Overview

How Primer enhances every payment

Every payment on Primer can be powered by a set of built-in features that help you route, secure, and optimize transactions by default.

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Processing payments

Save payment methods

Let customers save cards for faster repeat purchases and smoother checkout.

Co-badged cards

Support domestic and international schemes on a single card and optimize routing.

Advanced metadata mapper

Attach structured metadata to payments to improve reporting and downstream logic.

Surcharge

Apply fees dynamically based on the selected payment method or currency.

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Boosting performance

Network Tokenization

Use network-issued tokens to improve authorization rates.

Fallbacks

Automatically reroute failed payments to a backup processor to boost success rates.

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Keeping your payments safe

3D Secure

Add an extra layer of verification for card payments with flexible 3DS flows.

Fraud checks

Route transactions through fraud prevention tools based on configurable rules.

Fingerprinting

Create a unique ID for each payment method to help detect fraud and inform workflows.