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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.
Open a personal account How we keep your money safe
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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Agents with a mandatePowered by Pryme Intelligence. Nothing moves without youFlip
Pryme Intelligence
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.

Read the API
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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Japa & diaspora

Gulf recruitment agents: checking the licence

How to check a Nigerian agent recruiting for Dubai, Saudi Arabia or Qatar: the Labour Ministry licence, the Gulf-side checks and NAPTIP's line.

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Pryme editorialJapa & diaspora desk · 19 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
The short answer

In Nigeria, an agency that recruits workers for jobs abroad must hold a recruiter's licence from the Federal Ministry of Labour under the Labour Act, so ask for the licence and confirm it with the Ministry before paying anything. We could not find a public online list of licensed agencies as at October 2026, so also verify the job on the Gulf side (for the UAE, the offer and work permit through MoHRE) and report suspected trafficking to NAPTIP.

Who is allowed to recruit Nigerians for Gulf jobs

Recruiting workers in Nigeria, whether for a job in Lagos or in Riyadh, is a licensed activity. A 2020 legal guide by Moroom Africa on Mondaq sets out that recruiters must be licensed by the Federal Ministry of Labour under sections 23 to 25 and 71 of the Labour Act, with separate forms for domestic and international recruitment, an insurance bond and an inspection. Applications go through the Ministry's State Controller (the guide describes Lagos) and the licence is issued from Abuja.

International recruitment has had a troubled history. Voice of Nigeria reported in May 2023 that the Federal Government had suspended the issuance and renewal of international recruiters' licences and pre-departure orientation seminars in December 2017, after a National Assembly probe into forced labour and trafficking, and that recruiters were calling for it to be lifted. Vanguard reported in August 2022 that the Ministry had drafted a standard operating procedure for private employment agencies and asked international recruiters to renew their licences. We could not confirm the position after 2023, so treat any agency's claim to be licensed as something to check, not accept.

How to check the agency's licence

There is no public online register we could find on the Ministry's side as at October 2026. A BusinessDay report from 2020 described a House of Representatives committee asking the Ministry to provide details of all licensed recruiting companies, which shows how hard the list has been to get. That leaves direct checks:

  1. Ask the agency for a copy of its recruiter's licence, its CAC registration and its office address. A real agency will have all three and will not mind being asked.
  2. Check the name on the licence matches the name on the CAC record and on the receipt or contract you are given.
  3. Contact the Federal Ministry of Labour (or its office in your state) and ask whether that licence is current and covers international recruitment.
  4. Visit the office. An agency that only exists on WhatsApp or Instagram is a warning sign in itself.
  5. Ask which employer you will work for, and get the employer's full legal name and address in writing.

For more detail on the document checks, see how to check a recruitment agency licence in Nigeria.

Checks on the Gulf side

The destination country's own rules are often the clearest test, because several Gulf states put recruitment costs on the employer.

CountryWhat the official or reported rule saysWhat you can check
Saudi ArabiaThe Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development's article on Labour Law Article 40(1) says the employer bears recruitment fees, residence (iqama) fees, work permit fees and renewals, and the return ticket at the end of the contract.Any agency asking you to pay "iqama" or "work permit" money is asking for a cost the law puts on the employer.
United Arab EmiratesGulf News reported in October 2025 that MoHRE warned that a legitimate offer comes through MoHRE with an official work entry permit, that employers bear recruitment costs, and that working on a visit or tourist visa could bring fines and legal action.The offer number on MoHRE's application status service, the work entry permit, and the company in the UAE's National Economic Register.
QatarWe have not opened an official Qatari source on recruitment fees, so we do not state the rule here.Ask the employer directly, through contacts you find yourself, and check the visa through Qatar's official government channels.

The pattern across these rules is the same. A job that needs you to travel on a tourist visa and "convert" later, or that needs you to pay the costs the employer should carry, is not the legal route. See why upfront fees for jobs abroad are a warning sign and Dubai job scams aimed at Nigerians.

When it becomes trafficking

Fake recruitment is not only about losing money. NAPTIP and the British High Commission warned in February 2026, as reported by NAN, that legitimate employers do not recruit through social media, do not ask for upfront payments and do not require you to travel on a tourist visa to work. NAN also reported in July 2026 that NAPTIP's Director-General urged job seekers to "pause, verify and seek professional guidance" before accepting offers, and gave the agency's toll-free line as 627.

  • Your passport will be "kept safe" by the agent or employer.
  • The job title, salary or country changes after you have paid or travelled.
  • You are told not to tell family where you are going, or to lie at the airport.
  • You will "repay" the agent from your wages, with no written figure or end date.

Any one of these is a reason to stop. For the full list, read warning signs that a job abroad is trafficking.

Steps before you pay or travel

  1. Get the agency's licence, CAC registration and address, and confirm the licence with the Ministry of Labour.
  2. Get the employer's name and verify the job and work visa through the destination government's own service.
  3. Refuse to pay any cost the destination law puts on the employer, such as recruitment, work permit or residence fees.
  4. Never travel on a visit or tourist visa for a job.
  5. Leave a copy of your passport, contract and the agent's details with family.
  6. If anything feels wrong, call NAPTIP or see how to report a visa scam.

Where Pryme fits

If you do pay a legitimate cost, such as your own passport or a medical test, pay by traceable transfer to a named business, never in cash to an individual, and keep the receipt. Any Pryme customer can generate a verifiable receipt or statement through our partner VerifyDoc.ai, which helps if you later need to show what you paid and to whom. Our guide to money transfer scams covers the payment side.

Questions people ask

How do I know if a recruitment agency in Nigeria is licensed?

Ask for its Federal Ministry of Labour recruiter's licence and CAC registration, then confirm with the Ministry that the licence is current and covers international recruitment. We could not find a public online list as at October 2026.

Is it legal to pay an agent for a job in Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Labour Law Article 40(1), as explained by the Saudi labour ministry, puts recruitment fees, iqama and work permit fees on the employer. An agent asking you to pay those is asking for costs the law assigns to the employer.

Can I go to Dubai on a visit visa and get a work visa later?

The UAE labour ministry, as reported by Gulf News in October 2025, warned that working on a visit or tourist visa can bring fines and legal action. A legitimate offer comes with a work entry permit.

What is NAPTIP's number to report a fake job abroad?

NAN reported in July 2026 that NAPTIP's toll-free line is 627. Check NAPTIP's own channels for other contact options.

Sources

  1. Recruiter's licence Nigeria (Mondaq, Moroom Africa, 27 Feb 2020) · accessed Oct 2026
  2. Migration: international recruiters call for lifting of recruitment ban (Voice of Nigeria, 11 May 2023) · accessed Oct 2026
  3. FG, HuCaPAN partner on decent labour migration (Vanguard, 11 Aug 2022) · accessed Oct 2026
  4. Ministry, NAPTIP disagree over overseas recruitment licensing (BusinessDay, 1 Jul 2020) · accessed Oct 2026
  5. Saudi Labor Law Article 40 explainer (HRSD, modified 2 Sep 2025) · accessed Oct 2026
  6. MoHRE warns UAE jobseekers of fake job offers and visa scams (Gulf News, 25 Oct 2025) · accessed Oct 2026
  7. World Trafficking Day: NAPTIP warns job seekers to verify employment offers (NAN, 30 Jul 2026) · accessed Oct 2026

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