Typically, a shopping portal allows you to earn either cash back, miles or points, but Rakuten stands out because you choose ...

Why do we feel so satisfied when we score a great deal? Behavioral economists say it’s because of the “pain of paying” — the psychological discomfort of spending money. Coupon apps help soften that ...

Rakuten, Japan’s top online retail firm, has pulled an Amazon after it launched its own branded Android app store today. The company is promising that ‘Rakuten App Ichiba’ will not only give customers ...

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Japan’s e-commerce giant Rakuten surprised many when it stumped up $900 million to buy mobile messaging and calling service Viber in February. The deal was announced just five days before Facebook’s ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. Now available on both Android and iOS platforms, Rakuten Card developed ...

Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten announced that a major update of its Rakuten Pay mobile app will be released on March 18, according to the firm’s 2018 earnings release, published on Feb. 12. The ...

The Viber Internet messaging and calling service application is displayed on a smartphone in this arranged photograph taken in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Rakuten Inc., the Japanese online ...

TOKYO, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc, controlled by billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani, will buy call and messaging app provider Viber Media Inc for $900 million in a deal that ...

The Japanese e-commerce giant says that the maker of popular voice and messaging apps "perfectly complements" its digital strategy. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked ...

Rakuten and Telefónica have announced the launch of the Rakuten Living App on Movistar+. As a result, Movistar Fusión users in 1.4 million homes that have the UHD decoder can now access a new digital ...