Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket
Bola Sol, from Rakuten, said: “With skincare and make-up routines and trends taking over social media, it’s no surprise that younger children are asking for more luxurious beauty products.
“All parents want to make their kids happy, but it’s also important to balance that with your budget. A great way to do this is by tracking products for when they go on sale, and where possible, bag even more savings by using a cashback provider such as Rakuten to make the purchase through.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...ents-bought-children-014527061.html
June 12, 2025
Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd. (JCR) announces the following credit rating.
Bonds: A-
Rationale
Rakuten Card Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) is a credit card company in the Rakuten Group (the “Group”).
Rakuten Group, Inc. (“Rakuten”) holds approximately 85% voting rights and dispatches multiple directors to the Company. Given also strong unity in management decision-making and business administration, the degree of Rakuten’s involvement in the Company is high. Moreover, playing such roles as providing settlement and financial functions and retaining customers through a point-rewarding program as a core of the Group’s FinTech businesses, the Company is managerially important to the Group. Based on the above, JCR deems the Company’s long-term issuer rating to be commensurate with the Group’s creditworthiness, which is equivalent to the rating of A-. Bonds to be issued are senior notes, and JCR determined the rating to be at the same level as the long-term issuer rating.
Hidekazu Sakai, Naoki Shimura
Issue Amount (bn) Issue Date Due Date Coupon Rating
Bonds no. 10 JPY 80 June 27, 2025 June 26, 2026 1.680% A-
Bonds no. 11 JPY 22 June 18, 2025 June 18, 2026 1.680% A-
Bonds no. 12 JPY 5 June 18, 2025 June 16, 2028 2.422% A-
Bonds no. 13 JPY 3 June 18, 2025 June 18, 2030 3.214% A-
Long-term Issuer Rating: A- Outlook: Negative
https://jcr.co.jp/download/...763b7246b3f23cffe231266ce/25d0324_f.pdf
Jun 15
https://www.moomoo.com/news/post/54266617/..._ticket=1750106737848413
2025/5/30
We are pleased to announce the opening of the Kikuimodo Rakuten Market Store and the start of online sales of our own brand food products.
Currently, we only carry the Kinko Tea series from our Kagoshima office.
We will also be stocking original Kikuimodo products made with Jerusalem artichokes from Kumamoto Prefecture.
https://www.koyo-orient.co.jp/en/kikuimodo-rakuten/
https://www.rakuten.co.jp/kikuimodo/
June 16, 2025
On May 26th, Rakuten immediately responded to the Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries' call for reserve rice vendors. "Where will it be milled?" "There are no bags to package the rice!" "Is the sales page ready?" "Are logistics okay?" As challenges piled up one after another, RNN was behind-the-scenes to cover the story of "Rakuten Lifestyle Support Rice", a product which came to life in just four days. E-Commerce Consultants relayed materials from Osaka to milling facilities in Chiba, project team members visited milling facilities and reserve rice warehouses to confirm details on-site, and logistics teams delivered the precious rice quickly and carefully. Thanks to the cooperation of materials and milling vendors nationwide as well as everyone involved in logistics, Rakuten's rice project, a catalyst for change in the world, continues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Iz4I-gssOs
https://business.rakuten.com/case-study/...fective-performance-lever/
Released 14:58:04 12 June 2025
THE COMPANY ANNOUNCES THE TEN LARGEST INVESTMENTS IN % OF TOTAL ASSETS As at: 30 May 2025
Sony 6.6%§
IHI Corp 4.7%
Asics Corp 4.6%
Nintendo Ltd 4.5%
Keyence Corp 3.9%
Rakuten Bank Ltd 3.8%
Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc 3.7%
Itochu Corp 3.6%
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc 3.5%
Hitachi Ltd 3.4%
Total 42.4%
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https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/...estments/17083798
Rakuten is more than an online shopping site. It’s a full-on lifestyle.
Here’s how a Rakuten Grandma earns:
•§Shopping on Rakuten Ichiba
•§Paying bills with a Rakuten Card
•§Using Rakuten Mobile
•§Reading on Rakuten Kobo
•§Booking hotels via Rakuten Travel
•§Investing via Rakuten Securities
•§Even donating via Furusato Nozei
Each service adds to your SPU (Super Point Up) rate, meaning you earn more with every purchase. Many users hit 10–15% point back during big sales.
https://gaijininvestors.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/...pan-%f0%9f%92%b4/
The FinTech segment achieved both revenue and profit growth for the quarter, bringing in 223.6 billion yen in revenue, an increase of 15.6% YoY, and Non-GAAP operating income of 43.9 billion yen, up 21.7% YoY.
https://rakuten.today/blog/...akuten-q1-fy2025-financial-results.html
That are about 175 billion yen on a yearly base = $1.21 billion.
And that is by a P/E of only 15 a valuation of $ 18 billlion alone.
Current: $0.04§
1 month ago: $-0.05
3 months ago: $-0.05
Q3 2025 Estimate Trends
Current: $0.06§
1 month ago: $-0.03
3 months ago: $-0.03
https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/JP/...5a696568302803fb5bbb64ec
MUMBAI, India & MIDLAND, Texas, June 18, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vi (Vodafone Idea), India’s leading telecom service provider, and AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ("AST SpaceMobile") (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, today announced a strategic partnership to expand mobile connectivity across India’s unconnected regions. AST SpaceMobile made history by placing the first ever voice and video calls from space using standard mobile phone, a milestone that demonstrates the real-world viability of its advanced technology.
India is one of the world’s largest and most dynamic telecom markets, with over 1.1 billion mobile subscribers. While there is widespread 4G and emerging 5G coverage, satellite communication will complement terrestrial connectivity to further expand broadband cellular access in some challenging terrains where deployment of terrestrial mobile infrastructure might be difficult.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...announce-partnership-101500108.html
By Diana Goovaerts Jun 16, 2025
Rakuten unleashed a new AI-enhanced version of its Site Management tool
It also inked an expanded partnership deal with Site Management customer AT&T
Rakuten thinks Site Management 2.0 can be used by more than just telcos
Rakuten Symphony’s Site Management tool just got a whole lot smarter, with the vendor infusing homebrewed AI into its version 2.0 drop. But while the tool was originally designed to ease telco deployment pain points, Anshul Bhatt, Rakuten Symphony’s Head of Intelligent Operations, told Fierce the tool’s new smarts can be put to work for more than just broadband rollouts.
The OG version of Rakuten Site Management was all about digitizing processes, Bhatt said, with a sprinkle of machine learning thrown in to make life easier. Version 2.0, however, takes things to a whole new level with some more serious AI muscle.
“One of the reasons why we launched this 2.0 version was to diversify ourselves from just wireless and wireline,” Bhatt said.
It doesn’t hurt that Rakuten has AT&T on its side as it makes its pitch to prospective new customers.
Bhatt said Rakuten Symphony has been working with AT&T for nearly three years, initially focusing on its open RAN deployments. Using the initial iteration of Site Management, Bhatt said AT&T was able to consolidate and retire around 100 tools it had been using internally to help guide projects forward.
The platform is already being used by 10,000 folks across AT&T and its contractor teams, and last week AT&T signed on to use the Site Management tool for its fiber deployments as well.
It’s not just AT&T who is onboard. Bhatt noted, “Even Nokia uses this tool globally” where they are offering managed services for site deployment.
https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/...nager-more-just-telcos-now
2016-04-21
IRVINE, CA, Acorns, the fastest-growing micro-investing app in the world, today announced it has raised $30 million in financing, including strategic investments from PayPal (PYPL) and Rakuten Fintech Fund.
Acorns offers a simple way to start building a solid financial future, helping investors chart a path to financial wellness by eliminating the barriers that have traditionally made investing so daunting. Oskar Mielczarek de la Miel, Managing Partner at the Rakuten FinTech Fund states, 'We are very excited about Acorns' high growth model and the close alignment between Acorns' philosophy of financial empowerment of the millennial community and Rakuten's core values.'
https://www.vcnewsdaily.com/access/getarticle.php?aid=qgndxmrjkh