London-based payments infrastructure provider Primer has raised $100m in a Series C funding round to make payments fully AI-enabled.
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May 20, 2026
Balderton-backed payments startup Primer raises $100m Series C
The London-based fintech is doubling down on AI in payments
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Damisola Sulaiman is Sifted's fintech reporter, based in London. She writes Sifted's weekly Fintech newsletter . You can find her on LinkedIn

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