Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

"Of course, when dealing with personalised advertising the questions surrounding personal data always surface. In Viber’s case, it has no need to worry about data issues – because messages are end-to-end encrypted, and no data is stored or sold to third parties."

siehe vorletztes Posting

Named as world's third largest retail Forex broker in the latest Quarterly Intelligence Report by Finance Magnates

TOKYO, April 17, 2017 – Rakuten Securities, Inc. (“Rakuten Securities”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc., a leader in global innovation headquartered in Japan. In the period between October and December 2016, the company achieved a trading volume of US$269.4 billion in Forex distinguished itself among other counterparts in Japan, ranked as the world’s third largest retail broker in the Q4 2016 Quarterly Intelligence Report by Finance Magnates published on March 6, 2017.

Since beginning forex trading under the name “Rakuten FX” in June 2008, Rakuten Securities has worked to improve its service by expanding the range of available currency pairs, drastically minimizing the spread on trades and developing forex-specific trading tools such as “MARKETSPEED FX.”

Rakuten Securities has further driven growth in trading volume through such initiatives as the acquisition of FXCM Japan Securities in 2015 and establishing subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Australia. Rakuten Securities’ increased popularity and subsequent rise to become the world’s third biggest forex trading broker, according to the Q4 2016 Report of Finance Magnates, is a result of these actions.

www.sec.rakuten.com.hk/en/press-release/2017-04-17/

April 23, 2018 9:05AM PT
Rakuten’s Movie Plans Take Off with ‘Hurricane’ Starring Iwan Rheon, Milo Gibson (EXCLUSIVE)
VOD service lines up slate of films under the ‘Rakuten Cinema’ brand

Rakuten TV is making a major movie play in Europe, and will invest millions of Euros into production this year and next. The streamer is on a mission to crunch release windows and the first project it has invested in is “Hurricane.” The World War II action thriller has “Game of Thrones” star Iwan Rheon, and Milo Gibson, who starred in “Hacksaw Ridge.” It will launch on Rakuten TV and in movie theaters in the U.K. on the same date in September
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Rakuten TV, which launched as Wuaki.tv and rebranded after being acquired by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, has partnered with Kaleidoscope Entertainment on “Hurricane.” The streaming and download service will also release a yet-to-be-announced Spanish movie this year, and is working up a slate of up to five films from different European territories for 2019.

variety.com/2018/film/news/...an-rheon-milo-gibson-1202781830/

ein gigantischer neuer Markt auf:

sumikai.com/japan/nachrichten-aus-japan/...rbnb-tujia-186133/

"2016 hatte Japan mit 24 Millionen eine Rekordzahl an ausländischen Touristen erreicht. Chinesische Touristen machen hiervon ein ¼ aus.

Durch kommende Events, wie den World Rugby Cup 2019 und die Olympiade 2020 werden in Japan steigende Touristenzahlen erwartet. Man rechnet mit einem Wachstum des japanischen Ferienwohnungsmarkts von 140%."

www.seejapan.co.uk/press-releases/media/...ct-in-january-2018

www.msn.com/de-de/reisen/nachrichten/...wueYY?ocid=spartandhp

sollte es im letzten Posting heißen.

Rakuten LIFULL STAY and TAKUTO Holdings to Collaborate on Vacation Rental Business
- Rakuten LIFULL STAY to provide management services for vacation rentals leased by TAKUTO Holdings -

Tokyo, April 24, 2018 - Rakuten LIFULL STAY, Inc., a Rakuten Group company providing vacation rental services, and TAKUTO Holdings Co.,Ltd., which engages in a wide range of real estate-related business activities including real estate management, broking, and development, today announced that the two companies have reached an agreement to form a business collaboration in the vacation rental business.

In the collaboration, TAKUTO Holdings will sublease*1 apartments from real estate owners for use as vacation rentals, and Rakuten LIFULL STAY will provide “Rakuten STAY”*2 branding and operational support services for these apartments. This will reduce the burden of property management on real estate owners, while providing them with an asset management option that will enable them to receive a fixed amount of rental income each month.

global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2018/...&category=corp ec

global.rakuten.com/corp/about/group.html

lifull.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/...ualReport2017_en.pdf

How does Viber deal with the data it can access?

Unlike other messaging apps that listen in on private conversations and turn chats into valuable data for advertisers, Viber is end-to-end encrypted, so we simply can’t see or hear what users are saying.
That means we do not sell our users’ private conversations or personal data since we can’t access or read them in the first place.

What will the rest of 2018 to be like for messaging apps?

2018 is looking like an exciting and promising year for messaging apps. With all of the controversy around data and privacy of consumers’ identity and the decline in interaction between brands and consumers on social media there is huge opportunity for messaging apps to fill the gap.
Messagings apps are more conversational and create an environment of comfort for consumers. Apps like Viber that offer end-to-end encryption give consumers the privacy they deserve and brands a qualified and opted-in audience.

www.forbes.com/sites/montymunford/2018/04/...er/#68da2851d654

Below are the startups Mergermarket predicts could have exits in 2018.
Acorns Grow
The millennials-focused Newport Beach, California-based financial technology firm will consider a sale in 2018 if it can fetch the right price, Chairman Walter Cruttenden said in 2017. PayPal Holdings, Rakuten or another large fintech player would be the most logical bidders for the fintech startup, Cruttenden said at the time. Since its inception in 2012, Acorns Grow has raised $63 million from investors including PayPal and Rakuten along with Greycroft Partners, Cruttenden Partners and Bain Capital.

www.forbes.com/sites/mergermarket/2018/01/...18/#4bc275523a58

techcrunch.com/2018/02/26/...ryone-else-adds-3-million-users/

Rakuten Inc is betting on a future without apps.

The e-commerce company unveiled Rakuten Games on Tuesday, seeking to deliver titles that don't have to be installed on phones or personal computers. The games can be played on web browsers or within other apps, making it easier for users to play with each other without having to wait for new software to be loaded onto their devices.
Titles based on Pacman and Space Invaders are among the 15 games available on the platform.

www.businesstimes.com.sg/consumer/...e-with-new-gaming-service

The makers of Epic!, one of many apps jockeying to become a “Netflix for books,” have raised $8 million in a round led by Reach Capital, the education-specialized venture firm. Additional investors in the Series C included TransLink Capital, Rakuten Ventures, Menlo Ventures, WI Harper, Brighteye Ventures and Innovation Endeavors.

Epic! at its core is an on-demand digital library that includes about 25,000 different books and videos appropriate for kids in elementary school, or between the ages of about five and twelve. Some of the books on the platform have audio components, allowing kids to listen as they read along. The startup, which was founded in 2013 and launched its app in 2014, claims to reach 5 million kids today, in part through use of Epic! in schools.

techcrunch.com/2017/05/30/...p-kids-reading-in-a-digital-age/

Löhne in Indien:

RAKUTEN INDIA ENTERPRISE PVT LTD
Rakuten, Inc. is one of the world's leading e-Commerce and Internet Services Company, in operation from the year 1997. The e-commerce platform, is the largest in Japan and among the world's largest by sales. Rakuten Group provides a variety of consumer- and business-focused services including e-commerce, e-Books & e-Reading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports

Rakuten India Development Centre is the second largest technology hub outside of Japan that enables & builds platforms for global E commerce, Payments, Digital, AI, Data Science services across the globe. The India arm serves as a research and development center.

www.naukri.com/...ngaluru-Bangalore-2-to-4-years-190418000430

www.upstart.com/about#who-we-are

Online lending startup Upstart is hoping to raise about $100 million in funding.
According to Bloomberg, one source said that the California-based startup is looking to sell shares that would value the business at $500 million to $1 billion.

While a spokeswoman for Upstart said the company isn’t currently raising funds, she does anticipate completing “a final private round” over the next year. She added that the company became profitable last year, while the value of loan transactions increased threefold and gross revenue went up fourfold.

Last year, the company announced a $32 million round of funding led by Rakuten, the Japanese eCommerce company. That brought Upstart’s total amount raised to $85 million. At the time, the company said it would put the money toward future growth, as well as to help license the technology to banks, credit unions and retailers.

www.bing.com/...89c7e2ab735aa8092&cc=DE&setlang=de-DE

www.viber.com/de/security/

"Auf Viber ist eine End-to-End-Verschlüsselung Standard und keine Sonderfunktion oder besondere Option, die in deinen App-Einstellungen aktiviert werden muss. Standardmäßig kannst nur du und die Menschen, mit denen du kommunizierst, deine Nachrichten lesen oder deine Anrufe hören, noch nicht einmal Viber."

Du musst also nicht wie anderswo unzählige Kästchen ausschalten oder aktivieren, damit du nicht ausspioniert, verraten und verkauft wirst - und schließlich auf noch von einem Mr. Zuckerberg als Idiot dahingestellt wirst.

was bedeutet, dass nichts, was du teilst, später zu Werbezwecken verwendet wird. Deshalb kannst du sicher sein, dass dir auf einmal Werbungen angezeigt werden, die sich auf etwas beziehen, über das du mit einem Freund auf Viber gesprochen hast."

Vergleicht das einmal mit den Facebook-Produktenm wo auch der Zuckerberg aushorcht, verkauft und dann auch noch verhöhnt.

"Aber nicht nur deine Kommunikation ist standardmäßig durch eine End-to-End-Verschlüsselung geschützt, sondern es wird auch nichts auf Viber-Servern gespeichert, was einmal gesendet wurde. Viber-Server werden zur Übertragung deiner Nachrichten verwendet und bleiben nur solange damit verbunden, bis der Empfänger für den Erhalt verfügbar ist."