AI agents for business finance: what they can and can't do
What AI agents can do in bookkeeping, close, collections and compliance today, where a person must stay in charge, and how to judge a product.
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.













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.




Evayour assistant
DanielChief of Staff
BenFinance
BruceCareYour 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.
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.
₦100,000 from day one · agreement v2.1 · 12 Aug · View
Eva waits for your rate and asks before she moves anything.
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.
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 numberTo this account, from any bank app. We watch it, and the page updates itself.
₦26,767.50 from GTBank · John D., matched to order ORD‑1042.
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.
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.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.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.Goes back to the buyers who went quiet, with the receipt already attached.
Recovered ₦410,000 across three overdue invoices.Replies, follows up on what they asked for and hands you only the ones that need you.
Resolved 4 conversations — two deliveries, one refund.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.
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.
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.
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.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.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.Goes back to the buyers who went quiet, with the invoice and the receipt already attached.
Recovered $12,400 across three overdue invoices.Replies, follows up on what they asked for and hands you only the ones that need you.
Resolved 4 conversations — two deliveries, one refund.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.
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.
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.
Solid Allianze acquired — an existing bank with an existing licence. The perimeter stopped being someone else’s to draw.
More than one currency on one balance, and the rebrand to Pryme. A Nigerian business could hold dollars without holding a second institution.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Notes on money that does the work: what we are building, what the regulation actually says, and how we think about letting software act on money. Read the Ledger
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What the Bank of Industry lists for creative and tech businesses in 2026, what it does not, and the route a fashion label or start-up should take.
As at October 2026, the Bank of Industry's youth-funds page lists no standalone film or tech fund; the only creative link it shows is the BRAVE Women Project, which is tied to the fashion industry. Fashion houses, studios and tech start-ups apply through BOI's general MSME route, online at boi.ng/apply or at a branch, and must be registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission.
The Bank of Industry (BOI) is the federal government's development bank for manufacturing, processing and enterprise. Its products change as funds are set up with partners and then close, so it is worth reading the bank's own pages rather than older lists online. We read BOI's Youth Focused Funds page in October 2026. It names these programmes:
| Programme (as named by BOI) | What the page says |
|---|---|
| BRAVE Women Project | Linked to the fashion industry |
| Graduate Entrepreneurship Fund (GEF) | BOI's first youth programme, launched October 2015 |
| Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) | Established by the federal government |
| MTN Foundation YEDP Fund | For members of the MTN Foundation alumni community |
| Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES) | Financial support for Nigerian graduates |
| Youth Entrepreneurship Support Programme (YES-P) | BOI's youth entrepreneurship programme |
| Youth Ignite Programme | Funds for young entrepreneurs running micro-businesses |
| Youth Upscaling Fund | Entrepreneurs aged 18 to 40 with at least an OND |
The page gives no loan amounts, interest rates or tenors for these programmes, and it lists no dedicated film, music or technology fund. That does not mean BOI will not lend to creative or tech businesses; it means those businesses go through the general application route and are assessed like any other enterprise.
Fashion is the creative sector where BOI's own pages show a specific link, through the BRAVE Women Project. Garment making is also manufacturing, which sits squarely in BOI's mandate: machines, a production space, raw materials and staff are all things a development lender understands. A fashion business with a workshop, orders and records is far better placed than a label that exists only on social media.
Film and music are project-based: money goes out during production and comes back later from distribution, streaming or events. Development lenders find that harder to assess than a factory. If you approach BOI for a production, expect questions about pre-sales, distribution agreements, who owns the rights and how the loan is repaid if the release is delayed. Equipment finance (cameras, studio gear, post-production suites) is usually easier to fund than a single film because the equipment earns across many jobs.
Early-stage software start-ups often have little revenue and no physical assets, which makes a loan of any kind risky for the borrower as well as the lender. A loan must be repaid on a schedule whether or not the product finds users. Before borrowing, weigh grants, accelerator programmes and equity investment; our founder grants and accelerators calendar lists current options. Tech businesses with steady revenue, such as a hardware assembler or an IT services firm with contracts, are a better fit for BOI.
Whatever the sector, a development lender asks the same core questions: is the business real, does it earn, can it repay, and what happens if it cannot. Creative and tech founders sometimes present a pitch built for investors, full of market size and vision. A loan officer wants something plainer: the last six to twelve months of sales, the cost of each unit or job, the named customers who pay, and a monthly cash-flow forecast that shows the instalment being met. Contracts with brands, broadcasters, distributors or corporate clients carry real weight because they show where repayment comes from. Intellectual property such as a film's rights or a software licence is harder for a lender to value or sell, so expect to offer guarantors or equipment as security as well.
Example only, with assumed figures. A studio borrows ₦5,000,000 for cameras at an assumed 12% a year over 24 months, a reducing balance loan. The monthly instalment is about ₦235,400 and total interest about ₦649,000. If the studio earns ₦400,000 a month from rentals and jobs, the instalment takes about 59% of that income, which leaves little room for a slow month. Run this test with BOI's actual offer before accepting.
A creative or tech business applying to BOI needs clean records. A Pryme Business Account keeps Naira, dollar, pound and euro income in separate balances, useful for studios and developers paid from abroad, and invoicing creates a trail of who paid what. Statements can be generated as verifiable documents through VerifyDoc.ai.
BOI's youth-funds page links the BRAVE Women Project to the fashion industry. Other fashion businesses apply under BOI's general route as CAC-registered enterprises.
BOI's youth-funds page lists no dedicated film fund as at October 2026. Film businesses can apply through the general route; equipment finance is usually easier to assess than a single production.
It can apply if CAC-registered, but early-stage start-ups with little revenue should weigh grants and equity first, since a loan must be repaid on schedule.
Apply online at boi.ng/apply or at a BOI branch, with CAC registration, accounts or bank statements and BOI's document checklist.
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.
BOI lends to businesses directly; DBN funds banks and MFBs that lend to you. How size, sector and collateral decide which route fits.
The Bank of Industry lists eight youth-focused programmes, including YES-P and the Youth Upscaling Fund. Who each serves and how to apply.
Why Nigerian banks stopped lending naira against dollar balances in 2024, the exceptions the CBN kept, and your options if you hold FX but need naira.
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