Savant Degrees wins at Singapore Business Review Technology Excellence Awards 2026

The PrimerStar platform integrates Mastercard NGP and tokenisation to create a unified experience for retail shoppers.

Savant Degrees won Fintech - Retail in the Singapore Business Review Technology Excellence Awards 2026. The company was recognised for its role as the product and experience innovation partner in the development of PrimerStar, a mobile-first loyalty and payments platform.

The platform is currently live across four flagship Primer Group stores at Funan, Singapore, including brands such as Hydro Flask, TOMS, Herschel, and Allbirds. Savant Degrees led the end-to-end design and execution, utilising a Working Backwards methodology to translate multi-brand retail requirements into a scalable digital ecosystem. This approach focused on resolving operational friction points such as fragmented loyalty systems, complex branding guidelines, and slow checkout processes.

PrimerStar delivers a single-flow retail experience that converges loyalty and payments at the point of sale. Through the use of Mastercard Next Generation Point-of-Interaction (NGP) capabilities and tokenisation, customers use a QR-based flow to identify membership, earn or redeem rewards, and complete a secure payment in one step. This eliminates the need for separate loyalty scans and card taps, whilst tokenisation ensures security-by-design for fast card-on-file transactions.

Whilst many loyalty applications operate for a single brand, PrimerStar supports cross-brand engagement across the Primer Group ecosystem. This allows customers to manage rewards, digital receipts, and offers across various participating brands in one location. The platform also links in-store purchases to digital touchpoints, which strengthens omnichannel engagement and enables data-driven marketing through a unified customer view.

Savant Degrees designed and delivered the solution across iOS and Android to ensure seamless access for all users. The successful launch at the Funan stores serves as a blueprint for future expansion across more brands and markets. Early feedback indicates smoother checkout experiences and stronger customer engagement since the implementation of the QR-based one-flow system.

The Singapore Business Review Technology Excellence Awards is the most prestigious awards programme for technological innovations, recognising exceptional companies in Singapore that are riding the digital disruption wave and leading the technological revolution and digital journeys of their respective industries.

The Singapore Business Review Technology Excellence Awards is presented by Singapore Business Review Magazine. To view the full list of winners, click here. If you want to join the 2027 awards programme and be acclaimed for your company's outstanding contributions in pursuit of technological innovation, please contact Danica Avila at +(65) 3158 1386 ext 217 or [email protected].

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