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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.
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Pryme app: Home
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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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Personal · the app in your hand
Salary landed₦920,000 from John Doe Ltd · Naira account
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Move ₦100,000 to your Rent Box?Keeps ₦127.9m liquid · earns 18% p.a.
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Paid Ikeja Electric₦18,400 · token sent by SMS
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Swap $200 → ₦310,000?Rate locked at ₦1,550 for 30 s
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Held a ₦150,000 transferNew payee · unusual hour · needs you
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Received $2,400From a client · USD account
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Swap $200 → £—?Rate locked for 30 s
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Paid the light bill at home₦18,400 · Ikeja Electric
Done
Keep $1,000 liquid, save the rest?$1,400 → Flexible Box
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Held a £2,000 transferNew payee · needs you
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Regulated partnersEvery currency held with a licensed institution in its market
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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
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Inside a mandate you write. Every action logged.
Multi-currency30 currencies on one balanceFlip
Locked rates30 s
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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
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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
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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.

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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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Funding Nigerian T-bills from South Africa: the money route

How rand gets to a Nigerian bank or broker to buy treasury bills, which SA allowance covers it, and the records you need to bring the money back.

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Pryme editorialDiaspora desk, Johannesburg · 24 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
The short answer

An adult South African resident can send up to R2 million a calendar year abroad under the single discretionary allowance, which the SARB says may be used for investment, and up to R10 million more under the investment allowance with a SARS Tax Compliance Status PIN. The money goes by SWIFT to your Nigerian bank or broker, is converted to naira, and the bills are bought at the CBN auction or from the bank; keep every transfer record, because Nigeria ties repatriation of naira to evidence of the original foreign inflow.

The route in five steps

  1. Set up in Nigeria first. You need a BVN (or the non-resident NRBVN), a naira account and a bank or broker that buys T-bills for customers abroad. GTBank, for example, says its NRBVN is for non-resident Nigerians, including by descent, and is issued within 72 hours of approval.
  2. Choose the account type. The CBN framework for Non-Resident Nigerian accounts, effective 1 January 2025, includes an Investment Account (NRNIA) for investing in Nigerian markets. Inflows must come from external sources via approved channels.
  3. Send from South Africa through your SA bank, under your allowance (below). The bank asks the reason and reports it under an investment category.
  4. Convert and buy. Your Nigerian bank converts the foreign currency to naira and places your order for bills at the primary auction or sells you bills it holds.
  5. Hold the records. SWIFT confirmation, conversion advice, purchase contract note and maturity advice.

Which South African allowance covers it

AllowanceAmount per calendar yearWhat you needSource
Single discretionary allowance (SDA)R2 million per adult resident (couples R4 million)ID; no SARS TCS PINSARS Budget 2026 FAQ; SARB AD Manual, 8 Oct 2026
Investment allowanceUp to R10 million moreSARS Tax Compliance Status PIN for AITSARS Budget 2026 FAQ; SARB AD Manual
Above R10 millionCase by caseApplication to SARB Financial Surveillance through your bankSARB guidelines for individuals

The SDA was R1 million until the SARB's final Budget circulars of 8 April 2026 doubled it; older bank pages may still show R1 million. Exchange Control Circular 1/2026 says the SDA may be used for any legal purpose abroad, including investment, and that capital transfers above the SDA need a SARS tax compliance status. For the application see using the investment allowance for Nigeria.

On the Nigerian side

T-bills are sold at a discount and repaid at face value. The CBN holds auctions for 91-day, 182-day and 364-day bills. At the 14 October 2026 auction, Nairametrics reported stop rates of 15.50% (91-day), 15.80% (182-day) and 15.90% (364-day). These change at every auction; check the latest results before you invest. How auctions and minimum bids work is explained in how to buy Treasury bills in Nigeria.

Ask your bank three questions before sending money: the minimum it will accept for a customer abroad, whether it charges a fee on primary auction orders, and whether bills are held in your name.

Worked example, including the currency

Example only: Tunde in Cape Town sends R300,000 under his SDA. His Nigerian bank receives the equivalent in dollars and converts it at an illustrative ₦85 per rand, giving ₦25,500,000. He buys a 364-day bill at an illustrative 15% discount rate: he pays ₦21,675,000 for ₦25,500,000 face value (₦25,500,000 × 0.85), earning ₦3,825,000 at maturity. Bank fees are ignored here.

  • If the naira holds at ₦85 per rand, the ₦25,500,000 maturity value is R300,000 plus his ₦3,825,000 left over from the original sum, which at ₦85 is R45,000.
  • If the naira weakens to ₦100 per rand over the year, ₦29,325,000 (the leftover ₦3,825,000 plus the ₦25,500,000 maturity) is R293,250, a loss in rand despite the interest.

The point: the interest is in naira, and the currency move can be bigger than the interest. See naira vs rand savings.

Bringing the money back

Lexworth's summary of the CBN framework says foreign currency balances in non-resident accounts are repatriable without restriction, while naira balances in the NRNIA are repatriable only on evidence of prior foreign inflows and related investment proceeds. Keep the SWIFT record of the money you sent in and the T-bill maturity advice together. In South Africa, your bank reports the return as disinvestment by a resident individual (515 or 516 on the inward list) and the interest under 309 08. Tax on the interest is covered in SARS tax on Nigerian T-bill interest. This is general information, not financial or tax advice.

What to check first

  • Your SDA used so far this calendar year, including travel and other transfers.
  • Whether your Nigerian bank will buy bills for an account opened from abroad, and its minimum.
  • That the account is in your own name and linked to your NRBVN or BVN.
  • How you will receive the maturity proceeds: rolled over, kept in naira or sent back.

Rolling over is where many investors abroad lose track. If you tell the bank to reinvest at maturity, the new bill is bought at the next auction's rate, which may be lower or higher, and the naira stays in Nigeria. Put the rollover instruction in writing and ask for a contract note each time, so your records for both countries stay complete.

Where Pryme fits

A Pryme account opened from South Africa holds naira, dollars, pounds and euros with account details for each, so dollars you send can wait in dollars until you choose to convert with Swap, with the rate and fee shown before you approve. Pryme does not sell treasury bills; you buy them through your bank or broker.

Questions people ask

Can I use my SDA to buy Nigerian treasury bills?

Yes. The SARB says the SDA may be used for any legal purpose abroad, including investment. It is R2 million per adult resident per calendar year after the April 2026 increase.

Do I need a SARS tax clearance to invest in Nigeria?

Not within the SDA. Above it, the investment allowance of up to R10 million needs a Tax Compliance Status PIN for AIT.

Can I bring the naira back to South Africa when the bill matures?

Under the CBN non-resident framework, naira in an investment account is repatriable on evidence of prior foreign inflows, so keep your transfer records.

What were Nigerian T-bill rates in October 2026?

Stop rates at the 14 October 2026 auction were 15.50%, 15.80% and 15.90% for 91, 182 and 364 days, as reported by Nairametrics.

Sources

  1. SARS: Budget 2026 frequently asked questions · accessed Oct 2026
  2. SARB: Currency and Exchanges Manual for Authorised Dealers (8 Oct 2026) · accessed Oct 2026
  3. SARB Exchange Control Circular No. 1/2026 (7 Jan 2026) · accessed Oct 2026
  4. Mondaq (Lexworth): CBN framework for Non-Resident Nigerian Ordinary and Investment Accounts (22 May 2025) · accessed Oct 2026
  5. Nairametrics: DMO rejects 74% of NTB bids, raises one-year rate to 15.90% (16 Oct 2026) · accessed Oct 2026
  6. GTBank: Non-Resident Bank Verification Number (NRBVN) · 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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