PRIMERSHOWCASE2026

For payment leadersbuilding what’s next
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4 NOVEMBER 2026
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LONDON
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4 NOVEMBER 2026
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LONDON
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4 NOVEMBER 2026
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LONDON
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4 NOVEMBER 2026
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LONDON
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4 NOVEMBER 2026
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LONDON
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4 NOVEMBER 2026
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LONDON
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4 NOVEMBER 2026
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LONDON
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4 NOVEMBER 2026
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LONDON
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4 NOVEMBER 2026
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LONDON
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4 NOVEMBER 2026
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LONDON
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4 NOVEMBER 2026
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LONDON
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4 NOVEMBER 2026
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LONDON
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Leading payments in the Intelligence Economy

The Intelligence Economy is reshaping how businesses compete. The role of the payments leader has never mattered more.

How should the role of the payments leader evolve? What does it take to build an intelligent payments function? What does best-in-class look like?
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Join us as we explore those questions together. Spend the day with payment leaders from merchants around the world, alongside solution providers from across the payments ecosystem. Exchange ideas with your peers, hear how other teams are tackling today’s challenges, and leave with a fresh perspective on what’s next.

Why attend

Spend the day with other payment leaders and leave with:

Practical
Insights

from merchants solving complex payment challenges every day.

New Perspectives

from leaders across the payments ecosystem.

Meaningful Conversations

with peers facing similar opportunities and decisions.

Greater Confidence

in where payments are heading and how to prepare for it.

What we'll explore

The content throughout the day will explore three key themes

Building the modern payments function

How are the world’s leading merchants designing payment functions for visibility, resilience, and growth? We’ll explore what best-in-class looks like today and the decisions that will define tomorrow.

Intelligent payments in practice

AI is changing what’s possible in payments, but where does it create real value? We’ll cut through the noise to explore what it takes to build intelligent payment operations and where the biggest opportunities lie.

The connected financial operating system

Payments don’t exist in isolation. We’ll look at how leading businesses are bringing payments, finance, and operations closer together, and what that means for the future of financial operations.

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ARRIVALS & BREAKFAST
08:00
75 min
KEYNOTE
09:15
10 min
Leading Payments in the Intelligence Economy

Payments are entering a new era. In this opening keynote, Primer CEO & Co-Founder, Gabriel Le Roux, explores the forces reshaping the industry, how the role of payments is evolving, and why the next generation of payment teams will be built on intelligence, not fragmentation.


panel
09:25
35 min
The new playbook for payment leaders: What it means to lead payments now

Payment leaders from some of the world’s most ambitious businesses discuss where they’re investing, how they’re evolving their departments, and the capabilities they believe will matter most over the next few years.

PRODUCT
10:05
10 min
Inside Primer: Modular

We'll unveil new capabilities that make our payments infrastructure more modular, giving businesses greater freedom to evolve and scale without rebuilding what already works.

MERCHANT STORY
10:20
25 min
Every transaction counts: How StockX captures more revenue

Every failed payment is a customer who wanted to buy and couldn’t. Every unnecessary decline is revenue the business never sees. In this session, Sid Reddy, Director of Product at StockX, shares how the team built a payment strategy that turns more purchase attempts into successful transactions.

Coffee Break
10:45
30 min
panel
11:15
35 min
Beyond borders: Navigating the cross-border complexity of payments

Hear from our panel about the realities of scaling globally, from localization and payment performance to FX, treasury, and cross-border money movement. They’ll share how they’re simplifying increasingly complex financial operations while building the foundations for sustainable international growth.

PRODUCT
11:55
10 min
Inside Primer: Connectivity

We'll share how we’re connecting more of the payments journey, with new capabilities that give teams a clearer view and more control before, during, and after a payment.

MERCHANT STORY
12:10
25 min
Using payments data to drive strategic decisions: How Airalo turns insight into impact

Every payment generates data. What you do with it is what counts. In this session, the team at Airalo will share how they're turning data into intelligence that delivers meaningful results.

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12:40
35 min
Ask the ecosystem

In this session, representatives from across the payments ecosystem explore the trends, technologies, and challenges shaping the industry, sharing how leading providers are preparing for the future of payments.

LUNCH & LEARN
13:15
105 min

Take a break to connect with peers, make a call, catch up on work, or join one of our breakout rooms for one or two expert-led, practical how-to sessions packed with ideas and takeaways you can put into action right away.

How to understand and reduce payment fees

Breakout Room 1 - 13:50, 25 min

Learn where payment costs come from and the tactics you can use to reduce them.

Checkout horrors: The small mistakes that kill conversion

Breakout Room 2 - 13:50, 25 min

A practical teardown of real checkout experiences, revealing the friction, confusing payment flows, and design missteps that cost conversions.

Why getting reconciliation right is critical to your payments strategy

Breakout Room 1 - 14:20, 25 min

Learn why accurate reconciliation is a key foundation for finding opportunities to reduce costs and improve performance.

Finding practical uses for AI in payments

Breakout Room 2 - 14:20, 25 min

Hear what Primer has learned from building Companion, then work with fellow payment leaders to identify useful AI applications and discuss what it would take to put them into practice.

KEYNOTE
15:00
35 min
Fueled by data: How Formula 1 teams make split-second decisions

Ruth Buscombe is a Formula 1 race strategist, engineer, and broadcaster who has held senior strategy roles at Ferrari, Haas, and Sauber. In this keynote, she will discuss how Formula 1 teams use data and AI to guide split-second decisions and find marginal gains in one of the world’s most demanding sports.


panel
15:40
35 min
Agents, agentic commerce, and hype vs. reality: Where should AI fit into your payments roadmap?

AI is moving from copilots to autonomous systems. Payment leaders now face a new challenge: deciding where AI can create genuine value, where human oversight remains essential, and how to separate lasting change from noise.

Coffee Break
16:15
15 min
PRODUCT
16:30
10 min
Inside Primer: Intelligence

We'll unveil new intelligence capabilities that help payments teams spot what matters sooner, act faster, and continuously improve performance.

MERCHANT STORY
16:45
25 min
Built for growth: Inside loveholidays’ payments strategy

As loveholidays has grown and expanded into new markets, its payments strategy has evolved alongside the business. Andrea Feinberg, Head of Payments, will share how the team balances performance, cost, and risk while building the flexibility needed to support its next phase of European growth.

keynote
17:10
5 min
Primer Showcase wrap-up

We close the day with key takeaways and a look at what’s next for Primer.


DRINKS RECEPTION
17:15
105 min

Meet our speakers

Adel Naamneh
VP Global Strategic Solutions, Checkout.com
Andrea Feinberg
Head of Payments, loveholidays
Anthony Cugnetto
Head of Product, Dabble
Aladin Taleb
Senior Product Manager, Primer
Benjamin Canova
Ex-Global Payment & Fraud Manager, Louis Vuitton
Charlotte Yates
Global Partnerships Manager, Primer
David Cox
Payments Strategy Lead, Virgin Media
Ellie Jaggs
Manager, Customer Success, Primer
Enzo Bermond
Senior Product Manager, Cleeng
Gabriel Le Roux
CEO & Co-Founder, Primer
Lara Rosquet
Global Head of Partnerships, Primer
Leon McLeggan
Senior Solutions Engineer, Primer
Lucas Quinio
Head of Payments, BUT / Conforama
Rebecca Shao
Global Payments & Fintech Lead, Jaguar Land Rover
Ruth Buscombe
Motorsport Engineer & Presenter, F1 TV
Sam Elgar
VP Merchant Experience, Primer
Sean Douglas
Senior Director, PayPal
Shahar Yaari
VP Product, Riskified
Sid Reddy
Director of Product, Payments, StockX
Siranjani Sundaram
Head of Payments, Airalo
Svante Westerberg
SVP, Xsolla Pay & Fintech
Theo Spyrides
VP Product, Primer
Tudor Munteanu
Senior Product Lead, Airalo

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