Primer Showcase 2026
For payment leaders building what’s next
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?
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 insight
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.
What we’ll explore
The content throughout the day will explore three key themes.
Agenda
4 November 2026, London.
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Keynote09:1510 minLeading payments in the Intelligence EconomyRead more
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.
Panel09:2535 minThe new playbook for payment leaders: What it means to lead payments nowRead more
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.
Product10:0510 minInside Primer: ModularRead more
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 story10:2025 minEvery transaction counts: How StockX captures more revenueRead more
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.
Panel11:1535 minBeyond borders: Navigating the cross-border complexity of paymentsRead more
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.
Product11:5510 minInside Primer: ConnectivityRead more
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 story12:1025 minBuilt for growth: Inside loveholidays’ payments strategyRead more
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.
Panel12:4035 minAsk the ecosystemRead more
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 & learn13:15105 minBreakout roomsRead more
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.
Breakout room 1 - 13:50 · How to understand and reduce payment fees: Learn where payment costs come from and the tactics you can use to reduce them.
Breakout room 2 - 13:50 · Checkout horrors: The small mistakes that kill conversion: A practical teardown of real checkout experiences, revealing the friction, confusing payment flows, and design missteps that cost conversions.
Breakout room 1 - 14:20 · Why getting reconciliation right is critical to your payments strategy: Learn why accurate reconciliation is a key foundation for finding opportunities to reduce costs and improve performance.
Breakout room 2 - 14:20 · Finding practical uses for AI in payments: Hear what Primer has learned from building AI Companion, then work with fellow payment leaders to identify useful AI applications and discuss what it would take to put them into practice.
Keynote15:0035 minFueled by data: How Formula 1 teams make split-second decisionsRead more
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.
Panel15:4035 minAgents, agentic commerce, and hype vs. reality: Where should AI fit into your payments roadmap?Read more
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.
Product16:3010 minInside Primer: IntelligenceRead more
We'll unveil new intelligence capabilities that help payments teams spot what matters sooner, act faster, and continuously improve performance.
Merchant story16:4525 minUsing payments data to drive strategic decisions: How Airalo turns insight into impactRead more
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.
Keynote17:105 minPrimer Showcase wrap-upRead more
We close the day with key takeaways and a look at what’s next for Primer.
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