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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How UK, US, Canadian and European firms pay Nigerian suppliers and get paid by Nigerian clients: FX, Form A and M, tax, compliance and payout routes.
What it really costs to send money to Nigeria from the UK, US, Canada and Europe: fees, exchange-rate margins, CBN naira rules, BVN, speed and scams.
What AI can and cannot do in day-to-day bookkeeping, how much time it saves on real numbers, and which jobs must stay with you or your accountant.
Schemes for graduates starting a business after NYSC: BOI's graduate fund, NYIF, YouthCred and SAED, what each asked for and what to prepare.
Graduates starting a business after NYSC have used a handful of schemes: the Bank of Industry's Graduate Entrepreneurship Fund for corps members (launched in 2015 with loans of ₦500,000 to ₦2 million at 9%), the Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (2020 framework: up to ₦3 million for registered businesses at 5% a year) and newer youth credit schemes. Whether each is open today must be checked on its own portal; all of them expect a registered business, a plan and a clean credit record.
A commercial bank's business loan usually wants years of trading history, statements showing steady turnover and often security. Sterling Bank's business support facility, for example, lists businesses at least three years old with turnover of at least ₦2 million a month (Oct 2026). A business started after service has none of that. Government and development-bank schemes exist to fill that gap, at lower rates and with training attached, but they open and close, so read every figure below with its date.
| Scheme | Terms when announced | Status |
|---|---|---|
| BOI Graduate Entrepreneurship Fund (GEF) | 2015: ₦2bn fund for serving corps members with registered businesses; ₦500,000 to ₦2m at 9%; 3 to 5 years including a 6-month moratorium | Current status not confirmed |
| Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) | 2020 framework: ₦250,000 for individuals, ₦3m for registered businesses; 5% a year all-inclusive; up to 5 years; up to 1 year moratorium; via NIRSAL MFB | Current status not confirmed |
| YouthCred (Credicorp) | See our separate guide | Check the official portal |
| NYSC SAED | Skills acquisition and entrepreneurship training during service | Training, not a loan |
When the Bank of Industry launched the GEF in October 2015, it targeted serving NYSC members who had registered a business as an enterprise or limited company. Applicants registered online using their NYSC state code, and successful applicants attended a capacity-building programme before applying for loans to buy machinery, equipment and working capital. Check the Bank of Industry's website for whether a graduate window is open today; see applying on the BOI portal.
The NYIF framework released by the CBN in October 2020 targeted young people and set NIRSAL Microfinance Bank as the lender. Applicants were screened, took mandatory training where required and applied through NIRSAL MFB's portal; applicants with unsatisfactory credit reports were rejected. Read our NYIF explainer for its current position.
YouthCred is covered in our YouthCred guide; check whether it can fund business costs or only personal purchases before you plan around it. NYSC's SAED programme offers skills and entrepreneurship training during service; a SAED certificate can strengthen a later application, but it is not a loan.
A simplified example on the GEF's 2015 terms: ₦2,000,000 at 9% a year, with a 6-month moratorium inside a 3-year tenor, repaid over the remaining 30 months on a reducing balance. It assumes no interest is charged during the moratorium, which you should check.
The business must produce about ₦75,000 a month of spare cash from month seven. If your plan does not show that, borrow less.
Schemes are not the only start. Many graduates begin with family money, a small cooperative loan once employed part-time, or customer deposits on early orders, and apply to a scheme once the business has a few months of records. That is not a delay: a scheme reviewer, like any lender, reads statements and sales records, and a business that has already traded is easier to say yes to. Keep every sale and expense in a business account from the first week, and keep receipts for equipment you buy, because some schemes finance assets against invoices.
Be careful with personal loan apps used to fund a business. Their short terms and high monthly charges suit emergencies, not equipment that pays back over a year. If you must borrow small sums, see fresh graduate loans for what lenders accept.
Real schemes do not charge an 'application' or 'processing' fee paid to an individual's account. Apply only through the official portal named on the agency's own website; see fake government loan websites.
Pryme does not run graduate schemes. A new business can open a Pryme Business Account from day one, which comes with Finance, Compliance and other agents built by Pryme Intelligence to prepare bookkeeping and reports for a person to approve, so your first months of trading are on record when you apply.
Commercial banks usually want trading history, so scheme loans are the realistic route. Register your business, prepare a plan and check which schemes are open on their official portals.
The Bank of Industry's Graduate Entrepreneurship Fund was launched in 2015 for serving corps members. Check the Bank of Industry's website for any current graduate window.
The 2020 framework set ₦250,000 for individuals and ₦3 million for registered businesses, at 5% a year. Confirm the current status before applying.
Most schemes lend to registered businesses or offer more to them. Registering with the CAC first strengthens any application.
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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