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Facility Gives Investors Up To x5 Multiplier

KUALA LUMPUR, 1 June 2018 – Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd (“Rakuten Trade”) will be introducing its second product – Contra Trading on Monday 4 June 2018. Account opening facilities for Contra trading will be available to early bird customers beginning Saturday, 2 June 2018. The Contra Trading facility will offer investors a trading limit of three or five times the value of cash and/or collateralized shares*.

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12,000 clients strong; Malaysia’s Fintech Company of the Year 2018 

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 May 2018 – FinTech Company of the Year, Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd (“Rakuten Trade”) turns one this month with over 12,000 clients, of which a little over 40% were first-timers to the equity broking market in Malaysia.

Rakuten Trade, the country’s first completely digital equities broker, said this was a feat for the start-up and a clear testament to its first-in-market FinTech business model.

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KUALA LUMPUR, 7 March 2018: –  Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd (“Rakuten Trade”), a joint venture company of Malaysia’s Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad (“Kenanga Group”) and Japan’s Rakuten Securities, Inc. (“Rakuten Sec”), was named FinTech Company of the Year at the recently held Malaysia FinTech Awards 2018.

Rakuten Trade is Malaysia’s first completely online equity broker and extends trading services including the iSPEED.my app, a localized version of Japan’s leading mobile app developed by Rakuten Sec. Its web and mobile based trading services offer clients a fully digital trading experience from account opening, execution, settlement of trade, research and trading ideas as well as rewards and financial knowledge.

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KUALA LUMPUR, 23 March 2018: –  Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd (“Rakuten Trade”), a joint venture company of Malaysia’s Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad (“Kenanga Group”) and Japan’s Rakuten Securities, Inc. (“Rakuten Sec”), was named FinTech Company of the Year at the recently held Malaysia FinTech Awards 2018.

 Rakuten Trade is Malaysia’s first completely online equity broker and extends trading services including the iSPEED.my app, a localized version of Japan’s leading mobile app developed by Rakuten Sec. Its web and mobile based trading services offer clients a fully digital trading experience from account opening, execution, settlement of trade, research and trading ideas as well as rewards and financial knowledge.

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Leveraging on FC Barcelona Collaboration

KUALA LUMPUR, 4 September 2017: - Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd (“Rakuten Trade”) today officially launched its unique rewards programme with three local leading loyalty providers - AirAsia BIG, B Infinite by Berjaya Group and BonusLink. The three affiliate partners joined together under one robust ecosystem by Rakuten Trade in a bid to raise the bar in the online equity trading market which is more accustomed to single partner programmes.

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