

With a shared goal of helping more people prepare for life’s most important financial moments, the firms have reached an agreement through which they will pursue new technology-enabled tools for Acorns’ users.

Acorns helps America’s up-and-coming by automatically investing spare change from everyday purchases into diversified ETF portfolios. It also helps these customers grow their knowledge, earn extra money and save for retirement with the recent launch of Acorns Later, the first automated retirement account.

https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/newsroom/...elease-newsroom-final
 

Embracing ecosystems, cutting costs with technology - and the importance of creating “fans”. Cherry Chan, head of general insurance consulting, shares key takeaways from one of the leading events in insurtech and innovation in insurance.

Key takeaways:

Global players are including insurance when setting up ecosystems, so I believe traditional insurers should look to be part of an ecosystem if they want to stay relevant.

Making use of technology is key for insurance companies. It helps keep costs down and save time on routine policy and claims processes - freeing up time for staff to perform value-added tasks to engage customers.

Create fans, not customers, for your business.

https://www.barnett-waddingham.co.uk/...nd-innovation-key-takeaways-/
 

 

RAKUTEN LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT “ONE DELIVERY” VISION
Posted by Ian Taylor | Jul 17, 2018 |

Japan’s Rakuten has announced a series of initiatives to support its vision for a “One Delivery” end-to-end logistics service.

In a statement issued today (17 July), Rakuten explained that its One Delivery vision “aims to further accelerate the expansion of its comprehensive logistics service for merchants on the Rakuten Ichiba marketplace, from storage to delivery, and ensure a smooth process for the customer, from placing an order on the online marketplace through to receiving the product”.

Rakuten said that will both expand its network of fulfilment centres, and also increase efficiency within the fulfilment “through measures such as increased automation, reduction of labour requirements and inventory optimization by using order forecasting created with the use of Rakuten purchasing data and AI technology”.

On the expansion front, Rakuten is looking to both increase the capacity of its existing fulfilment centers in Ichikawa, Chiba and Kawanishi, Hyogo, and to build new centres. Rakuten is planning to sign an agreement with Japan GLP to lease the entire floor of its large logistics facility GLP Nagareyama II and part of the space at GLP Hirakata III.

The company added: “Rakuten EXPRESS, Rakuten’s self-operated door-to-door delivery service, aims to expand its coverage area to all major cities of Japan.

https://postandparcel.info/97419/news/e-commerce/...-delivery-vision/
 

 

 

What is the focus of Azimo, and what value is it adding to the global financial industry space?

Azimo is a global player in the fintech space with a global platform that enables people to send money through transfer from country to country. Over 50 million Nigerians in the diaspora use our platform to transfer money back to Nigeria and they have been enjoying the service we render to them and to our numerous customers.
In terms of value added, Azimo has an app that allows people to seamlessly transfer money in a most safe and convenient manner, thus adding value to individual life styles and businesses. We offer digital solutions to our customers across the globe, including Nigeria and our solution is significantly cheaper than other solution being offered by other brands. The app enables customers to save over 78 per cent on transactions and the speed of delivery is very fast as transactions could be done in seconds. Again, the app has been demystified to allow for easy use. The solution is therefore adding value to the global digital economy, where people are beginning to see the value of moving away from physical cash transaction to digital and electronic cash transaction.

What are the strategies your firm has adopted to increase its market penetration in Nigeria and other African countries?

The most powerful way for us to get more customers is through referrals, when an existing customer use the social media to invite friends and families and colleagues to try the Azimo service offerings. From available statistics, several Nigerians make use of different mobile money platforms to send money home, but over 40 per cent of the Nigerian population that uses the mobile money platform, are invited by friends and relations to be part of the mobile money transactions. So, for us at Azimo, we try to develop products that are easy to use and that the people cherish so much. We are technology company and one of Europe’s leading FinTech and we will continue to innovate on our products and solutions to make financial transactions a lot easier.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/07/19/...vices-still-slow/
 

Welchen Herausforderungen sieht sich Rakuten aus Marketingsicht 2018 gegenüber?

Eine Hauptaufgabe wird sich der Geschwindigkeit widmen, mit der wir unsere mehr als 70 Marken in einem Portfolio bündeln. In Japan und Taiwan haben wir phänomenale Arbeit geleistet. Das möchten wir nun auch in allen anderen Märkten realisieren. Die Frage ist, wie schnell das möglich sein wird. Wir machen hier derzeit große Fortschritte und sind bisher sehr zufrieden mit unseren Ergebnissen.

Können Sie zum Abschluss unseren Lesern noch eine App oder einen Dienst empfehlen, die das Arbeitsleben vereinfachen?

Viber. Um ehrlich zu sein, habe ich Viber vor meiner Zeit bei Rakuten kaum verwendet. Aber es ist Gold wert. Ich liebe die coolen Features und es hilft mir dabei, Dinge zu erledigen. Ich habe es vielen Freunden und Geschäftspartnern gezeigt und das Feedback ist überwältigend gut.

https://www.absatzwirtschaft.de/...marketing-zur-rechten-zeit-124141/
 

https://raiffeisenbank.ba/en/stanovnistvo/...en-viber-banking-peoples  

https://tap2pay.me/платежи-в-viber/