Bank payment via Facebook is coming to Japan, if you’re a customer of Rakuten. The company is best known for its global e-commerce business, which includes the US site formerly known as Play.com, but it offers a range of other services in its homeland, including banking. The new feature — which has been adopted in Singapore and the UK, but Rakuten says is a first for Japan — has been added to Rakuten Bank’s iOS and Android apps, which already support payment using email addresses. Customers simply log in to the app, connect their Facebook and Rakuten bank accounts, and select the Facebook friend…
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