…JAPAN - Rakuten Inc agreed to acquire an undisclosed majority interest in bitWallet Inc, a Shinagawa, Tokyo-based provider of electronic money services, for an estimated value of JPY # bil (USD ##.### mil).…
…THAILAND - Rakuten Inc of Japan acquired a ##% interest in Tarad Dot Com Co, a provider of online shopping services, for THB ###.### mil (USD #.### mil).…
…JAPAN - RS Empowerment, an unit of Rakuten Strategic Partners Inc subsidiary of Rakuten Inc's Rakuten Securities Holdings Inc unit, acquired a ##.#% stake, or ##, ### newly issued ordinary shares, in Sourcenext Corp, a Shinagawa, Tokyo-based prepackaged…
…JAPAN - Ebank Corp acquired Personal Card Loan business of Rakuten Credit Inc, a provider of credit card services, and a unit of Rakuten Inc, in a stock swap transaction.…
…JAPAN - Rakuten Inc acquired the remaining ##% stake, which it did not already own, in ShowTime Inc, a provider of motion picture contents via broadband Internet and a joint venture company, for #. ### bil Japanese yen ($##.### mil…
…JAPAN - Rakuten Inc acquired #.## mil preferred shares class otsu, or an undisclosed minority stake in eBANK Corp, a provider of commercial online banking services, for #.## bil Japanese yen ($###. ###mil US).…
…JAPAN - Virtualex Consulting Inc acquired the entire share capital of Saga Fusion Service (SF), a provider of telemarketing services, from Fusion Communications Corp, a wholly owned unit of Rakuten Media Investment. Terms were not disclosed. Upon completion, SF was renamed …
…JAPAN - Rakuten Inc raised its stake to an estimated ##% from #.##%, by acquiring an estimated ##.##% stake in preferred shares Type Otsu, in eBANK Corp, a provider of commercial on-line banking services, for ##.## bil…
…JAPAN - Rakuten Strategic Partners, a wholly-owned unit of Rakuten Incs Rakuten Securities Holdings Inc subsidiary, raised its interest to ##.#% from ##.#%, by acquiring a ##.#% stake, in Nets Partners, an owner and operator of website.…
…JAPAN - Rakuten Securities Holdings Inc, a wholly-owned unit of Rakuten Inc, acquired the entire share capital of Polestar Asset Management, a provider of investment management services.…
…JAPAN - Produce on Demand Inc, a wholly owned unit of ORIX Corp subsidiary Internet Research Institute Inc, acquired the entire share capital of Rakuten TV Co Ltd (RT), a producer of TV program for communications satellite broadcasting, from its wholly…
…JAPAN - Rakuten Inc acquired a ##.##% stake, or #,### newly issued ordinary shares, in Drecom Co Ltd, a provider of Internet search engine services, for ###,### Japanese yen ($#,###.### US) in cash per share, or…
…JAPAN - Rakuten Strategic Partners, a wholly-owned unit of Rakuten Securiteis Inc, acquired O Net business of OMMG Inc, a provider of marital services.…
…JAPAN - Rakuten Inc raised its share to##.##%, from #.##%, by acquiring a ##.##% stake, or #,### newly issued ordinary shares and #,### ordinary shares, in OKWave (OKW), an owner and operator of on-line community…
…JAPAN - Rakuten Media Investment, a wholly owned unit of Rakuten Inc, acquired a ##.##% interest in Fusion Communications Corp (FC), a provider of telecommunications services, from its majority owned parent, Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc (TEP), for ### mil…
