Services and Products That Keeps Evolving
We continue to polish our services and products eeach day to make them more convenient.
Here's our history so far.
The history of Rakuten Payment, Inc.
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2001
Jan.
bitwallet, Inc. was founded by investment from 11 companies including Sony Group Corporation as a main investor.
Nov.
“Edy” service started.
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2010
Jan.
bitwallet, Inc. joined Rakuten Group after gaining Rakuten's capital support.
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2012
Jun.
bitwallet, Inc. changed its name to Rakuten Edy, Inc. and the service was rebranded as Rakuten Edy.
Dec.
Rakuten Smart Pay (Rakuten Pay physical store transaction service) started.
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2014
Apr.
Rakuten Check, check-in point reward app, was launched.
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2015
Nov.
R Point Card was rebranded as Rakuten Point Card.
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2016
Oct.
Rakuten Pay app was launched.
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2019
Mar.
Rakuten Pay app got major update to include Rakuten Cash, Rakuten Point Card and Rakuten Edy.
Apr.
Rakuten Payment, Inc. was founded.
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2023
Nov.
Rakuten Pay Online and Rakuten Point Online joined Rakuten Payment.
Rakuten Payment tackle challenges to fully digitize transaction to realize society where everyone can enjoy equal values.
ONE ID and ONE point connects online and offline seamlessly. High quality point reard program enrich everyone's life and society.
Rakuten Payment continues to improve convenient services day by day. We showcase most recent achievements so far.