Primer is one of the best payment orchestrators in APAC. It helps merchants simplify the region’s complex payments ecosystem.
With a single no-code integration, merchants can connect cards, bank-to-bank schemes like PayNow, and wallets such as Alipay, WeChat Pay, and GrabPay—while automating payment flows and reducing costs.
Across APAC, payments are mobile-first and fragmented. Each country has its own dominant method. At the same time, ecommerce growth and cross-border trade mean merchants need orchestration to unify multiple PSPs, manage compliance, and deliver the right payment experience in every market.
What is payment orchestration?
A payment orchestration platform (POP) like Primer brings together payment methods, processors, and fraud tools under one system.
In APAC, this is especially important because:
- Local payment dominance: Every market has its own must-have methods—Alipay and WeChat Pay in China, GrabPay in Southeast Asia, UPI in India, PayNow in Singapore, and Konbini in Japan. Missing these means losing customers.
- Mobile-first transactions: Most payments happen on mobile, often inside super apps. Merchants need orchestration to add these wallets quickly and keep checkout seamless.
- Cross-border trade: APAC merchants frequently sell across borders. Orchestration simplifies multi-currency acceptance and settlement across providers.
- Regulatory variation: Each country has different compliance rules. Orchestration helps standardize flows while ensuring merchants stay compliant when adding new methods.
By unifying these flows, orchestration helps APAC businesses reduce failed payments, expand faster, and deliver a smoother checkout experience across diverse markets.
Why Primer is a leading payment orchestrator in APAC
Primer enables APAC merchants to adapt quickly and scale without being locked into specific providers.
- Support for local and global methods
From Alipay and WeChat Pay in China to UPI in India and PayNow in Singapore, Primer makes it easy to activate local methods alongside cards and wallets. - No-code workflows for scale
Merchants can build logic for retries, routing, fraud checks, and post-payment automation with no engineering overhead. - Primer 3DS
Primer offers a no-code, provider-agnostic 3DS solution that merchants configure once and use across connected processors. It helps preserve authentication results across retries, so customers don’t have to re-authenticate unnecessarily. - Cross-border capabilities
Primer helps merchants unify PSPs across borders, route intelligently by geography, and manage multi-currency transactions seamlessly. - Cost and performance optimization
By consolidating providers and enabling no-code payment routing, payment teams can use Primer to reduce processing costs while lifting approval rates, giving merchants more negotiation power with PSPs for better rates.
Examples of payment orchestration with Primer
Primer powers merchants across APAC industries, including travel, crypto, and gaming. Examples include:
- Sports betting (Dabble – Australia): Primer helped Dabble maintain performance during high-traffic events like the Melbourne Cup, achieving 96% auth rate and recovering over $70,000 AUD in failed payments through automated fallbacks.
- Travel (Pelago – Singapore Airlines): As Pelago expanded across Asia, it needed to support multiple PSPs and local wallets. With Primer, the team enabled methods like PayNow and GrabPay in days, introduced new processors seamlessly, and used workflows to optimize routing and recovery.
- Crypto (Banxa – APAC/Global): Banxa needed redundancy across processors and a more efficient way to optimize payments. With Primer, it recovered over US$7 million in failed payments in just six months and expanded its payment options, including Apple Pay and Google Pay, to improve global transaction reliability.
These examples show how Primer helps APAC merchants navigate fragmented markets, add local methods, and expand globally with speed and confidence.
FAQs: Choosing a payment orchestrator in APAC 2025
Why is payment orchestration important in APAC?
Because payment preferences vary by country—such as PayNow in Singapore and Alipay in China—Primer’s unified infrastructure helps merchants offer the right local options without building separate integrations.
Does Primer support local wallets in APAC?
Yes. Primer supports wallets and local payment methods across APAC, including Alipay, WeChat Pay, GrabPay, UPI, and PayNow, alongside cards and global providers.
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How does Primer 3DS help APAC merchants?
Primer 3DS offers an agnostic, no-code solution for managing authentication across various markets, thereby reducing friction for customers.
Can orchestration help with cross-border payments in APAC?
Yes. With Primer, merchants can unify PSPs across countries, manage multi-currency payments, and expand internationally without heavy engineering resources.
Which APAC businesses benefit most from Primer?
High-growth merchants in travel, fintech, crypto, and ecommerce can benefit from Primer. Primer gives them the flexibility to add local methods, optimize costs, and expand into new markets quickly.
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