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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
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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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
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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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Eva, the assistant that runs a Pryme accountEvayour assistant
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The Finance agent on a Pryme Business AccountBenFinance
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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
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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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Charges on large cash deposits into a business account

For two years the CBN suspended its processing fee on large corporate cash deposits, then it abolished the deposit limit from January 2026.

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Pryme editorialBusiness banking desk · 19 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
The short answer

The CBN's 2019 Guide to Charges set a 3% processing fee on corporate cash deposits above ₦3 million and 2% on individual deposits above ₦500,000. Banks were told to suspend those fees from December 2023, extended several times to 31 December 2025, and a CBN circular effective 1 January 2026 abolished the cumulative cash deposit limit, with the fee on excess deposits no longer applying, as reported by Daily Trust. The charges that remain are on cash withdrawals above the weekly limit.

Where the deposit charge came from

The charge was part of the CBN's cashless policy. According to THEWILL's report of 29 September 2024, the CBN began charging for cash deposits and withdrawals on 19 September 2019, first in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Abia, Anambra, Rivers and the FCT, with national rollout planned for 31 March 2020. The fee basis was the Guide to Charges by Banks, Other Financial and Non-Bank Financial Institutions issued on 20 December 2019.

Corporate accounts
3% processing fee on cash deposits above ₦3,000,000
Individual accounts
2% processing fee on cash deposits above ₦500,000

The suspension, step by step

Deposit fees were suspended, not applied, for most of the following two years. Each step came by letter from the CBN's Banking Supervision Department.

WhenWhat happenedSource
December 2023CBN directs banks to suspend processing charges on large cash depositsTHEWILL, Sep 2024
May 2024Suspension announced to run to 30 September 2024THEWILL, Sep 2024
24 Sep 2024Letter BSD/DIR/PUB/LAB/017/011 extends suspension to 31 March 2025THEWILL; CBN letter of Apr 2025
7 Apr 2025Letter BSD/DIR/PUB/LAB/018/004 extends suspension to 31 December 2025; banks must keep accepting deposits without processing chargesCBN letter via RegAlert
1 Jan 2026New cash circular abolishes the cumulative deposit limit; the previous fee on excess deposits no longer appliesDaily Trust, 3 Dec 2025

So, as at October 2026, a business depositing a large amount of cash should not see the 3% CBN processing fee. If a deduction appears on your statement labelled as a cash deposit processing fee, ask the bank in writing which rule it relies on.

What still costs money: withdrawals

The same circular that ended the deposit limit kept limits on cash going out. As reported by Channels TV and Daily Trust on 3 December 2025, from 1 January 2026 corporate accounts may withdraw up to ₦5 million a week across all channels, and individuals ₦500,000. Withdrawals above the limit attract 5% for corporates and 3% for individuals, shared between the CBN and the banks. The once-monthly special authorisations of ₦10 million (corporates) and ₦5 million (individuals) were removed.

Worked example, labelled as an example. A building contractor withdraws ₦7,000,000 in cash in one week to pay site workers. The weekly corporate limit is ₦5,000,000, so ₦2,000,000 is excess. At 5%, the charge on the excess is ₦2,000,000 × 0.05 = ₦100,000. Paying the same workers by transfer avoids that charge; see bulk payments to staff and suppliers.

Other things that can apply to a big cash deposit

  • Your bank's own handling. Banks and their agents may price counter services or agent deposits separately from the CBN fee. Ask for the current tariff before you rely on a channel for large sums.
  • Questions about the source of funds. Large cash is a money-laundering risk area. Businesses in sectors designated by SCUML, such as car dealers, real estate, hotels and jewellers, must report certain cash and threshold transactions; SCUML's 2026 checklist includes reporting threshold transactions above ₦5 million (individual) and ₦10 million (corporate) within 7 days.
  • Counting time and security. Carrying cash to a branch is a physical risk, and large sums take time to count.

Keeping records of large cash takings

Even with the deposit fee gone, a business that banks a lot of cash should be able to explain where it came from. A bank that sees a sudden jump in cash lodgements may ask for evidence, and a clear trail answers the question quickly.

  • Keep the daily sales record that matches each lodgement: till rolls, receipt books or an end-of-day sheet signed by the person who counted.
  • Lodge regularly rather than saving cash for weeks and depositing one large sum; it is safer and easier to explain.
  • Use the business account, not a staff member's personal account, for business cash.
  • Keep deposit slips or teller receipts with the matching sales record for at least the period your auditor asks for.

These records also help when you need a statement for a loan or a tender, because the lender can see that deposits follow trading patterns.

What to check first

  1. Look at the last two statements for any line labelled processing fee, cash handling or similar.
  2. If one appears after 1 January 2026, ask the branch which CBN rule or tariff it is under.
  3. If the answer does not satisfy you, complain in writing and keep the reference; the CBN Consumer Protection Department takes escalations after the bank has had its chance.
  4. Plan cash withdrawals to stay within ₦5 million a week, or move payments to transfer.

Where Pryme fits

Businesses that want fewer cash trips can collect by transfer instead. Pryme's bank-transfer checkout is free, and virtual accounts give each customer a number to pay into. For shops weighing the options, see POS versus transfer charges.

Questions people ask

Do banks still charge 3% on cash deposits above ₦3 million?

According to the CBN letter of 7 April 2025 the fee was suspended to 31 December 2025, and Daily Trust reported that from 1 January 2026 the deposit limit was abolished and the fee on excess deposits no longer applies.

Is there a limit on how much cash a company can deposit?

Daily Trust reported that the CBN abolished the cumulative cash deposit limit for individuals and corporates from 1 January 2026. Large deposits can still prompt source-of-funds questions.

What is the weekly cash withdrawal limit for companies?

₦5 million across all channels from 1 January 2026, with 5% charged on the excess, as reported by Channels TV in December 2025.

My bank charged me for a cash deposit. What do I do?

Ask the bank in writing which rule the charge is under and request a reversal if none applies. If unresolved, escalate to the CBN Consumer Protection Department with your evidence.

Sources

  1. THEWILL: CBN extends suspension of cash deposit processing fees till March 2025 (29 Sep 2024) · accessed Oct 2026
  2. CBN letter BSD/DIR/PUB/LAB/018/004, Re: Processing fees on cash deposits (7 Apr 2025), RegAlert copy · accessed Oct 2026
  3. Daily Trust: CBN ends cash deposit limits, raises weekly withdrawals (3 Dec 2025) · accessed Oct 2026
  4. Channels TV: CBN revises cash withdrawal rules effective January 2026 (3 Dec 2025) · accessed Oct 2026
  5. EFCC SCUML: Service Level Agreement and AML/CFT compliance checklist (2026) · accessed Oct 2026
  6. CBN: Complaints Management (Consumer Protection Department) · 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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