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
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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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Bank of Industry loan products for MSMEs as of October 2026: amounts, rates, tenors and fees by product, documents asked for, and where sources differ.
The Bank of Industry (BOI) lends directly to Nigerian businesses, mainly in manufacturing, processing, agriculture, services and trading. Published product terms range from a ₦30 million Fashion Fund at 9% over five years to SME loans of ₦10 million to ₦1 billion over three to five years. In September 2026 BOI said its lending rates ranged from 10% to 13% depending on loan type and size. Apply online or at a BOI state office after opening a BOI account.
Last updated: October 2026
BOI runs many funds, some with partners such as state governments or foundations. The table brings together terms published in product summaries. Terms change; confirm on boi.ng before you plan around them.
| Product | Maximum or range | Tenor | Moratorium | Rate a year | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SME loans | ₦10m to ₦1bn | 3 to 5 years | 3 to 12 months | Below market (not specified) | Not specified |
| MSME Distributor Finance | ₦2bn | 24 months | 3 months | 12% | 1% processing, 1% commitment |
| Smallholder Farmer Cluster | ₦7bn | 24 months | 6 months | 10% | 1% application, 1% commitment |
| Fintech Digital Lending (for CBN-regulated lenders) | ₦500m | 12 months | 3 months | 9% | 1% processing |
| BOI Fashion Fund | ₦30m | 5 years | 6 to 12 months | 9% | 1% processing, 1% commitment, 0.125% monitoring |
| BOI-iDICE Debt Fund (tech and creative) | ₦10m to ₦1bn | Up to 5 years | Up to 6 months | Up to 10% | Not stated |
| GLOW (women) | ₦10m micro; ₦50m SME | Not stated | Not stated | 7% all-inclusive | No appraisal, commitment or monitoring fee |
| Large enterprise loans | From ₦1bn | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
Named SME funds include the Graduate Entrepreneurship Fund, the Youth Entrepreneurship Support Programme (YES-P), the Youth Upscaling Fund, the MTN Foundation YEDP and Y'ellopreneur funds, the Solar Energy Fund, Light Manufacturing, Food and Agro Commodity Processing, Livestock Processing, Waste Management, State Matching Funds and the Bottom of the Pyramid on-lending scheme. Not every fund is open at any one time.
| Date reported | Announcement | Key terms |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | BOI/FGN ₦75bn MSME intervention fund | Up to ₦20m at 9%, manufacturing and agro-processing |
| Jul 2026 | BOI-iDICE and IsDB-iDICE debt funds, US$110m combined | BOI fund US$45m, ₦10m to ₦1bn, max 10% |
| Jul 2026 | GLOW Guaranteed Loans for Women, ₦10bn fund (third-party report) | Up to ₦50m at 7% |
| Sep 2026 | ₦2bn set aside for young entrepreneurs | BOI rates 10% to 13% |
The intervention fund and iDICE have their own pages: FGN/BOI MSME intervention loan and iDICE debt funds.
A separate 2026 guide adds that BOI expects a promoter equity contribution of 10% to 25% of project cost. BOI has not published that range in anything we found; ask at application. A full copyable list is in our loan application checklist.
A Lagos Metropolitan guide from August 2026 describes what commercial banks typically ask of SMEs. Set against BOI's published terms, the trade-off is cost and tenor against paperwork.
| Feature | BOI SME loan | Commercial bank SME loan (typical) |
|---|---|---|
| Rate a year | 10% to 13% (BOI, Sep 2026) | Not published; 20% to 35% reported in a May 2026 comparison |
| Tenor | 3 to 5 years for SME loans | 1 to 5 years (May 2026 comparison) |
| Accounts | Three years audited | Six to 12 months, sometimes three years |
| Tax | Tax clearance certificates | TIN and tax clearance for two to three years |
| Security | Property, guarantees or debentures | Legal mortgage, C of O, or charge over stock or equipment |
| Board resolution | At disbursement | For limited companies |
BOI says it favours registered businesses that employ local staff, use local materials and export. If you need a company first, see registering a private limited company.
Appraisers ask for a year of bank statements. Keeping trading money in a separate Pryme Business Account makes those statements easier to read. Pryme does not arrange BOI loans.
Product terms and document lists are from a BOI loan summary first published in September 2023 and updated in February 2024; we flag it as possibly out of date. Rates quoted by BOI come from a 22 September 2026 report. iDICE terms are from a 28 July 2026 report, and GLOW terms from a 29 July 2026 third-party summary of BOI's portal. Comparison ranges are from May 2026 articles.
BOI said in September 2026 that its lending rates range from 10% to 13% depending on loan type and size. Some special funds are lower, such as GLOW at 7%.
SME loans run from ₦10 million to ₦1 billion; some special funds have lower caps, such as ₦30 million for the Fashion Fund.
Usually yes, depending on size: property, guarantees or debentures. Some women's and micro products accept guarantees instead.
BOI does not publish a fixed timeline. A May 2026 guide reported four to eight weeks of processing.
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.
How Development Bank of Nigeria money reaches small businesses through 84 lenders, the MSME limits it uses, and its lending figures to 2025.
Nigeria's replacement for pioneer status: the 5% yearly tax credit on qualifying capital spending, thresholds, the three-agency process and fees.
The Federal Government MSME intervention loan run by the Bank of Industry: the ₦75bn fund, the 9% rate, loan caps reported since 2024 and the portal.
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