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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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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.
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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
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Regulated partnersEvery currency held with a licensed institution in its market
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Instant settlementOur own core ledger: swaps land at once, every receipt verifiableScan to get the app
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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
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.
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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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CBN and crypto: from the 2021 ban to the 2023 guidelines

A dated timeline of the CBN letters on crypto since February 2021, what each one changed for banks and for customers, and where the SEC came in.

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Pryme editorialMoney risks desk · 19 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
The short answer

The CBN letter of 5 February 2021 told banks and other financial institutions to stop dealing with crypto and to close accounts used for it. On 22 December 2023 the CBN replaced that position with Guidelines on Operations of Bank Accounts for Virtual Assets Service Providers (ref. FPR/DIR/PUB/CIR/002/003), which let banks open accounts for SEC-licensed crypto businesses while still barring banks from trading crypto on their own account.

Many Nigerians remember "the crypto ban" but not what it actually said, or what replaced it. The short version is that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) never made owning crypto a crime. It controlled whether banks could touch it. This timeline sets out each step with its date, so you can see what changed for banks and what changed for ordinary customers.

The timeline at a glance

DateWhoWhat it did
5 Feb 2021CBN letter to deposit money banks, non-bank financial institutions and other financial institutionsShut crypto out of the regulated banking system; banks were told to close accounts of individuals transacting in crypto
2022SEC NigeriaIssued rules on digital assets, setting out how crypto businesses could be registered as capital market operators
2022Finance Act 2022Brought gains on digital assets into the capital gains tax net, according to Aelex
22 Dec 2023CBN, Financial Policy and Regulation DepartmentIssued Guidelines on Operations of Bank Accounts for Virtual Assets Service Providers, ref. FPR/DIR/PUB/CIR/002/003
29 Mar 2025President, Investments and Securities Act 2025Repealed ISA 2007; section 357 counts virtual and digital assets as securities under SEC oversight
Apr 2025SEC NigeriaSaid running a digital asset exchange without SEC registration is illegal under ISA 2025

February 2021: what the letter changed

The 5 February 2021 letter was addressed to deposit money banks, non-bank financial institutions and other financial institutions. Its effect, as ICIR and Aelex summarise it, was to exclude crypto from the mainstream financial system: banks and other financial institutions were instructed to close accounts of individuals engaged in crypto transactions.

What it meant for customers

  • Buying crypto on an exchange with a naira bank transfer or card became difficult, because the bank side of the payment was closed off.
  • Trading moved largely to peer-to-peer (P2P) markets, where you pay another person by transfer and the platform holds the crypto in escrow. The bank sees a transfer to an individual, not a crypto purchase.
  • Some customers found their accounts restricted where a bank linked the activity to crypto. We explain that process in can your bank close your account for crypto.
  • Owning crypto was not made an offence by the letter. It was a banking instruction, not a criminal law.

22 December 2023: the guidelines that replaced it

The December 2023 circular, signed by Haruna Mustafa, Director of the Financial Policy and Regulation Department, reversed the account-closure direction and set out how banks should handle Virtual Assets Service Providers (VASPs), meaning crypto exchanges and similar businesses.

What banks may now do

  • Open and operate accounts for VASPs that hold a licence from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC licence is a condition of account opening.
  • Provide settlement accounts so customers can use bank accounts to pay for and receive payments for crypto through those licensed VASPs.
  • Act as a channel for foreign exchange flows linked to VASPs, including capital brought in and repatriated.

What banks still may not do

  • Hold, trade or transact in virtual currencies on their own account. ICIR quotes the circular: banks remain "still prohibited from holding, trading and/or transacting in virtual currencies on their account."
  • Skip anti-money-laundering checks. Banks must run risk management systems against money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing for these accounts.

What changed for an ordinary customer

Before Feb 2021
Banks could process payments to exchanges, subject to their own risk rules.
Feb 2021 to Dec 2023
Banks were told to close accounts used for crypto; P2P trading grew.
From Dec 2023
Banks may serve SEC-licensed VASPs, so paying a licensed exchange through a bank becomes possible again where the bank chooses to offer it.
From Mar 2025
ISA 2025 puts digital assets and VASPs clearly under the SEC, so the licence question moves to the SEC.

In practice, the most useful question today is not "is crypto banned?" but "is this platform registered or admitted by the SEC?" Our guide on whether cryptocurrency is legal in Nigeria covers the current position, and ISA 2025 and digital assets covers the law itself.

What to check first

  1. Find out whether the exchange you use is registered with the SEC or admitted to its incubation programme. Use the SEC's register of operators and its FinPort pages.
  2. Keep your own records of each purchase and sale, with dates and naira values, because the Finance Act 2022 brought digital asset gains into capital gains tax.
  3. Expect your bank to ask about large or frequent transfers to individuals on P2P platforms. Answer in writing and keep copies.
  4. Treat any circular you see quoted on social media with care: check the date and reference number against the CBN's own site.

Common misreadings of the circulars

  • "The CBN banned crypto." The 2021 letter restricted banks and other financial institutions. It did not create a crime of owning crypto, and the CBN does not regulate what you hold in a wallet.
  • "The 2023 guidelines approved crypto." They set conditions for bank accounts of licensed VASPs. Approval of a platform is a matter for the SEC, not the CBN.
  • "Banks must now let me trade crypto." Nothing in the guidelines obliges a bank to offer crypto-related services to a personal customer; each bank decides within its own risk appetite.
  • "The ban came back in 2025." ISA 2025 did not restore the 2021 position. It moved the licensing question firmly to the SEC.

The change in banking rules did not make crypto investment schemes safer. Offers that promise fixed daily or monthly crypto returns are a separate problem, covered in Ponzi and investment scams in Nigeria.

Where Pryme fits

Pryme does not offer crypto buying or selling. If you keep records of transfers linked to any investment, a verifiable statement from a provider such as VerifyDoc.ai can help show a bank or tax office what moved and when; see receipts and statements. Account security settings are on security.

This article is general information on regulation, not legal or tax advice.

Questions people ask

Is crypto still banned by the CBN?

No. The February 2021 letter was replaced by the CBN's guidelines of 22 December 2023, which allow banks to open accounts for SEC-licensed crypto businesses. Banks are still not allowed to trade crypto for themselves.

What was the CBN circular of 5 February 2021?

A letter to banks and other financial institutions that excluded crypto from the regulated banking system and directed them to close accounts used for crypto transactions.

What is the reference of the CBN December 2023 crypto circular?

FPR/DIR/PUB/CIR/002/003, dated 22 December 2023, titled Guidelines on Operations of Bank Accounts for Virtual Assets Service Providers.

Can my bank still restrict my account over crypto?

Yes. Banks keep their own risk and anti-money-laundering duties, so they can ask questions or restrict an account where activity looks unusual, even after the 2023 change.

Sources

  1. ICIR: CBN lifts ban on cryptocurrency transactions, issues new guidelines (23 Dec 2023) · accessed Oct 2026
  2. Aelex: CBN lifts 'ban' on crypto banking transactions (Dec 2023) · accessed Oct 2026
  3. Mondaq (Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie): What the ISA 2025 means for digital and virtual assets (13 May 2025) · accessed Oct 2026
  4. Investdata: Unlicensed digital asset exchanges, online FX platforms outlawed under ISA 2025, SEC (13 Apr 2025) · accessed Oct 2026
  5. SEC Nigeria: Find a Registered Operator · 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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