Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) member Citcon has attained the status of Oracle Validated Integration with Xstore Expertise for its connection of the Citcon payment gateway offering, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS.
“Achieving Oracle Validated Integration with Xstore Expertise gives our customers the confidence that the integration of Citcon’s mobile payment solution is functionally sound and performs as tested,” David Hicks, vice-president, Worldwide ISV Cloud Business Development at Oracle, said in the release. “For solutions deployed on premise, in the cloud, or both, Oracle Validated Integration applies a rigorous technical review process that helps to reduce deployment risk and improves the user experience of the partner’s integrated offering.”
The new integration by Citcon helps Oracle Xstore merchants enable mobile wallet acceptance — such as PayPal, Venmo, Alipay and WeChat Pay — on existing point-of-sale (POS) technology. As a result, shoppers can make payments by way of touch-free technology, which Citcon says is “a trend that has and will continue to grow rapidly in the coming years.”
Moreover, the integration provides an essential payment choice for some subsets of shoppers who prefer to harness mobile wallets to transact.
The news comes as optimism in the travel sector is tangible but tentative.
Vaccines are being distributed, while vaccine passports are gaining traction. All that’s missing is the travelers. There are indications that they will return quickly, as will their spending. When they do, they will also bring digital-first behaviors that were developed in part for safety and convenience.
Perhaps the most essential one is contactless payments. And in this age of contactless commerce, Citcon CEO Chuck Huang previously told PYMNTS that QR codes will see a wide embrace.
Against that backdrop, Citcon said earlier in March that it had made a pact with Agilysys to enable international hospitality providers’ clients to access mobile wallet solutions – throughout the world.
Citcon provides a host of wallet brands, covering PayPal, Venmo, WeChat Pay and others.
As PYMNTS previously reported, the pandemic has sped up the digital shift throughout industries. A recent two-day online forum looked at the effect of digital identity on the future of the travel industry, and the overnight shift to contactless offerings.
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