Japan Payment Wars: NTT Docomo and Merpay/Origami to Attempt Catch up with PayPay and Rakuten
When Origami, the only independent mobile payments provider, last month agreed to be bought by Mercari and merge its systems with Mercari’s own...
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Rakuten: Q4 Results Takeaways Include Firming up of Mobile Launch Timeline
Rakuten posted Q4/FY19 results including the first annual net loss since FY08 on the back of accelerated investment in mobile and logistics. That...
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Docomo Buyback Nearly Done; NTT/Docomo Cheapest Fundamentally in A Looooong Time
The buyback by NTT Docomo Inc (9437 JP) over the past year and small change has been significant.In November 2018, NTT Docomo announced a "Docomo...
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Mercari – On Track for Loss Peak-Out
Mercari 2Q revenue of ¥18,445m barely exceeded consensus of ¥18,364m by 44bps while operating loss of -¥6,896m was worse than consensus...
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Japanese E-Commerce Review 2020: Softbank/Z, Rakuten and Amazon to Dominate Further
What statistics are available suggest that Japan lags behind China, USA and the UK in terms of e-commerce penetration but this position overlooks...
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