Citcon news and trends

Citcon and Splitit Partner to Enable Merchants to Offer Credit Card-Linked Installments
Partnerships // May 27, 2025

Citcon and Splitit have partnered to enable Citcon’s merchants to offer Splitit’s one-click credit card-linked installments both online and in-store. The companies’ new partnership adds Splitit’s flexible payment offering to Citcon’s global payment platform that is used by retail, luxury and hospitality brands, according to a Tuesday...

Citcon and Alipay Partner to Offer International e-Wallet Payments
Payment Methods // 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...

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...

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
Visa and Citcon Link Up to Expand Money Movement Capabilities

March 10, 2026
Merchant payments provider Citcon said it has formed a money movement-focused collaboration with Visa Direct. The partnership is designed to extend access to push payment capabilities in both U.S. domestic and cross-border corridors, the company said in a Tuesday (March 10) news release. “When we started Citcon 10 years ago, our vision was to help […]

Citcon and Splitit Partner to Enable Merchants to Offer Credit Card-Linked Installments

May 27, 2025
Citcon and Splitit have partnered to enable Citcon’s merchants to offer Splitit’s one-click credit card-linked installments both online and in-store. The companies’ new partnership adds Splitit’s flexible payment offering to Citcon’s...

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...

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...