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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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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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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₦
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.

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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
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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Explainers · Nigeria

Ponzi and investment scams in Nigeria: how to spot them

The signs of a Ponzi or fake investment scheme in Nigeria, lessons from CBEX, how to check SEC registration, and what to do if you have already paid in.

PE
Pryme editorialSafety · 16 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

Part of the guideIs your money safe in a Nigerian fintech?

The short answer

A Nigerian investment scheme is almost certainly a Ponzi if it promises high or guaranteed returns, pays you for recruiting others, is not registered with the SEC, and makes withdrawals harder over time. Before investing, check the platform on the SEC's register and confirm a named custodian holds your assets; under the Investments and Securities Act 2025, running a Ponzi scheme carries at least 10 years in prison.

A Ponzi scheme pays earlier investors with money from newer ones. It looks profitable until new money slows, then it collapses, and most people lose most of what they put in. Nigeria has seen this repeatedly, and the schemes keep changing their costume: crypto trading, forex, agriculture, "cooperative" savings. The pattern underneath stays the same. This article sits under our guide is your money safe in a Nigerian fintech?, which explains how deposits and investments are protected differently.

The warning signs

  1. Returns far above what safe assets pay. Compare any promise with current Treasury bill rates. A scheme offering many times that, with no explanation of how, is paying you with someone else's money.
  2. "Guaranteed" returns. Real investments carry risk and say so. The SEC lists guaranteed or unrealistic returns as a primary red flag.
  3. Rewards for recruiting. Bonuses for bringing in friends, family or church members are how the scheme finds new money.
  4. Not registered with the SEC. Under the Investments and Securities Act (ISA) 2025, only registered entities may solicit funds or promote investment products in Nigeria's capital market.
  5. Withdrawals get harder. New fees to withdraw, "system upgrades", minimum balances or limits that appear after you have paid in.
  6. Promotion through influencers and groups. The SEC warned in May 2026 about unregistered schemes spreading on WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, Facebook and TikTok.
  7. Payment into personal accounts rather than an account in the company's name at a licensed bank.

Common disguises

Crypto or forex "trading bot"
Claims an algorithm earns steady daily profits. Real trading has losing days; a balance that only ever rises is being written by the operator, not the market.
Agriculture or commodity "sponsorship"
You fund a farm, a herd or a shipment for a fixed return. Ask to see the farm, the contracts and the audited accounts.
"Cooperative" savings club
Uses the language of a cooperative to take deposits and promise high returns, without a banking licence or SEC registration.
Copy-trading or "account management"
You hand over money or log-in details to a "trader" who reports profits you cannot withdraw.
Stock or bond "packages" sold on social media
Claims links to listed Nigerian securities but is not a registered broker or fund manager.

What CBEX shows

CBEX began operating in Nigeria in July 2024, promising returns of 100% within 30 days. Users reported withdrawal problems around 10 April 2025, and by 15 April withdrawals were suspended and many balances showed zero. On 14 April, the SEC's Director-General warned that "if a platform is not registered with the SEC, it is illegal". Estimates of total losses varied widely in early reporting, and some published figures were later corrected.

The lesson is in the numbers. Doubling money every month means a ₦100,000 deposit would need to become more than ₦400 million in a year. No legitimate business earns that. Every scheme that offers it is paying early users with later deposits.

A worked example: the arithmetic of a Ponzi

Grace is offered 30% a month on ₦500,000, paid monthly, by a "crypto arbitrage" scheme.

MonthWhat Grace is promisedWhat the scheme must find in new money to pay her
1₦150,000₦150,000
3₦450,000 cumulative₦450,000
6₦900,000 cumulative₦900,000, plus her ₦500,000 if she withdraws
12₦1,800,000 cumulative₦1,800,000, plus her ₦500,000

Multiply that by thousands of investors and the scheme must recruit faster each month just to stand still. When recruitment slows, withdrawals are frozen. If Grace was paid ₦150,000 in month 1 and the scheme collapsed in month 2, she would lose ₦350,000 net. Many people re-invest their "profits" and lose everything.

How to check an investment before you pay

  • Find the legal name of the company and search the SEC's register of capital market operators and its fintech portal.
  • Ask who holds the assets. A legitimate platform names an SEC-registered custodian that holds your Treasury bills, bonds or fund units separately from the company's own money.
  • Ask what you own. A real investment can tell you exactly what was bought with your money and where it is recorded.
  • Check the payment account. It should be in the company's or custodian's name at a licensed bank. Our guide to checking a CBN licence shows how to verify the bank.
  • Search the name with "SEC warning" or "Ponzi". The SEC publishes warnings; in 2025 and 2026 it named schemes including Glorious Wealth Fund, Shalom Coin and Silverkuun Investment Cooperative Society.

Remember that investments are not deposits, so they are not covered by the NDIC even when they are legitimate. Our explainer on NDIC deposit insurance sets out what is covered.

If you have already paid in

  1. Stop adding money, including re-investing "profits", and do not recruit anyone.
  2. Try to withdraw what you can, but do not pay any "release" or "tax" fee to do so; that is a second scam.
  3. Save evidence: screenshots of the platform, your balance, adverts, chats, and every payment receipt.
  4. Report to the SEC, and to the EFCC through its online petition, with your evidence.
  5. Tell your bank if you paid by transfer; it may be able to flag the receiving account.
  6. Beware of "recovery agents" who promise to get your money back for an upfront fee.

Under ISA 2025, the SEC can now prosecute Ponzi promoters, seek prison terms of at least 10 years and fines reported at ₦20 million or more, and recover profits. That makes reporting worth doing. Our guide on how to complain about a bank or fintech covers the other escalation routes.

Where Pryme fits

In Nigeria, Pryme's Savings Boxes (Nigeria-only) include Flexible, Fixed, Investment and Interest-free Boxes. Rates are shown in the app before you commit and can change. The Investment Savings Box is the one closest to an investment, so here is plainly how it works. The money in it funds Solid Allianze's lending, including Spaces credit, which is where its return comes from and why it is held to a fixed date. That means the return depends on how the lending book performs, and the money is not available before maturity. Check the terms in the app for how it is protected before you put money in. There is no promised or guaranteed return. Before you put money into any Box, or into any savings or investment product from any provider, read its terms, check whether it is a deposit or an investment, and run the checks above. A rate that can change is normal; a return described as guaranteed and far above Treasury bill yields is the warning sign this article describes.

Whatever you choose, apply the same checks to us as to anyone else. The full checklist is in our guide to whether your money is safe in a Nigerian fintech.

Questions people ask

How do I know if an investment is a Ponzi scheme in Nigeria?

Look for high or guaranteed returns, rewards for recruiting, no SEC registration, payment into personal accounts and withdrawals that become harder over time. Two or more of these together are a strong warning.

How do I check if an investment platform is registered with the SEC?

Search the company's legal name on the SEC's register of capital market operators and its fintech portal, and confirm it names a registered custodian holding your assets.

What is the penalty for running a Ponzi scheme in Nigeria?

Under the Investments and Securities Act 2025, operators and promoters face at least 10 years in prison, substantial fines and recovery of their gains. The SEC can now prosecute them directly.

Can I get my money back from a collapsed Ponzi scheme?

Sometimes, partly, if regulators or law enforcement freeze and recover assets. Report to the SEC and EFCC with evidence, and never pay a fee to a 'recovery agent'.

Are savings apps that pay interest Ponzi schemes?

Not necessarily. Licensed savings apps earn interest from bank deposits or Treasury bills and can explain where returns come from. Check the deposit holder's licence and any SEC registration and custodian for investment products.

Sources

  1. ICIR: ISA 2025, Ponzi scheme operators to face 10 years' jail · accessed Oct 2026
  2. TechCabal: CBEX collapse (Apr 2025) · accessed Oct 2026
  3. Nairametrics: SEC warns against Ponzi schemes on WhatsApp, TikTok and Instagram (May 2026) · accessed Oct 2026
  4. Nairametrics: NDIC raises deposit insurance coverage, May 2024 · accessed Oct 2026
  5. Africa Check: Nigeria's central bank revoked 46 microfinance bank licences, what happens now · 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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