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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: 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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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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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₦
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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.

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  • 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
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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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United States

Foreign earned income exclusion if I move back to Nigeria

How US citizens and green card holders who move to Nigeria qualify for the FEIE: the 330-day test, the $132,900 limit and Form 2555 steps.

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Pryme editorialDiaspora desk, US tax · 24 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
The short answer

A US citizen who moves back to Nigeria can exclude Nigerian earned income from US income tax with the foreign earned income exclusion, if their tax home is in Nigeria and they meet the bona fide residence test or are abroad for 330 full days in 12 months. The IRS maximum is $130,000 for 2025 and $132,900 for 2026 per person, claimed on Form 2555. It does not cover rent or interest, does not reduce self-employment tax and does not remove FBAR filing.

Moving back to Lagos, Abuja or Port Harcourt does not end your US tax life if you are a US citizen or green card holder. The IRS taxes citizens and resident aliens on worldwide income wherever they live. The foreign earned income exclusion (FEIE) is the main tool that stops a Nigerian salary from being taxed twice in full: it lets you leave a set amount of foreign earned income off your US tax bill, provided you meet the tests and claim it properly.

The three conditions you must meet

According to the IRS foreign earned income exclusion page (last reviewed 12 June 2026), you need all of the following:

  1. Foreign earned income. Pay for work you do while in Nigeria: salary, wages, bonuses, or self-employment income from services performed there. Rent from a flat in Lekki, interest, dividends and US pensions are not earned income and cannot be excluded.
  2. A tax home in a foreign country. Your work must be in Nigeria and you must expect to be employed there indefinitely rather than temporarily. The IRS says that if your abode stays in the US, where your closer family, economic and personal ties are, you generally do not have a foreign tax home. Keeping a house your family lives in, a US job you will return to and a US driving life can count against you.
  3. One of two tests: bona fide residence or physical presence. Described below.

Bona fide residence test

You are a bona fide resident of one or more foreign countries for an uninterrupted period that includes an entire tax year (1 January to 31 December). For a US citizen who has settled in Nigeria for good, this is often the cleaner test, because it looks at where you live rather than a day count. A resident alien (green card holder) can use this test only if they are a citizen or national of a country with a US income tax treaty in force. The IRS treaty list does not include Nigeria, so a Nigerian citizen with a green card cannot rely on it.

Physical presence test

You are physically present in one or more foreign countries for at least 330 full days during any 12 consecutive months. The Form 2555 instructions define a full day as a 24-hour period starting at midnight, so the day you land and the day you fly out usually do not count. Days spent in the US count against you; time over international waters is simply not a day abroad. You have up to 35 days of slack in any 12-month window, and that includes Christmas visits to family in Houston.

How much you can exclude

Tax yearMaximum exclusion per personGeneral housing expense limit (full year)
2025$130,000$39,000
2026$132,900$39,870

Figures are from the IRS page "Figuring the foreign earned income exclusion" (reviewed 14 March 2026). If you and your spouse both work in Nigeria and each meets a test, each of you can claim the exclusion; for 2025 that is up to $260,000 between you. The housing limit is generally 30% of the maximum exclusion and can be higher for listed high-cost cities. IRS Notice 2026-25, which sets the 2026 location limits, has no row for Lagos, Abuja or anywhere in Nigeria, so the general limit applies. Housing costs above a base amount can be excluded (employees) or deducted (self-employed) on top of the main exclusion.

If you qualify for only part of a year, the limit is prorated by qualifying days. The IRS gives the example of 140 qualifying days in 2025: 140 / 365 x $130,000 = $49,863.

Worked example: moving back in March 2026

Ngozi, a US citizen, flies to Lagos on 1 March 2026 to take a job with a Lagos company and stays. Her first full day abroad is 2 March 2026. If she spends at least 330 full days abroad in the 12 months from 2 March 2026 to 1 March 2027, she meets the physical presence test for that window.

  • Qualifying days in 2026: 2 March to 31 December = 305 days.
  • Prorated 2026 maximum: 305 / 365 x $132,900 = about $111,053.
  • Her Lagos salary for March to December, converted to dollars, is the equivalent of $48,000 (example). All of it is within the limit, so she can exclude it on Form 2555.
  • Her $3,000 of US savings interest is not earned income. It stays taxable in the US.

Because she cannot know on 15 April 2027 whether she will reach 330 days by 1 March 2027, the 2025 instructions point to two routes for the same situation: file Form 2350 for an extension until she meets the test, or file on time without the exclusion and amend later with Form 1040-X.

Claiming it: Form 2555 and the dates that matter

  • Form 2555 is attached to Form 1040 or 1040-SR. The exclusion is a choice: it is made on a timely filed return (including extensions) or an amended return for a timely filed one.
  • Deadline abroad. The 2025 return was due 15 April 2026. If you live outside the US and your tax home is outside the US on that date, you get an automatic two-month extension to 15 June 2026, with a statement attached. Interest still runs on unpaid tax from 15 April.
  • Mailing. Returns with Form 2555 go to the special address in the instructions, not your old state's address.
  • Revoking. Once chosen, the exclusion stays in place for later years. If you revoke it, you cannot claim it again for five tax years without IRS approval. Think before switching to the foreign tax credit for one good-looking year.

What the exclusion does not do

  • It does not reduce US self-employment tax. A freelancer in Abuja billing US clients can exclude the income from income tax but still owes self-employment tax unless another rule applies.
  • It does not stop reporting. Nigerian bank accounts can still trigger FBAR and Form 8938, which are separate from your income tax. See FBAR for Nigerian bank accounts for the thresholds.
  • It does not cover Nigerian tax. Nigeria has no income tax treaty with the US. Once you live in Nigeria, the NiDCOM-hosted diaspora tax guide notes that residence for Nigerian tax turns on the 183-day line, and a resident is taxed in Nigeria. Your Nigerian PAYE is separate from your US position.

If your Nigerian tax on salary is high, the foreign tax credit may sometimes suit better than the exclusion. Our guide to the foreign tax credit for tax paid in Nigeria explains how that credit is worked out. For the Nigerian bands and reliefs, see personal income tax in Nigeria for 2026.

Where Pryme fits

Once you are paid in naira and still hold dollars, records matter for Form 2555 and FBAR. A Pryme account holds NGN and USD side by side, and each payment stays in the currency it arrived in. You can generate a verifiable statement through VerifyDoc.ai from receipts and statements to keep with your tax papers. Naira deposits are held by a licensed Nigerian microfinance bank.

Questions people ask

Can I use the foreign earned income exclusion if I move back to Nigeria for good?

Yes, if you are a US citizen with a tax home in Nigeria and you meet the bona fide residence test or the 330-day physical presence test. It covers earned income only, up to $132,900 for 2026, claimed on Form 2555.

I am a green card holder from Nigeria. Can I claim the FEIE in Lagos?

Resident aliens can use the bona fide residence test only if they are nationals of a US treaty country, and Nigeria is not on the IRS treaty list. The physical presence test of 330 full days in 12 months is the route to check.

Do US visits break the 330-day test?

Every full day in the US is a day you are not abroad. You can be away from foreign soil for up to 35 days in any 12-month window and still reach 330 full days.

Does FEIE cover rent from my house in Nigeria?

No. Rent, interest, dividends and pensions are not earned income, so they stay taxable in the US even when your salary is excluded.

Sources

  1. IRS: Foreign earned income exclusion · accessed Oct 2026
  2. IRS: Figuring the foreign earned income exclusion · accessed Oct 2026
  3. IRS: 2025 Instructions for Form 2555, Foreign Earned Income · accessed Oct 2026
  4. IRS Notice 2026-25: housing expense limits by location · accessed Oct 2026
  5. IRS: United States income tax treaties, A to Z · accessed Oct 2026
  6. NiDCOM / NGEX: Diaspora guide to Nigeria's tax reforms 2026 · accessed Oct 2026

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