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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.
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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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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December trip home: a full budget from flights to gifts

Every line of a December trip home to Nigeria, from flights and baggage to transport, events, gifts and cash, with labelled examples and checks.

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Pryme editorialDiaspora desk, family money · 24 Oct 2026 · 7 min read
The short answer

A December trip home costs far more than the flight: budget for flights booked early, extra baggage, airport transfers and local transport, accommodation if you are not staying with family, events, gifts and cash for relatives, health items, and a buffer of about a tenth. Prices in Lagos rise sharply in December, with the Cowrywise 2025 report noting cross-city rides could cost three times the normal fare. Withdrawals are capped by the CBN at ₦500,000 a week per person across channels from 1 January 2026, so plan how you will pay as well as how much.

December is when many Nigerians abroad go home: weddings, Christmas, end-of-year gatherings and the Lagos festival season all land in the same few weeks. It is also when flights are dearest, roads are busiest and everyone seems to need something. A budget that stops at the ticket price is the main reason people come back in debt. Below is a full list of lines to plan for, with worked examples. Every figure in the examples is illustrative only; replace it with your own quotes.

The full list of budget lines

LineWhat to includeWhere to check
FlightsReturn fares for everyone travelling; seat selection if neededAirline sites; book early
BaggageExtra or overweight bags each wayYour airline's baggage page
Travel documentsPassport renewals, visas for non-Nigerian family membersNIS and mission pages
HealthYellow fever certificate, antimalarials, travel insuranceYour clinic; your government's travel advice
Airport and local transportPick-up, drivers, ride-hailing, fuel, inter-city travelQuotes from drivers; app estimates
AccommodationHotel or shortlet if not staying with family; caution depositsBooking confirmations
EventsTickets, aso-ebi, contributions at weddings and partiesOrganisers
Gifts and family supportPresents, cash gifts, school fees or bills you will settleYour own list
Food and outingsEating out, groceries if you hostYour plan
Phone and dataLocal SIM, data bundlesNetwork pages
BufferRoughly 10% of the total for the unexpectedSet aside before you go

Flights and baggage

December fares to Lagos and Abuja are among the highest of the year, and the cheapest seats go first. Booking several months ahead and being flexible by a few days on either side of Christmas usually matters more than which site you use. Look at the total for the whole family, including seat fees if you want to sit together.

Baggage is where many budgets break. British Airways, for example, lists one 23kg bag for Economy (Basic fares are hand baggage only) and two 23kg bags for Premium Economy on most routes, and charges a set fee per heavy or extra bag per one-way journey, cheaper online than at the airport. Other airlines differ, so read your airline's own page for your fare type before you shop for gifts. Coming in, Nigeria Customs has said personal effects are duty-free only up to a limit; a 2019 Customs statement put it at ₦50,000, above which goods count as dutiable merchandise. We could not confirm the current figure, so pack gifts in sensible quantities and keep receipts.

Getting around and staying

Inside Lagos, the Cowrywise 2025 Detty December report noted that a Mainland-to-Island trip could cost three times the normal fare at peak times, and Radio Nigeria Lagos reported bars, restaurants and hotels charging almost three times their normal rates. If you will move around a lot, hiring a driver by the day can be easier to budget than many app rides; agree the daily rate, fuel and hours in advance. If you are not staying with family, book accommodation early and read the caution deposit and cancellation terms.

Gifts, family support and cash

Decide before you fly how much you will give, to whom, and what is a gift versus a loan. Write the list down. Many people find it easier to settle known bills (a school fee, a hospital bill, rent) directly before the trip, so that cash in hand during the visit is only for presents and spending money. Our guide to setting limits on family requests can help you agree this with siblings.

Cash is limited. The CBN's cash withdrawal rules, in force from 1 January 2026, cap individuals at ₦500,000 a week across all channels, with ATMs at ₦100,000 a day counting toward that, and a 3% charge on anything above the limit, as reported by Channels TV. Separately, if you carry more than $10,000 (or equivalent) into Nigeria you must declare it, according to the CBN's 2026 foreign exchange manual as reported by TheCable. See getting naira cash on a visit home for the detail.

A worked example

Example: a couple and two children flying from Manchester for 16 days, staying with family in Lagos.

LineExample amount
Flights (4 people)£4,400
Extra baggage, both ways£260
Health: vaccines check, antimalarials, insurance£300
Driver for 8 days and other transport£480
Events and aso-ebi£400
Gifts and cash for family£1,200
Food, outings, data£500
Subtotal£7,540
Buffer (10%, rounded)£750
Total£8,290

The subtotal lines add to £7,540; with the buffer the plan is £8,290. Spread over twelve months that is about £691 a month, which is why many families start a December fund in January.

Health and paperwork

The Government of Canada's Nigeria advice, updated 21 October 2026, says proof of yellow fever vaccination is required if you come from or transit an airport in a yellow fever country, recommends antimalarials for most travellers with a clinic visit ideally six weeks before, and notes that facilities may need an upfront cash deposit, a payment guarantee or proof of insurance. Check your own country's advice and that every passport is valid; dual nationals should read the entry rules for their passports.

Where Pryme fits

With a Pryme account you can hold pounds, dollars or euros and naira in one place, convert with Swap when the rate suits you (the app shows the rate and the fee before you approve), and pay bills or send naira to family before you travel so you carry less cash. If you want to save in naira for the trip, Savings Boxes are available for naira held in Nigeria.

Questions people ask

How much does a December trip to Nigeria cost?

It depends on family size, length of stay and where you go. Flights are usually the biggest line, but transport, events and family support often add as much again. Build your own list and add a 10% buffer.

When should I book flights to Lagos for December?

As early as you can, ideally several months ahead. December fares rise as seats fill, and being flexible by a few days helps.

How much cash can I withdraw in Nigeria in December?

Under the CBN rules effective 1 January 2026, individuals can withdraw ₦500,000 a week across all channels, with ATMs at ₦100,000 a day, and a 3% charge above the limit, as reported by Channels TV.

Do I pay duty on gifts I bring to Nigeria?

Customs has said personal effects are duty-free only up to a value limit; a 2019 statement gave ₦50,000. We could not confirm the current limit, so keep quantities reasonable and receipts handy.

Sources

  1. Channels TV: CBN revises cash withdrawal rules effective January 2026 (3 Dec 2025) · accessed Oct 2026
  2. Cowrywise: 2025 Detty December Report · accessed Oct 2026
  3. Radio Nigeria Lagos: Detty December 2025, homecoming, hustle and the high cost of celebration (22 Dec 2025) · accessed Oct 2026
  4. British Airways: Checked baggage allowances · accessed Oct 2026
  5. The Guardian Nigeria: Customs on passengers' personal effects (23 Oct 2019) · accessed Oct 2026
  6. Government of Canada: Travel advice and advisories, Nigeria (updated 21 Oct 2026) · accessed Oct 2026

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