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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
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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
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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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Held a £2,000 transferNew payee · needs you
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Regulated partnersEvery currency held with a licensed institution in its market
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Eva, the assistant that runs a Pryme accountEvayour assistant
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The Finance agent on a Pryme Business AccountBenFinance
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Inside a mandate you write. Every action logged.
Multi-currency30 currencies on one balanceFlip
Locked rates30 s
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🇬🇧 1 GBP—
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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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Importing Nigerian ankara by the bolt: commodity codes

Ankara's commodity code turns on fibre, weight per square metre, weave and printing. How to find the right UK code and claim DCTS origin.

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Pryme editorialDiaspora trade desk, London · 24 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
The short answer

Printed cotton ankara with 85% or more cotton by weight and weighing no more than 200 g/m² falls in HS heading 5208, in the printed group of subheadings: 5208.51 for plain weave up to 100 g/m², 5208.52 for plain weave over 100 g/m² and 5208.59 for other weaves. The full 10-digit UK code comes from the UK Trade Tariff, and 0% duty under the DCTS needs proof the fabric is Nigerian origin.

Importing ankara by the bolt is a different job from bringing a few pieces home in a suitcase. Once fabric is sold on in the UK, it needs a commodity code on the import declaration, and that code decides the duty rate, any preference you can claim and whether any other measure applies. Fabric is one of the trickier goods to classify because the code depends on details most traders never measure.

The four facts that decide the code

  1. Fibre content. Is it cotton, and how much? Heading 5208 covers woven fabrics containing 85% or more cotton by weight.
  2. Weight per square metre. Heading 5208 is for fabric weighing not more than 200 g/m². Within it, plain weave splits at 100 g/m².
  3. Weave. Plain weave, 3- or 4-thread twill, or other weaves each have their own subheading.
  4. Finish. Unbleached, bleached, dyed, woven from yarns of different colours, or printed. Ankara is printed, so it sits in the printed group.

The six-digit Harmonized System codes are shared internationally, so the US tariff schedule shows the same structure the UK uses at six digits. Its listing for heading 5208 gives the printed subheadings as follows.

Six-digit codeDescription (printed cotton, 85%+ cotton, max 200 g/m²)
5208.51Plain weave, not more than 100 g/m²
5208.52Plain weave, more than 100 g/m²
5208.59Other fabrics, including twills

The UK adds four more digits to reach a 10-digit commodity code, and the duty rate attaches to the full code. Look it up on the UK Trade Tariff service before you file. If the fabric is heavier than 200 g/m², has less than 85% cotton, or is polyester or a blend sold as "ankara", it falls outside these subheadings and needs a fresh classification.

Measuring weight per square metre

Ask the supplier for the grams per square metre (GSM). If they do not know, measure it. Cut a precise square of the fabric and weigh it on accurate kitchen or postal scales.

Example: a 10 cm by 10 cm square (0.01 m²) weighs 1.2 g. 1.2 ÷ 0.01 = 120 g/m², so a plain-weave print at that weight would sit with 5208.52 rather than 5208.51. A square weighing 0.9 g would be 90 g/m², the other side of the line. Weigh more than one sample, because finishing and wax coatings vary between bolts.

Fibre content is harder to test at home. Ask for it in writing on the supplier's invoice or a mill specification. You will need it anyway for the fibre label when you sell.

Getting HMRC to confirm the code

If you import the same fabric often, an Advance Tariff Ruling gives you a legally binding decision on the GB commodity code. HMRC says it replies in 30 to 120 days and asks you to email tariff.classification@hmrc.gov.uk first if you plan to send ten or more applications a week. Send a physical sample and the supplier's specification with the application.

Duty, the DCTS and origin

Nigeria is in the Enhanced Preferences tier of the Developing Countries Trading Scheme. GOV.UK says that tier gives 0% duty on 92% of product lines; check whether your 10-digit code is one of them on the DCTS tariff tools. The preference is for Nigerian-origin fabric. Bought in Balogun market is not the same as made in Nigeria: ask the supplier whether the cloth was woven and printed in Nigeria, printed in Nigeria on imported cloth, or imported finished.

Textiles have product-specific rules of origin, which set how much processing must happen in Nigeria. GOV.UK says the DCTS rules were loosened, raising the threshold for non-originating materials from 45% to 75% for 54 HS chapters; your agent can check the rule that applies to your code. Proof of origin is an origin declaration on the invoice or other commercial document, or a Form A, valid for 2 years. GOV.UK says the importer's knowledge route was removed on 17 August 2023, so you need the supplier's declaration, not your own belief.

Labelling the fabric when you sell

Trading Standards guidance on the Textile Products (Labelling and Fibre Composition) Regulations 2012 says textiles sold to consumers need a fibre content label in English, using permitted fibre names and percentages, and that "pure" or "100%" can only be used for a single fibre. The manufacturer or UK importer is responsible, and online sales must show fibre content in the listing. Selling cut lengths from the bolt still needs the fibre content shown.

Where Pryme fits

Fabric suppliers in Lagos often price in naira or dollars. A Pryme Business Account, which can be opened from any country, holds NGN, USD, GBP and EUR, so you can pay a supplier in naira and keep UK takings in pounds, with Swap showing the rate and fee before you approve. See business multicurrency and bulk payouts for paying several suppliers. Outside Nigeria, services are provided through regulated partners.

Related reading: duty on Nigerian fashion and ankara and textile labelling for Nigerian clothing.

Questions people ask

What is the commodity code for ankara fabric in the UK?

Printed cotton ankara of 85%+ cotton and up to 200 g/m² sits in HS 5208.51, 5208.52 or 5208.59 depending on weight and weave. Confirm the 10-digit code on the UK Trade Tariff.

Is there duty on ankara from Nigeria?

It depends on the 10-digit code and origin. Under the DCTS Enhanced tier most lines are 0% for Nigerian-origin goods; fabric not made in Nigeria pays the UK Global Tariff rate.

How do I know the GSM of my fabric?

Ask the supplier, or weigh a measured square: grams divided by area in square metres gives g/m².

Can I get HMRC to confirm the code?

Yes, with an Advance Tariff Ruling, which is legally binding. HMRC says it replies in 30 to 120 days.

Sources

  1. US International Trade Commission: Harmonized Tariff Schedule search, heading 5208 (six-digit HS structure) · accessed Oct 2026
  2. GOV.UK: Preference tiers under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (updated 19 Oct 2026) · accessed Oct 2026
  3. GOV.UK: How to export to the UK using the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (updated 19 Oct 2026) · accessed Oct 2026
  4. GOV.UK: How to claim preferences under the DCTS · accessed Oct 2026
  5. HMRC on GOV.UK: Apply for an Advance Tariff Ruling (updated 2 Jun 2026) · accessed Oct 2026
  6. Pembrokeshire County Council Trading Standards: Labelling of textiles · accessed Oct 2026

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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