Citcon news and trends

US Retailers Benefit From Offering APAC Travelers Their Preferred Payment Methods 
Payment Methods // December 06, 2023

Wei Jiang, co-founder, president and COO at Citcon, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that the travel rebound is a long-standing trend — and one that benefits merchants savvy enough to accommodate the payments needs of consumers coming from abroad. For many retailers in North America...

New CEO Sharpens Citcon’s ‘Laser Focus’ on Alternative Payment Methods 
Payment Methods // October 20, 2023

“There are so many payments companies out there today,” Casey Bullock, Citcon’s new CEO, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster.   “And many of them try to do too much. They try to do end-to-end payouts or end-to-end issuance,” he added. No single firm can be all things...

Citcon Unveils BNPL Option for eCommerce Clients
Buy Now Pay Later // September 26, 2023

Citcon has teamed up with Cash App Pay and AfterPay to offer new payment options to eCommerce businesses. “By leveraging both Cash App Pay and Afterpay’s popular “Buy Now, Pay Later” service, merchants will be able to deliver a streamlined experience that caters to modern consumer preferences for more payment...

Local Payment Methods Lower APAC Cart Abandonment by 32%
eCommerce // June 21, 2023

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is poised to become a key area of expansion for U.S. and U.K. merchants over the course of the next few years, but eCommerce companies are struggling with high cart abandonment rates and seeking ways to lower abandonment. This is analyzed...

Interviews & Exclusives
US Retailers Benefit From Offering APAC Travelers Their Preferred Payment Methods 

December 06, 2023
Wei Jiang, co-founder, president and COO at Citcon, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that the travel rebound is a long-standing trend — and one that benefits merchants savvy enough to accommodate the payments needs of consumers coming from abroad. For many retailers in North America who had counted (and still count) consumers from the Asia-Pacific […]

New CEO Sharpens Citcon’s ‘Laser Focus’ on Alternative Payment Methods 

October 20, 2023
“There are so many payments companies out there today,” Casey Bullock, Citcon’s new CEO, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster.   “And many of them try to do too much. They try to...

Chinese Consumers Prefer Local Payment Methods When Shopping Online

December 27, 2022
Expansion into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region remains difficult because eCommerce merchants aren’t offering local payment methods. This came through clearly in the new study “The Emerging APAC Opportunity: Local Payment...

Localized Payments Slam Brakes on APAC Cart Abandonment Rates

December 19, 2022
Merchants expanding into the APAC region are discovering the power of local payment methods. In the latest report examining this, “The Emerging APAC Opportunity: Local Payment Methods edition,” a PYMNTS...

Quick Reads
Citcon and Alipay Partner to Offer International e-Wallet Payments

December 07, 2023
Payment service provider Citcon has launched a partnership with cross-border mobile payment platform Alipay+. The collaboration, announced in a news release Thursday (Dec. 7), is designed to allow for international e-wallet payments for U.S. retail merchants. As part of the partnership, duty-free retail group International Shoppes, will be among the first merchants gaining access to Alipay+ and its partner wallets […]

Citcon Unveils BNPL Option for eCommerce Clients

September 26, 2023
Citcon has teamed up with Cash App Pay and AfterPay to offer new payment options to eCommerce businesses. “By leveraging both Cash App Pay and Afterpay’s popular “Buy Now, Pay Later” service, merchants will be...

Bold Commerce Adds Upsell Opportunities To Curbside Pickup

September 15, 2022
Ecommerce tech company Bold Commerce has announced a curbside checkout feature for brick-and-mortar or omnichannel retailers, to help out with the loss of revenue from fewer impulse purchases, a press...

Citcon Integrates With Bold to Enable 150 Payment Methods

June 29, 2022
Payments gateway Citcon is integrating its unified payments application programming interface (API) into Bold Commerce’s headless checkout experience for a combined solution that will enable retailers and direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands...