Citcon Announces New Leadership Appointments

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Citcon, a leading cross-border mobile payment company, announced today the appointment of Wei Jiang as President and Chief Operating Officer, and the promotion of Kenny Shi as Vice President of Engineering, effective immediately. Wei will oversee the company's rapidly expanding sales, marketing and business operations, and Kenny will lead the Engineering efforts. Both Wei and Kenny will report directly to Citcon Founder and CEO, Chuck Huang.

"Wei brings 15 years of experience and expertise in payment, marketing and product management through leadership roles in renowned companies. Kenny is a respected technology leader in Business Intelligence, Business Rules, Machine Learning, Fraud Prevention and Detection," said Chuck. "Their individual track records of growing a business into a global leading brand, passion for servicing customers at a global scale, and genuine team-player attitude make them an extraordinary fit for Citcon. We're excited to have Wei and Kenny to join our leadership team and take Citcon to the next level of growth."

Prior to joining Citcon, Wei led the consumer and commercial prepaid product and innovation team at Visa. He also headed up Visa U.S.'s product marketing team for Debit, Prepaid, Commercial and Small Business products, which represents over 80% of Visa's U.S. payment volume. He was Global Product Director at Terex, Senior Business Unit Manager at Belkin, Senior Brand Manager at Whirlpool, and Sales Manager at Procter & Gamble China. Wei holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.

"I'm incredibly excited and honored to join the Citcon team," said Wei. "The global payment landscape has been changing rapidly and China is leading the way in the mobile payment space. Citcon is the pioneer in the cross-border mobile payment market. With the combination of a passionate customer base, leading products, amazingly talented people and dedication to technology innovation which fuel the progress of the payment industry, Citcon is positioned to become the gateway for cross-border commerce. We are proud to bring leading mobile payment brands WeChat Pay and Alipay to North America, connecting global merchants with the exponentially growing China market in the Tourism, eCommerce, Education and many other sectors, to attract more customers, grow spending and drive growth."

Since joining Citcon last September, Kenny built a robust, scalable payment infrastructure and led the product strategy, which laid a solid foundation for Citcon's rapid growth. Prior to Citcon, Kenny was Head of Fraud at Uber, and held leadership roles in Risk and Fraud at PayPal and eBay. Kenny graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with Bachelor of Science degree in EECS. 

"I am thrilled to lead the efforts of massively scaling payment infrastructure while rapidly innovating on new products and offerings to our merchants and partners," said Kenny. "Our talented and experienced team understands both the North American payment ecosystem as well as Chinese consumer market. Chinese mobile wallets are convenient and versatile; American merchants demand reliability and security in payments. Through Citcon's world-class technology platforms, we are committed to seamlessly and successfully bridging all gaps to bring these two commerce cultures together."

About Citcon

Silicon Valley-based Citcon integrates mobile payment and marketing platforms to connect merchants to a market estimated to be worth $200 Billion in 2017 alone. As North America's first authorized payment partner for WeChat Pay, Alipay, and UnionPay, Citcon is blazing a trail as the seamless and secure China-ready payment option beyond Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. With extensive experience in Chinese outbound tourism market, mobile payment, and cross-border eCommerce and marketing, Citcon is the one-stop solution for global businesses to reach the massively untapped market of Chinese tourists and domestic consumers.  Citcon was founded in 2015 by Chuck Huang, a payment product and technology veteran who held leadership positions in top notch US and Chinese payment companies, such as Visa, eBay, PayPal, Miteno Group, and Beijing All-Union. Citcon is backed by leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms and received strategic investments from leading technology and financial service companies in China. For more information, please go to www.citcon-inc.com

Evelyn Yang 
Citcon
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