Japan’s Rakuten Becomes Largest E-Commerce Business to Accept Bitcoin
Japan's largest Internet company Rakuten Inc., announced today it has started to accept Bitcoin as a payment option on its American portal Rakuten.com. The company said this first integration should be followed closely by other global marketplaces integrations, including its German and Austrian e-commerce portals. According to a press release issued today that it had integrated Bitnet's payment processing platform on a number of its marketplaces. "Rakuten’s mission is to empower the world through the Internet," Yaz Iida, President of Rakuten USA, said. "Not only can bitcoin support this....
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Rakuten is one of the largest global e-commerce companies in the world. They have just announced that they are implementing Bitnet's digital commerce platform to enable its sites to accept bitcoin. You have a huge range of shopping options from Rakuten. Fashion, Kids, Baby & Maternity, toys, hobbies and games, electronics, beauty and health, home and garden, sports, outdoors and cars, and more. Currently the ability for customers to purchase their items and pay with bitcoin is only live on the Rakuten's US site, Rakuten.com. However, it shall soon be followed by rollouts worldwide starting....
“Rakuten’s mission is to empower the world through the Internet,” commented Yaz Iida, President of Rakuten USA. “Not only can bitcoin support this vision by helping our merchants better compete globally, but it also has the potential to benefit society by enhancing the security, privacy, and convenience of financial transactions.” Rakuten, a giant in Japan’s business world, will now allow US customers to pay for items on its website, Rakuten.com (formerly buy.com), which offers almost everything one could think to buy. From kitchen appliances, office supplies, videos games, books and more,....
Rakuten announced that it plans to enable customers to choose bitcoin as a payment option by integrating Bitnet's payment processing platform on a number of its marketplaces. The Internet services giant will begin accepting the new payment method first in the United States, then in Germany and Austria. The integration with Bitnet's platform will make Rakuten one of the largest e-commerce companies in the world to accept bitcoin payments. "Rakuten's mission is to empower the world through the Internet," said Yaz Iida, President of Rakuten USA. "Not only can bitcoin support this vision by....
Since it's a slow news day, why don't we go ahead and focus on something positive and nice like bitcoin adoption? Sound good? I've just spotted this press release crossing the wire from a company called Rakuten Super Logistics U. S. (formerly known as Webgistix) has announced they are planning to accept bitcoin from customers who rely on them for "business-to-business order fulfillment services" and providing software to retailers who operate online. They write in their news release: Rakuten Super Logistics is making e-commerce fulfillment payment options for merchants more accessible on a....
E-commerce giant Rakuten has acquired the IP assets of the Bitnet payment platform and opened a blockchain lab in Belfast, U.K. Rakuten Blockchain Lab (RBL) will be a research and development organization focused on blockchain technology and its applications to fintech and e-commerce. Rakuten invested in Bitnet Technologies Ltd., a blockchain-powered digital payments platform, in 2014. Rakuten began accepting bitcoin payments last year using Bitnet, CCN reported. Rakuten.com is similar to Amazon in that it serves as a platform for multiple merchants, all of whom have been able to accept....