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    <periodOfReport>2015-08-04</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>Planet Payment Inc</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PLPM</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Cox Robert J III</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O PLANET PAYMENT, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>670 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LONG BEACH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>11561</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>SVP, CFO, Treasurer and COO</officerTitle>
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        <footnote id="F1">This is a restricted stock grant under the Issuer's 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the &quot;Plan&quot;), pursuant to which 50,000 shares of common stock vest in three (3) equal annual installments on each of May 1, 2016, May 1, 2017 and May 1, 2018, subject to a certain minimum price condition with respect to the market price of the common stock and acceleration upon a change in control; and the remaining 150,000 shares of common stock become fully vested upon the achievement of a certain minimum price condition with respect to the market price of the common stock or minimum EBITDA.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on August 4, 2015.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This is a stock option grant under the Plan and will be vested and exercisable at the rate of one-third (1/3rd) of the total number of shares annually on May 1, 2016, May 1, 2017 and May 1, 2018, subject to certain conditions as set forth in the Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ David R. Fishkin, as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-08-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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