Rakuten Bank's Japan IPO seen delivering up to $2.5bn valuation

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Rakuten Bank is Japan's largest online bank in terms of account holders and deposit balance. (Photo by Toshiki Sasazu)

HARUKI KITAGAWA and SHOKO SAIKI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japan's Rakuten Bank will make an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 21, in a sale expected to give it a market capitalization of up to 333.2 billion yen ($2.52 billion) based on the estimated price range.

Billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani's Rakuten Group plans to sell 53.95 million of its shares in the online bank at listing, more than 30% of its holdings, fetching up to 105.7 billion yen. Rakuten Bank will issue 5.55 million new shares.

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