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
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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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FirstAdvance pricing as listed publicly. How a flat monthly rate of 3% and fees add up, and what we could not confirm about FirstCredit.
A March 2026 comparison by NairaCompare lists FirstBank's FirstAdvance at 3% per month flat, with up to ₦1,500,000 for 30 days or ₦2,000,000 over three months, plus 1% management, 1% insurance and VAT on the three-month version. We could not confirm these on a FirstBank page, and found no published FirstCredit pricing, so the offer in FirstBank's channels is the figure to trust.
FirstAdvance is First Bank of Nigeria's salary-linked short-term loan for customers whose salary is paid into a FirstBank account. FirstCredit is the name FirstBank uses for its digital credit offer to account holders. Both are reached through FirstBank's USSD service and its app, and both price the loan on the offer screen at the point you apply.
For this article we looked for pricing published by FirstBank itself and could not find a current page with figures. The most detailed public figures come from a NairaCompare ranking of payday loans published on 5 March 2026. We set them out below because they are what most Nigerians will see when they search, but they are third-party figures. Treat them as a guide to the shape of the loan, and treat the FirstBank offer screen as the price.
| Term | FirstAdvance as listed by NairaCompare (Mar 2026) |
|---|---|
| Rate | 3% per month, flat |
| Fees | 1% management, 1% insurance, plus 7.5% VAT (three-month version) |
| Limit | Up to ₦1,500,000 (30-day); up to ₦2,000,000 (three-month) |
| Tenor | 30 days or 90 days |
We found no published rate, fee or limit for FirstCredit. If you are offered FirstCredit, the app or USSD flow should show the amount, the charge and the repayment date before you confirm. Do not rely on a figure from a blog or a social media post.
A flat rate is charged on the original amount for every month of the loan, even as you pay it down. Three months at 3% flat is 9% of the amount borrowed. A reducing-balance loan at the same 3% would cost less, because interest would fall as the balance falls. That is why a flat rate should always be converted to a total in naira before you compare it with another bank's monthly rate. Our guide to APR versus flat fees shows the conversion step by step.
This example applies the third-party figures above. It is not a FirstBank quote.
For a 30-day FirstAdvance of ₦100,000, the same rate gives ₦3,000 in interest. The source lists fees only for the three-month version, so check whether the 30-day version carries any.
FirstAdvance is tied to salary, so the amount you are offered depends on your salary history in the account, your existing debts and your record with the credit bureaus. A higher salary does not mean you will be offered the ceiling; the bank decides what to offer. If you have an existing loan with another bank deducting from payroll, expect a lower offer. For ways to build a better record over time see how to grow your credit limit.
It helps to set the listed FirstAdvance price beside two bank loans whose terms are published by the banks themselves. For ₦100,000 over about one month, as a worked example:
| Loan | Basis of price | Cost on ₦100,000 for one month |
|---|---|---|
| FirstAdvance (30-day) | 3% flat, third-party listing, Mar 2026 | ₦3,000 plus any fees shown |
| GTBank QuickCredit | 2.95% a month plus 1% insurance, GTBank page, Oct 2026 | ₦3,950 |
| Access PayDay Loan | 10% flat plus ₦1,300 fees, Access KFS, Oct 2022 | ₦11,300 |
The FirstAdvance row is the least certain of the three, because it is not from FirstBank. If your offer screen shows a different rate or extra fees, use those and redo the sum. For the full comparison of the other banks, see QuickCredit vs PayDay Loan vs Click Credit.
For the application steps, see how to get FirstAdvance or FirstCredit, and if no offer appears, why FirstAdvance may say not eligible.
A salary advance gives you cash. If the spending is groceries, a pharmacy or transport before payday, Loans on Spaces may suit: Solid Allianze MFB may offer a limit, you see the full agreement and accept it, and the credit is spent only with Spaces merchants.
A March 2026 NairaCompare ranking lists 3% per month flat. FirstBank did not publish a figure we could verify; the rate on your offer screen is the one that applies.
The same third-party source lists up to ₦1,500,000 for 30 days and ₦2,000,000 for three months. Your offer depends on your salary and credit record.
FirstAdvance is a salary-linked advance; FirstCredit is FirstBank's digital credit offer to account holders. We found no published pricing for FirstCredit.
The third-party listing shows 1% management, 1% insurance and VAT on the three-month version. Check the offer screen for the fees on yours.
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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