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Rakuten, the company that runs Japan’s largest e-commerce platform, banking app, telecom network, and loyalty programme, just added XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) to its payment infrastructure. Starting April 15, Rakuten Wallet users can buy XRP with Rakuten Points, hold it in their wallet, and convert it to Rakuten Cash to spend at over 5 million merchant ... XRP News: 44 Million Rakuten Users Can Now Buy and Spend XRP at 5 Million Stores Across Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese e-commerce and finance heavyweight Rakuten is weighing an initial public offering in the United States of its credit card business, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Rakuten began considering a potential U.S. listing of one of Japan's largest credit card businesses last month, the sources said. One trigger for considering a U.S. IPO of Rakuten Card was rival SoftBank's plans to list app pay operator PayPay in the U.S., the source said.