Standards/rakuten-pay-qr
Rakuten Pay QR
Overview
Rakuten Pay QR is the QR payment scheme of Rakuten Pay (Rakuten Bank / Rakuten Securities), Japan's e-commerce giant's mobile wallet. Rakuten Pay has 30M+ registered users and is deeply integrated with the Rakuten Points ecosystem (Rakuten Super Points, Rakuten Card, Rakuten Securities). It supports QR Code merchant payments, P2P transfers, and Rakuten Points cashback.
QR Format
Rakuten Pay QR uses QR Code symbology with a Rakuten Pay-specific UR payload (URL-based, URL QR). The payload contains merchant ID, transaction data, and Rakuten Points account info.
Status
Active in Japan.
Cross-references
- Rakuten Pay wallet biography — full biography: history, ownership, technical integration, users, Rakuten Points ecosystem, and comparison with PayPay and Line Pay.
- QR Code — underlying barcode symbology.
- URL QR — payload format for Rakuten Pay QR.
Deployments
No country reports mention this standard by name.