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Money with a heartbeat.

Meet Eva, the assistant inside the Pryme app. She opens accounts, moves money, saves toward your goals and follows up. Nothing leaves your account without your approval.

Meet Eva, the assistant inside the Pryme app. She holds dollars, pounds, euros and Naira side by side, swaps at a locked rate, pays bills in any of them and sends anywhere, asking before anything moves.

HomeEvery currency, every Box and every card on one screen.
Chat with EvaTell her the goal. She handles the steps and asks before anything moves.
Savings BoxesFlexible, Fixed, Investment and Interest-free, side by side.
Create a BoxPick the type, name the goal. Eva works out what to move, and when.
LoansSpaces credit and Salary Advance. Draw only what you need.
Invite friendsThree friends, ₦50,000 each, and ₦20,000 lands with you.
YouEva’s voice, your plan, your address and every security control.
Duress signalA word that looks normal on screen while your people are alerted.
Chat with EvaTell her the goal. She handles the steps and asks before anything moves.
Swap at the live rateOr name the rate you want and she swaps the moment it lands.
One card, every currencySpend from whichever balance suits, and freeze it from the app.
What Eva may do without askingStanding permissions, a voice, and a record of every rule you have given her.
Receipts anyone can verifyRegular or certified statements, e-signed and checkable by whoever receives them.
Open a personal account How we keep your money safe
Pryme app: Home
Pryme app: Chat with Eva
Pryme app: Savings Boxes
Pryme app: Create a Box
Pryme app: Loans
Pryme app: Invite friends
Pryme app: You
Pryme app: Duress signal
Pryme app: Chat with Eva
Pryme app: Swap at the live rate
Pryme app: Multicurrency card
Pryme app: What Eva may do without asking
Pryme app: Receipts and statements
MoneyAgentsApprovalAgentsEvery currencyYour approval

Open an account. Get money to spend.

Global money. Intelligent growth.

We give you a limit to spend at the shops and services you already use — and an account that works on your month while you get on with it. Dollars, pounds and euros sit beside your Naira, and an assistant handles the running of it, asking you first every single time.

One global account for your money and business. Move across currencies, automate everyday operations and put AI agents to work — with you in control of every important decision.

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Pryme app home: every currency on one balance
Personal · the app in your hand
Salary landed₦920,000 from John Doe Ltd · Naira account
Done
Move ₦100,000 to your Rent Box?Keeps ₦127.9m liquid · earns 18% p.a.
Approve
Paid Ikeja Electric₦18,400 · token sent by SMS
Done
Swap $200 → ₦310,000?Rate locked at ₦1,550 for 30 s
Approve
Held a ₦150,000 transferNew payee · unusual hour · needs you
Review
Received $2,400From a client · USD account
Done
Swap $200 → £—?Rate locked for 30 s
Approve
Paid the light bill at home₦18,400 · Ikeja Electric
Done
Keep $1,000 liquid, save the rest?$1,400 → Flexible Box
Approve
Held a £2,000 transferNew payee · needs you
Review
Eva is live
500,000+customers, personal and businessScan to get the app
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Regulated partnersEvery currency held with a licensed institution in its market
Solid AllianzeCBNNDIC
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Instant settlementOur own core ledger: swaps land at once, every receipt verifiableScan to get the app
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Eva, the assistant that runs a Pryme accountEvayour assistant
The Chief of Staff agent on a Pryme Business AccountDanielChief of Staff
The Finance agent on a Pryme Business AccountBenFinance
PrymeBruceCare
Inside a mandate you write. Every action logged.
Multi-currency30 currencies on one balanceFlip
Locked rates30 s
🇺🇸 1 USD—
🇬🇧 1 GBP—
🇪🇺 1 EUR—
The rate you see is the rate you get.
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Business Account

Open an account. Get customers.

Your competitor down the road sells the same thing you sell. The difference is who walks in. We put money in people’s hands that can only be spent in businesses like yours — and then we point them at you.

The Pryme Business home page: three currency balances on one account, the money actions, five agents working and a live stream of what they have done
Business · the page your team signs into
Spaces · Nigeria

We hand the customer the money. It can only be spent with you.

You are not borrowing. You are selling to somebody who already has the money — and that money can only be spent with a business like yours.

The business · Pryme Business
johndoe.mypryme.com · Spaces

Spaces Showing 30 days

Spaces is onshoppers near you can see your shop
Spaces brought you · 30 days ₦2,578,550.00 104 sales from 71 shoppers ▼ 4% on the period before
Where the money came from
91% shoppers who had been in before 9% first visit to your shop
21 of 71 came back more than once Average basket ₦24,793.75 Biggest shopper ₦142,300.00
24 Jul returningnew to you 22 Aug
Money on its way to you confirmed at the counter · on its way to your Naira account
Confirmed at the counter ₦47,150.002 sales today · final the moment they paid
Sales of 23 Aug₦90,9503 sales · confirmed
Sales of 24 Aug₦196,2005 sales · confirmed
Sales of 25 Aug₦47,1502 sales · confirmed
nothing for you to do · it arrives on its own
Lands in your NGN account ₦334,300.0010 sales in flight
The shopper · Pryme app
4:34
‹
BorrowLoans
SpacesSalary Advance
Spaces credit₦21,450 available
Repay ₦78,550
₦78,550 in use₦100,000 limit
Hold 25% · repay 2 more early to drop to 20%

₦100,000 from day one · agreement v2.1 · 12 Aug · View

Near youCategories 9Your loans 9
🛒Grocery / Retail4 places
🍽Eateries / Restaurants4 places
💊Pharmacies3 places
🎬Movies & Cinema3 places
🚌Transport3 places
💇Spa’s & Saloons3 places
Say “Hey Pryme”🎤
HomeBoxes CardsYou
Freeto join, nothing monthly. You are in the app the day you switch it on.
You get paidthe sale settles into your Naira account. Nobody to chase.
Zero riskwe carry the credit, whether or not the shopper repays us.
You growfaces that had never been to your shop — and most come back on their own.
The account

One account. Every currency you trade in.

Pryme Business4 currencies · one ledger
Base
₦127,328,879.23NGN · Nigerian Naira
$1,240.00USD · US Dollar
£480.00GBP · Pound Sterling
€310.00EUR · Euro
  • A named Naira account with Solid Allianze MFB — NDIC insured, your business name on it.
  • Real details abroad. A US account number, a UK sort code, an IBAN for the euro area.
  • Every currency has its own statement — regular or certified, with a code anyone can verify.
Swapping · in the app
4:34
‹···
Current account · NGN ₦127,328,879.23
SwapBoth balances move at once, on one ledger
Fill it inAsk Eva
$1 = ₦1,650.00
FromNGN ▾
250,000Available ₦127,328,879.23
ToUSD ▾
151.52after swap $1,391.52
Rate$1 = ₦1,650.00
Fee—
You get$151.52
NowWhen it hits

Eva waits for your rate and asks before she moves anything.

Target rate
$1 =1,585.00₦
Set the watch
Pryme Pay

Take money on your site, or on a checkout of your own.

No card, no OTP, nothing for the buyer to type in. They transfer from the bank app they already use, and the money lands in the same account your agents are running — already matched to the order, already in your books.

Pay from your bank app

We give the buyer a one-time account number. They transfer to it from any bank app or by USSD — no card, no OTP, nothing to type in.

Get the account number
  • Card details are never asked for, so they cannot leak.
  • The account is used once, then it closes.
  • Held with a licensed bank, insured by the NDIC.
Transfer exactly this amount

To this account, from any bank app. We watch it, and the page updates itself.

Send exactly₦26,767.50Copy
BankSolid Allianze MFB
Account number0000 000 000Copy
Account namePRYME / JOHNDOE‑ORD1042
Watching the account — nobody has to confirm anything.
Payment received

₦26,767.50 from GTBank · John D., matched to order ORD‑1042.

OrderORD-1042
Settled intoJohn Doe Trading Ltd · Naira account 0000 000 000
Receiptsent to the buyer
Get your receiptRun it again
Your checkout, your brand.On the site you already have, in your colours, on your own domain — or on a page we host for you.
A link for anything you sell.One price, one buyer, one link — sent on WhatsApp, Instagram or email, and paid the same way.
It lands already reconciled.Matched to the order, receipt issued, and in your books before you have looked at it.
Business Account

A team you did not have to hire.

Five agents come with the account. Each one has a job description, a budget and a ceiling you set. They do the work and bring it to you — nothing leaves the account without your signature.

CS Chief of Staff Runs the week

Knows what is stuck, who is waiting and what you promised — and keeps all three moving.

Booked a meeting with John Doe Foods for Thursday 11:00.
FI Finance Watches the money

Keeps the books as you trade and tells you the moment something does not add up.

Flagged a duplicate — invoice DP‑11908 was already paid in July.
COCompliance Keeps you inside the rules

Holds every filing to its own clock and screens names and payments against your policy — and logs what it refuses.

Screened 412 payments overnight and refused two of them.
SA Sales Chases what is owed

Goes back to the buyers who went quiet, with the receipt already attached.

Recovered ₦410,000 across three overdue invoices.
SU Customer Support Answers your customers

Replies, follows up on what they asked for and hands you only the ones that need you.

Resolved 4 conversations — two deliveries, one refund.
Every agent prepares and proposes. You are the only one who can approve.
Build on Pryme

Our rails, under your product.

Issue a dedicated Naira account number to each of your own customers, collect into it and reconcile against it. The same rails the Business Account runs on, with the licence behind them.

Read the API
Pryme Business

One business account. Every currency you trade in.

Dollars, pounds and euros beside a Naira account, on one ledger and one set of books. Five agents come with it and run the account — nothing leaves without your signature.

The Pryme Business home page: Naira, dollar and pound balances on one account, the money actions, five agents working and a live stream of what they have done
Business · the page your team signs into

A team you did not have to hire

Five agents come with the account. Each has a job description, a budget and a ceiling you set. They do the work and bring it to you — they propose, you approve.

CSChief of Staff Runs the week

Knows what is stuck, who is waiting and what you promised, and keeps all three moving.

Booked the quarterly review with your auditor for Thursday.
FIFinance Watches the money

Keeps the books in every currency you hold and flags the moment something does not add up.

Flagged a duplicate — invoice DP‑11908 was already paid in July.
COCompliance Keeps you inside the rules

Holds every filing to its own clock and screens names and payments against your policy — and logs what it refuses.

Screened 412 payments overnight and refused two of them.
SASales Chases what is owed

Goes back to the buyers who went quiet, with the invoice and the receipt already attached.

Recovered $12,400 across three overdue invoices.
SUCustomer Support Answers your customers

Replies, follows up on what they asked for and hands you only the ones that need you.

Resolved 4 conversations — two deliveries, one refund.
Every agent prepares and proposes. You are the only one who can approve.
Open a business account

Ten years, one trunk

The business has changed shape four times and never changed what it was rooted in. Each version was built out of what the last one could not do.

2016E-commerce

An online grocery store, built out of a faulty tab. Selling the food was the easy part — taking the money for it, and moving it, turned out to be the business.

2018OjirehPrime Card

A prepaid card. The first time the company issued rather than resold, and the first time it carried the obligations that come with holding somebody else’s money.

2020Microfinance bank

PrymeSolid Allianze acquired — an existing bank with an existing licence. The perimeter stopped being someone else’s to draw.

2023Multicurrency

More than one currency on one balance, and the rebrand to Pryme. A Nigerian business could hold dollars without holding a second institution.

2026Agentic operations

Accounts that do the work rather than only hold value. Five agents on the account, inside a policy you write — which is where the new mark starts.

Questions

The things people ask us first.

What is Pryme?

Pryme is a financial technology company. It gives people and businesses in Nigeria one account that holds Naira alongside dollars, pounds and euros, and a set of agents that do the running of it — keeping the books, chasing what is owed, answering customers and paying bills. Nothing leaves an account without the owner’s approval.

Can I hold dollars, pounds and euros in a Pryme account?

Yes. A Pryme account holds Naira, US dollars, pounds sterling and euros side by side on one ledger, each with its own account details — a Nigerian account number, a US account number, a UK sort code and an IBAN for the euro area. You can swap between them at a rate you set, and every currency has its own statement.

What is Spaces?

Spaces is available in Nigeria. It gives a shopper money to spend that can only be spent with a participating business. The business is paid into its Naira account whether or not the shopper repays, because Pryme carries the credit. For the business it is free to join, there is nothing monthly, and the customer’s identity is never shown — only a reference and what it is worth.

What do the agents on a Pryme Business Account do?

Five agents come with the account. The Chief of Staff runs the week and keeps what is stuck moving. Finance watches the money and keeps the books as you trade. Compliance keeps the filings on time and screens what moves. Sales chases what you are owed. Customer Support answers your customers and follows up. Each has a job description, a budget and a ceiling you set, and each one proposes rather than acts — nothing leaves the account without your signature.

How does Pryme Pay work?

Pryme Pay takes payments on your own site or on a checkout page you control. The buyer is given a one-time account number and transfers to it from any bank app or by USSD — no card, no OTP, nothing to type in. The money lands in the same account your agents are running, already matched to the order and already in your books.

What are Savings Boxes?

Savings Boxes are separate pots inside a Pryme account, held in Naira. Flexible Boxes can be withdrawn at any time, Fixed Boxes hold to a date, Investment Boxes hold for longer, and Interest-free Boxes earn nothing by design. A business can use them to ring-fence payroll and the tax it withholds, so that money cannot be spent by accident.

Who holds my money, and is it protected?

Pryme is a financial technology company, not a bank. Accounts and deposits are provided by Solid Allianze Microfinance Bank Limited, which is licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria and is a member of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Can I build on Pryme?

Yes. Pryme Rails lets a platform issue a dedicated Naira account number to each of its own customers, collect into it and reconcile against it, over one API — the same rails the Pryme Business Account runs on.

What is Pryme?

Pryme is a financial technology company. It gives you one account that holds US dollars, pounds sterling and euros beside Naira, with an assistant that runs the account for you and asks before anything moves. Accounts are provided in Nigeria today, and further markets open as each licence lands.

Can I open a Pryme account from outside Nigeria?

Accounts are provided in Nigeria today, subject to verification and approval. Foreign-currency balances are held and converted inside that account, so you can hold, receive and swap dollars, pounds and euros wherever you are.

Which currencies can I hold with Pryme?

Naira, US dollars, pounds sterling and euros, side by side on one ledger. Each has its own details — a Nigerian account number, a US account number, a UK sort code and an IBAN for the euro area — and each has its own statement.

How do I send money to Nigeria with Pryme?

Swap at a rate you set rather than the rate of the day, then send to any Pryme username or to a Nigerian bank account. There is no fee to send to another Pryme account.

What does the assistant do?

Eva is the assistant inside the Pryme app. She opens accounts, moves money, saves toward your goals, pays what is due and follows up what is owed to you — and asks you before anything moves.

What is Pryme Rails?

Pryme Rails lets a platform issue a dedicated Naira account number to each of its own customers, collect into it and reconcile against it, over one API — the same rails the Pryme Business Account runs on.

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Setting up an authenticator app: Google vs Microsoft vs Authy

How to set up Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator or Authy, store backup codes, and what each app does when your phone is lost.

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Pryme editorialSafety desk · 19 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
The short answer

All three apps make the same six-digit codes, so the choice comes down to backup. Google Authenticator syncs codes if you sign in to a Google Account, Microsoft Authenticator restores only to the same type of phone, and Authy needs its backup password or the codes are lost. Save every service’s backup codes on paper whichever you choose.

What an authenticator app does, in one paragraph

An authenticator app turns your phone into a code generator. When you switch on two-step verification for an account (Gmail, a crypto exchange, a savings app, a business tool), the service shows you a QR code. You scan it once with the authenticator, and from then on the app shows a fresh six-digit code that changes every short interval. To log in you type your password and the current code. Because the code is made on the phone itself rather than sent by text, it cannot be diverted by a SIM swap. If you want the wider comparison with SMS codes first, read authenticator app vs SMS codes.

The three apps most Nigerians are choosing between are Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator and Authy (run by Twilio). All three produce the same standard codes, so any service that says "use an authenticator app" will work with any of them. Where they differ is in backup, moving to a new phone and what happens when the phone is lost. That is the part people skip, and it is the part that decides whether a lost phone is an inconvenience or a week of locked accounts.

Side by side: backup and recovery

Google AuthenticatorMicrosoft AuthenticatorAuthy
Cloud backupOptional: sign in to your Google Account in the app and codes sync, encrypted in transit and at restOptional: "Cloud Backup" toggle; on Android it is stored in a Microsoft personal accountOptional: "Backups" protected by a backup password you set
If you do not turn backup onCodes stay on that one phone onlyCodes are not restorableTwilio says you will lose your 2FA tokens
Moving phonesSync by signing in, or Menu > Transfer codes > Export codes as a QR and Import on the new phoneRestore from backup, but only to the same type of phone (iPhone to iPhone, Android to Android)Reinstall counts as a new registration; approve by SMS or from an existing device
Known catchDeleting a code deletes it on every synced deviceWork or school accounts restore as a name only and need signing in again; Android backup moves to Google One backup from January 2027Account recovery with no other device takes 24 hours; the backup password cannot be reset

Sources: Google Account Help, Microsoft Support and Twilio Support pages listed below, all read in October 2026. These pages change, so check the app’s own help if a menu name differs on your phone.

Setting up each one

Google Authenticator

  1. Install Google Authenticator from the official store on your phone.
  2. Open it and, if you want backup, sign in with your Google Account. Google says signing in syncs your codes so they can be used on other devices (Android needs app version 6.0 or later for sync).
  3. On the service you are protecting, choose two-step verification, then "authenticator app". Scan the QR code it shows.
  4. Type the six-digit code back into the service to confirm. Save the backup or recovery codes the service gives you.
  5. Consider turning on the app’s Privacy Screen, which asks for your screen lock before codes show.

One practical note from Google’s help page: the app uses your phone’s clock, and codes fail if the time is wrong. Leave date and time on automatic.

Microsoft Authenticator

  1. Install Microsoft Authenticator from the official store.
  2. Add each account by scanning the service’s QR code (choose "other account" for non-Microsoft services).
  3. Turn on Cloud Backup in the app’s settings. On Android you pick a Microsoft personal account to hold the backup.
  4. Write down that the backup can only be restored to the same platform. If you are an Android user thinking of moving to an iPhone, plan to move each account manually.

Authy

  1. Install Authy and register with your phone number.
  2. Add accounts by scanning their QR codes.
  3. Turn on Backups and set a backup password you will remember. Store it in a password manager or on paper somewhere safe.
  4. In Settings > Devices, decide on "Allow multi-device". Twilio says having it on (with backups) is what lets you move phones without the 24-hour recovery wait. Turn it off again once your devices are added, so nobody else can add one.

Backup codes: the step that saves you

Every serious service that offers authenticator login also gives you a set of one-time backup or recovery codes when you set it up. These are your way back in if the phone and the app are both gone. Treat them like a spare key:

  • Print them or write them on paper, and keep that paper at home, not in your wallet or phone case.
  • Or store them in a password manager that is protected separately from the phone (see password managers for Nigerians).
  • Never screenshot them into your gallery. A gallery that syncs to the cloud, or a phone in someone else’s hands, exposes them.
  • Each code usually works once. Cross one off when you use it and generate a new set when you are running low.

What happens when the phone is lost

This is where the three apps truly differ, so think about it before you choose.

  • Google Authenticator, synced: Google’s help page says to remotely erase the phone if you can, then remove the lost device from your Google Account. Install the app on the new phone, sign in, and your codes sync back.
  • Google Authenticator, not synced: the codes were only on the lost phone. Google says you then need to visit every site where you set it up, remove the old codes and link the new phone. You will need each site’s backup codes or its account recovery process to get in.
  • Microsoft Authenticator with Cloud Backup: restore on a new phone of the same type. Third-party codes come back; work or school accounts need signing in again.
  • Authy with backups and another device: approve the new phone from the other device or by SMS, then enter your backup password. Without another device, recovery takes 24 hours, and if you forgot the backup password Twilio says the tokens are lost.

Whichever app you use, the lost phone itself must also be dealt with: lock or erase it, and log out of banking apps. Our guide to logging out of banking apps remotely covers that part.

Which should you pick?

There is no single right answer, only a fit for how you live:

  • If your life already runs on a Google Account and you will keep that account well protected, Google Authenticator with sync is the simplest to recover.
  • If you use Microsoft 365 for work, Microsoft Authenticator keeps work sign-in approvals and personal codes in one place, as long as you accept the same-platform restore rule.
  • If you switch between Android and iPhone, or use more than one device, Authy’s multi-device model may suit you, provided you keep the backup password safe.

Where Pryme fits

Pryme uses an authenticator app for sign-in approval rather than SMS codes, alongside a separate transaction PIN, so the set-up above is what you would use with your Pryme account too. Details are on our security page, and you can open an account from any country.

Questions people ask

Can I use Google Authenticator for my bank app in Nigeria?

Only if your bank or app offers sign-in with a standard authenticator app. Many Nigerian banks use their own in-app soft token instead. Check your bank’s security settings or help page.

What happens if I lose my phone with Google Authenticator on it?

If you signed in to a Google Account in the app, your codes sync to a new phone when you sign in. If you did not, Google says you must go to each site, remove the old codes and link the new phone, using backup codes to get in.

Can I move Microsoft Authenticator from Android to iPhone?

Not by backup. Microsoft says backups can only be restored to the same device type, so you would re-add each account on the new phone.

I forgot my Authy backup password, what now?

Twilio says account recovery does not reset the backup password, and without it your tokens are lost. You would need each site’s backup codes or recovery process to set up 2FA again.

Sources

  1. Google Account Help: Get verification codes with Google Authenticator · accessed Oct 2026
  2. Microsoft Support: Back up account credentials in Microsoft Authenticator · accessed Oct 2026
  3. Twilio Support: Reinstalling Authy or Moving to a New Device · accessed Oct 2026

This article is general information, not financial, legal or tax advice. Products described are provided under the terms on this site and are subject to regulation and eligibility.

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