AI agents for business finance: what they can and can't do
What AI agents can do in bookkeeping, close, collections and compliance today, where a person must stay in charge, and how to judge a product.
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.













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.




Evayour assistant
DanielChief of Staff
BenFinance
BruceCareYour 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.
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.
₦100,000 from day one · agreement v2.1 · 12 Aug · View
Eva waits for your rate and asks before she moves anything.
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.
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 numberTo this account, from any bank app. We watch it, and the page updates itself.
₦26,767.50 from GTBank · John D., matched to order ORD‑1042.
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.
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.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.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.Goes back to the buyers who went quiet, with the receipt already attached.
Recovered ₦410,000 across three overdue invoices.Replies, follows up on what they asked for and hands you only the ones that need you.
Resolved 4 conversations — two deliveries, one refund.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.
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.
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.
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.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.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.Goes back to the buyers who went quiet, with the invoice and the receipt already attached.
Recovered $12,400 across three overdue invoices.Replies, follows up on what they asked for and hands you only the ones that need you.
Resolved 4 conversations — two deliveries, one refund.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.
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.
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.
Solid Allianze acquired — an existing bank with an existing licence. The perimeter stopped being someone else’s to draw.
More than one currency on one balance, and the rebrand to Pryme. A Nigerian business could hold dollars without holding a second institution.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Notes on money that does the work: what we are building, what the regulation actually says, and how we think about letting software act on money. Read the Ledger
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ETLS approval for a Nigerian factory: the documents, the National Approvals Committee, the origin tests and what Ghana customs looks for at entry.
A Nigerian manufacturer applies for ETLS approval product by product: the application, with CAC incorporation, NAFDAC or SON product registration, an NEPC exporter certificate and MAN and NACCIMA membership evidence, goes to the National Approvals Committee, and approved products are validated by the ECOWAS Commission. Each shipment to Ghana then travels with an ECOWAS Certificate of Origin, valid six months for one product and one destination, which Ghana customs checks against the declaration.
The ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS) lets goods that originate in West Africa move between member states without customs duty. For a factory in Nigeria selling into Ghana, that can remove the largest single line in the landed cost. But the benefit is not automatic for anything made in Nigeria. The product itself must be approved, and every consignment must carry proof that it is the approved product. This article covers the approval on the Nigerian side and the paperwork that follows the goods to Ghana.
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) describes the application as a letter with a completed application form and supporting documents, addressed to the Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tafawa Balewa House, Central Business Area, Abuja. The full application is then presented to the National Approvals Committee, and the ministry notifies the applicant and issues the certificate. Ministries are reorganised from time to time, so confirm the current receiving desk with NEPC before you post anything.
NEPC lists these supporting documents:
The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment's Nigeria Trade Portal adds that the route includes an inspection notification and a facility inspection before the product is approved into ETLS. Expect officials to look at where your raw materials come from and how much of the work happens in your factory. If you do not yet hold an NEPC certificate, see how to register as an exporter with NEPC; the Trade Portal says that certificate is renewed every 18 months.
The ECOWAS ETLS site sets out the rules under Protocol A/P1/1/03 of 31 January 2003. A product qualifies if it is wholly produced in the region, or if non-originating materials are transformed in one of these ways:
| Test | What it means |
|---|---|
| Wholly produced | All raw materials come from ECOWAS member states |
| Change of tariff heading | The finished good falls under a different heading from its imported materials, visible in the first four digits of the HS code |
| Value added | Value added is at least 30% of the ex-factory price of the finished good |
| Local content | Local materials make up at least 60% of all materials (the 60% test cited from the ECOWAS Treaty) |
The ECOWAS page also caps what can count towards value added: salaries and wages no more than 20% of the ex-factory cost price, works, supplies and external services no more than 10%, and financial charges no more than 30%. Goods made in free zones or special economic schemes do not qualify as originating products at all, which matters if your plant sits in a free zone.
A Lagos plastics maker sells a crate at an ex-factory price of ₦10,000,000 per batch. Imported resin and pigment cost ₦6,500,000. Value added is ₦10,000,000 minus ₦6,500,000, which is ₦3,500,000, or 35% of the ex-factory price. On these figures the batch clears the 30% value-added test. If the resin price rose to ₦7,200,000, value added would fall to ₦2,800,000, or 28%, and the product would fail that test even though nothing changed in the factory. Build a margin above 30% into your costing, and check the result against the Protocol's rules on which costs count.
Approval is not the end. The ECOWAS site describes the regional step: the competent authority forwards applications to the National Approvals Committee, which sends approved and rejected lists to the ECOWAS Commission; the Commission validates them and notifies member states, including Ghana. Only after that notification is the Certificate of Origin ready.
For each consignment, you obtain the ECOWAS Certificate of Origin form from the designated competent authority, complete it to match your approval decision and invoice, sign it and submit it. The authority sends it to the Customs Service for verification and endorsement, and you collect the signed and stamped certificate. The ECOWAS site states a certificate is valid for six months, covers one product and is valid for one destination country. A mixed container of three approved products therefore needs three certificates, and a certificate made out for Ghana cannot be reused for Côte d'Ivoire.
The ECOWAS site does not describe how the importing country verifies certificates, and it tells exporters to check the importing state's rules and prohibition lists with that state's ETLS focal point. In practice, your Ghanaian buyer's clearing agent files the declaration on Ghana's ICUMS system, where it passes through classification, valuation and approval, according to the Logistics Cluster's Ghana customs assessment. The certificate, invoice and approval details must agree with the HS code and product description in that declaration. A mismatch is the most common reason a preference is refused and full duty charged. See how ICUMS declarations work for the importer's side.
Two things ETLS does not remove: the ECOWAS site says approved products may still owe VAT and, where enacted, excise duty in the importing country, and Ghana's product regulators still apply. A food or cosmetic product still needs its Ghana FDA steps.
Once Ghanaian orders start, a Pryme Business Account holds naira and dollars with account details for each, so a buyer who pays in dollars is not forced into an immediate conversion; Swap converts when you choose, with the rate and fee shown before you approve. Invoicing keeps invoice details consistent with your certificates. Read using ETLS to bring Nigerian goods into Ghana for the buyer's view.
NEPC's ETLS page does not list a fee. Ask NEPC or the receiving ministry before you apply, and keep receipts for anything you pay.
Six months from issue, for one product and one destination country, according to the ECOWAS ETLS site.
No. The ECOWAS rules say goods made in free zones or special economic schemes do not qualify as originating products.
No. It removes customs duty on approved goods, but VAT and, where enacted, excise duty may still be charged.
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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