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Rakuten e-commerce giant buys a bitcoin exchange
September 3rd, 2018
Rakuten, Inc., the largest e-commerce site in Japan and among the world’s largest by sales, announced that it decided to acquire everybody’s bitcoin Inc. (hereinafter “everybody’s bitcoin”) through its subsidiary, Rakuten Card Co., Ltd. The acquisition is based on ...
KIBB and Rakuten Securities JV get license to provide online brokerage services in Malaysia
May 2nd, 2017
The path is now clear for the joint-venture company of Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd (KIBB) and Rakuten Securities Inc. to provide online brokerage services in Malaysia. KIBB said on Thursday the Securities Commission (SC) had given a capital markets ...
FC Barcelona Signs Up Rakuten in $235 Million Jersey Deal
November 17th, 2016
Four-year agreement with Japanese firm among sport’s biggest Internet company’s logo will replace Qatar Airways next season Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. is paying 220 million euros ($235.4 million) to emblazon its logo on the FC Barcelona soccer team’s ...
Rakuten Selected for Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index
September 13th, 2016
Rakuten, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been selected for the first time as an index component for the 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), as one of the top-ranking companies from the Retailing category for the ...
Rakuten buys struggling bitcoin startup Bitnet to create a ‘blockchain research lab’
August 19th, 2016
Rakuten has confirmed that it has acquired the assets of Bitnet, a bitcoin wallet startup it invested in, which will be used to create a ‘bitcoin lab’ for the Japanese retail giant. The transaction is undisclosed but it follows a Wall Street Journal ...
FXCM Asia will be Rebranded as Rakuten Securities HK to Provide Online Forex Trading Services
March 17th, 2016
A Brand New Image Aims to Amplify the Forex Trading Power for Hong Kong Investors FXCM Asia Limited (“FXCM Asia”), a leading online forex trading broker in Hong Kong will be rebranded as Rakuten Securities Hong Kong Limited (“Rakuten ...
Japanese E-Commerce Rakuten Establishes $100M Fintech Investment Fund: Initially Targets US and Europe
December 3rd, 2015
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten (TOKYO:4755) officially initiated a new $100 million fintech investment fund, according to a release. The Rakuten FinTech Fund, a new US$100 million global investment fund focuses on investments in disruptive early to mid-stage fintech startups aims to offer ...
FXCM Completes Sale of FXCM Hong Kong to Rakuten Sec
September 15th, 2015
FXCM to Pay an Additional $33 Million Owed to Leucadia FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), a leading online provider of foreign exchange (FX) trading and related services, announced that Forex Trading, LLC, a subsidiary of FXCM Newco, LLC (“FXCM”) has completed its sale of FXCM Asia ...
FXCM Asia Now Powered by Rakuten Securities
September 14th, 2015
Uniquely Positioned to Deliver a New Level of Excellence in Online Forex Trading to Hong Kong Traders FXCM Asia Limited has issued a press release to inform that: It will continue to service local forex traders as “FXCM Asia powered ...
FXCM Japan clients transferred to Rakuten Securities
August 3rd, 2015
Rakuten Securities announced that the integration procedures of FXCM Japan and Rakuten Securities are completed. FXCM Clients and FX Trading Services are now handled by Rakuten. The integration followed the agreement between FXCM Holdings LLC, FXCM Newco LLC and ...
