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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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Agents with a mandatePowered by Pryme Intelligence. Nothing moves without youFlip
Pryme Intelligence
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.
10 years2016 to today, one trunkScan to get the app
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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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Card schemes in Nigeria: Verve, AfriGo, Visa and Mastercard

How Nigeria’s four main card schemes compare: who owns each, where the cards work, the AfriGo figures to date, and how to choose a debit card.

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Pryme researchReference desk · 17 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
The short answer

Nigerian bank cards run on four main card schemes: Verve (owned by Interswitch, a Nigerian company), AfriGo (the CBN’s domestic scheme, launched with NIBSS on 26 January 2023), and the international schemes Visa and Mastercard. NIBSS reported more than one million AfriGo cards issued and over ₦70 billion in AfriGo transactions by September 2025.

The four schemes compared (as of October 2026)

VerveAfriGoVisaMastercard
OwnershipInterswitch (Nigerian)Domestic scheme launched by the CBN with NIBSS; operated by Afrigopay Financial Services LimitedVisa Inc. (international)Mastercard Inc. (international)
Launched in NigeriaBefore AfriGo; long-established26 January 2023Long-establishedLong-established
Main useDomestic ATM, POS and online paymentsDomestic ATM, POS, agents and online paymentsDomestic and international paymentsDomestic and international payments
ProcessingDomesticDomestic, in naira; data kept in NigeriaGlobal networkGlobal network
AbroadLimitedDesigned for use within NigeriaWidely accepted (subject to bank limits)Widely accepted (subject to bank limits)
Reported scaleNot published in sources reviewedOver 1 million cards; over ₦70 billion in transactions by Sept 2025 (NIBSS)Not published in sources reviewedNot published in sources reviewed

What a card scheme does

A card scheme supplies the rules and network that let a card issued by one bank be used at a terminal or website served by another. When you pay with a card, the merchant’s acquirer sends the payment through the scheme’s network to your bank, which approves or declines it; the scheme then manages clearing, settlement and disputes. Your bank decides which scheme your card uses, and the scheme’s logo is printed on the card.

NIBSS described Mastercard, Visa and Verve as the three major card schemes in Nigeria at the time AfriGo launched, with AfriGo expected to become the fourth.

AfriGo: why it was created and how it is doing

According to NIBSS, the CBN gave four main reasons for creating a domestic scheme: financial inclusion, reducing the foreign exchange spent on domestic card transactions, lowering card costs for banks by pricing in naira, and data sovereignty, so that payment data from domestic transactions stays in Nigeria. NIBSS also reports that AfriGo complies with EMVCo security standards.

AfriGo indicatorFigureSource and date
Launch date26 January 2023NIBSS, Jan 2023 and Feb 2026
Cards issuedOver 1 millionNIBSS, Feb 2026
Transaction valueOver ₦70 billion by September 2025NIBSS, Feb 2026
Banks issuing25Afrigopay chief executive, quoted by NIBSS from a 2024 interview
Fintech partners namedMoniepoint, PalmPay, OPay, FlutterwaveNIBSS, Feb 2026
Planned issuance with Moniepoint and PalmPayMore than 10 million debit cardsNIBSS, Feb 2026

NIBSS’s managing director has described AfriGo as the only card scheme that gives merchants instant credit on POS transactions. The same NIBSS article reports that awareness remains low: in interviews with traders in Ilorin, Ikorodu and Ilobu, none of those asked had heard of AfriGo. NIBSS has also said it plans to embed AfriGo in NIMC’s General Multipurpose Card, which combines identity and payment functions.

Choosing a debit card

  • Mostly spending in Nigeria: any of the four will work at most Nigerian ATMs and POS terminals. Domestic schemes (Verve, AfriGo) are built for this.
  • Paying for foreign websites or travelling: you will usually need a Visa or Mastercard, and your bank may set limits on naira cards abroad. See spending abroad on a trip.
  • Merchants: ask your acquirer which schemes your terminal accepts and how quickly each settles.
  • Security: all four use chip cards. Protect your PIN and watch for card swaps at busy terminals; see POS fraud in Nigeria.
  • Disputes: card disputes follow scheme rules; see chargebacks and reversals.

Foreign cards in Nigeria

On 18 December 2025 the CBN issued a circular to banks and other financial institutions on facilitating the use in Nigeria of payment cards issued by banks abroad, for example by visitors. Its title is listed on the CBN circulars index; we could not retrieve its contents for this page.

Telling schemes apart and paying safely

The quickest way to know your card’s scheme is the logo on the front. The card number also helps: Visa card numbers begin with 4, and Mastercard numbers begin with 5 or 2. Domestic schemes use their own number ranges, which your bank can confirm.

  • Chip and PIN: use the chip rather than the magnetic stripe wherever a terminal allows it, and cover the keypad.
  • Contactless: NIBSS reports that tap-to-pay is being rolled out with AfriGo partners. Check your card for the contactless symbol and your bank’s per-tap limits.
  • Online: look for a one-time code or app approval (3-D Secure) when paying on websites, and be wary of sites that never ask for one.
  • Stored cards: reputable apps store a token rather than your full card number. Remove cards from apps you no longer use.
  • Lost card: block it in your bank app or by calling the bank at once, then request a replacement.

How we put this together

Ownership, launch, rationale and AfriGo figures are from two NIBSS articles: “All you need to know about AfriGo” (January 2023, first published by Techpoint) and “Three years later, how is CBN’s AfriGO doing?” (February 2026), read on 17 October 2026. Visa and Mastercard are described only in general terms. No source we reviewed gave current card counts for Verve, Visa or Mastercard in Nigeria, so we have not estimated them. The foreign cards circular is identified by its title and date on the CBN index.

Questions people ask

Who owns Verve card?

Verve is owned by Interswitch, a Nigerian payments company.

What is AfriGo card?

Nigeria’s domestic card scheme, launched by the CBN with NIBSS on 26 January 2023, processing domestic transactions in naira.

Can I use AfriGo or Verve abroad?

AfriGo is designed for use within Nigeria and Verve’s international acceptance is limited. For foreign payments, a Visa or Mastercard is usually needed, subject to your bank’s limits.

How many AfriGo cards have been issued?

NIBSS reported more than one million AfriGo cards and over ₦70 billion in transactions by September 2025.

Sources

  1. NIBSS: All you need to know about AfriGo, the CBN’s domestic card scheme (Jan 2023) · accessed 17 Oct 2026
  2. NIBSS: Three years later, how is CBN’s AfriGO doing? (Feb 2026) · accessed 17 Oct 2026
  3. CBN: Circular on facilitating the use of foreign cards in Nigeria (18 Dec 2025) · accessed 17 Oct 2026
  4. CBN: Circulars index · accessed 17 Oct 2026
  5. CBN: Guide to Charges by Banks, Other Financial and Non-Bank Financial Institutions (effective 1 Jan 2020) · accessed 17 Oct 2026

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