Rakuten Bank Ltd. will likely hold back from actively buying Japanese government bonds until the central bank raises interest ...

Rakuten, a large Japanese e-commerce company, will acquire Buy.com for $250 million. The move will give Rakuten a larger footprint in the U.S. and close the books on Buy.com's storied history.

Orange County’s biggest online shopping site is about to get a new identity on Jan. 31, a gamble that analysts say comes with big risks in a fast-changing e-commerce world. Buy.com, which is ...

In May 2010 a Japanese company Rakuten bought Buy.com for $250 million. Now that company is going to rebrand Buy.com as Rakuten.com Shopping. If you go to Buy.com today you will see the name “Rakuten” ...

Japanese retailer Rakuten purchased Buy.com in 2010 and recently rebranded it as Rakuten.com. It’s sort of like Amazon, a marketplace with many vendors where you can buy all kinds of stuff.

In late 2014, Rakuten bought online rebate site Ebates.com for $1 billion in cash, further bolstering its position in the US e-commerce space.

Redeem Rakuten Cash-Back as Amex Points What makes the new Rakuten Amex card more interesting is the opportunity to convert cash-back earnings into Membership Rewards points. For example, earning ...

Rakuten will lay off 73 people by the end of March at its Orange County headquarters as it moves to Silicon Valley. The layoff notices were filed this month in a worker adjustment notice to the state.

Beginning on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 25, shoppers can earn up to 15% cash back on purchases made through Rakuten at popular retailers like Tarte Cosmetics, Dyson, Nike, Everlane, and more.

Rakuten offers a $10 welcome bonus for new sign-ups. Occasionally, some of the stores and brands on Rakuten's network will have what's called double cash back offers.

Rakuten Rewards plans to run its first Super Bowl commercial in February, an effort to use television’s biggest broadcast of the year in part to help U.S. consumers understand what it does.