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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
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.
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Paid Ikeja Electric₦18,400 · token sent by SMS
Done
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
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
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Instant settlementOur own core ledger: swaps land at once, every receipt verifiableScan to get the app
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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
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🇬🇧 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.

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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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Loan to start a business in Nigeria: what lenders require

Most Nigerian lenders want trading history. Here is which schemes accept start-ups, what they ask for, and how to build a case before you apply.

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Pryme editorialLoans desk · 19 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
The short answer

Most banks and loan apps in Nigeria lend against a track record, so a business with no trading history is usually declined for a standard SME loan. The routes that do accept start-ups are development-finance channels: the Development Bank of Nigeria says start-ups qualify through its partner banks, and the Bank of Industry's Youth Entrepreneurship Support Programme lends to trained promoters against guarantors or certificates rather than accounts.

Why lenders ask for trading history

A lender's first question is simple: where will the repayments come from? An existing business answers it with bank statements, sales records and accounts. A start-up can only answer it with a plan, and a plan has not yet been tested by customers. That is why most commercial products are written for businesses that already trade.

Sterling Bank's loans page shows how this works in practice. Its business support facility, which it says can go up to ₦5 million without collateral, asks for a business that has run for three years with turnover of at least ₦2 million a month (Sterling loans page, read October 2026). Access Bank's vehicle finance for businesses lists audited or management accounts, a year of statements from other banks, CAC documents and a board resolution. A business registered last month cannot produce most of these.

Pricing reflects the same risk. The CBN's Money Market Indicators put the average maximum lending rate at 29.20% for August 2026, against an average prime lending rate of 17.86%. Unproven borrowers sit at the top end of that range when they are offered anything at all.

Schemes that do accept start-ups

Development Bank of Nigeria (through partner institutions)

The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) does not lend to businesses directly. Its own page says loans are accessed through Participating Financial Institutions, which include commercial banks, microfinance banks and other development finance institutions. The same page states that "all MSMEs (start up or existing)" in productive activity are eligible, provided they are customers of an eligible institution, with repayment of up to 10 years and a moratorium of up to 18 months. DBN does not publish a rate: it describes pricing as market-conforming.

The practical step is to walk into a bank or microfinance bank where you hold an account and ask specifically for a DBN-funded facility. The partner institution still carries the credit decision, so it will assess your plan, your own contribution and any security you can offer.

Bank of Industry youth programme (YES-P)

The Bank of Industry's Youth Entrepreneurship Support Programme page sets out a different model. Applicants complete eight weeks of online entrepreneurship training and five days of classroom training covering the business idea, business model, sales and marketing, running a business and financial planning. Projects from promoters who complete that training, in one of the programme's SME product clusters, can then be considered.

The security options on that page are useful for a start-up because several do not require property:

  • A debenture or specific charge over the business's present and future equipment
  • A guarantee from a commercial bank, or a legal mortgage
  • Two external guarantors from approved categories (for example senior civil servants, bankers, professionals or established entrepreneurs), each with a notarised statement of net worth
  • Deposit of original NYSC and higher education certificates, subject to verification

The page does not state a loan size, rate, tenor or age limit, so ask BOI for the current terms before you plan around it. You must also open a BOI account and get a customer identification number before a formal application.

Cooperatives and the youth fund

A cooperative society lends from members' pooled savings, so the record it looks at is your savings history with the society rather than your business history. That makes it one of the few places a new business owner can borrow early, usually a modest amount. Our guide to how cooperative loans work covers the usual waiting period and multiples of savings.

The Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) is often mentioned alongside these schemes. We could not confirm in October 2026 whether a new application window is open, so check official federal channels before you rely on it and ignore anyone charging a fee to "process" an application.

What a start-up must show instead

Without trading history, the lender is judging you. Strengthen each part of that judgement:

What the lender lacksWhat you can offer
Sales recordsSigned purchase orders, letters of intent or a pilot sale with receipts
Business accountsSix to twelve months of your personal statement showing steady income and savings
Proof of skillCertificates, training completion (BOI requires its own), or work history in the same trade
Your commitmentYour own cash contribution, shown sitting in an account before you apply
SecurityEquipment being bought, guarantors with verifiable income, or certificates where a scheme accepts them

Register the business with the CAC before you apply. Every scheme above deals with a registered entity or an identifiable promoter, and BOI's list of supporting documents includes a feasibility study, quotations and a statement of affairs.

A worked example of sizing the request

Example only. Amaka wants to open a small laundry. Machines and a dryer are quoted at ₦3,200,000 and she has saved ₦800,000. She asks for ₦2,400,000 against the equipment rather than ₦3,200,000, which shows a 25% stake (₦800,000 of ₦3,200,000). If her plan shows monthly profit of ₦220,000 after costs, a repayment of no more than about ₦110,000 a month leaves a buffer for slow months. Starting from the repayment she can carry, not the amount she wants, is what a credit officer will do anyway.

Steps before you apply

  1. Register the business with the CAC and open a business account.
  2. Run the business account for a few months, even at small volume, so there is a record.
  3. Write a short plan with costs, prices and a monthly cash-flow forecast.
  4. Ask your bank or microfinance bank whether it is a DBN partner and what it needs.
  5. If you are a young entrepreneur, check BOI's youth programme and complete the training it requires.
  6. Confirm any loan app is on the FCCPC approved list before using it for business needs.

Where Pryme fits

Pryme Financial is a technology company, not a lender for start-up capital. A Pryme Business Account gives you a clean record of sales from day one, and you can generate a verifiable statement through our VerifyDoc.ai partnership when a lender asks for one. A business in a supported sector can also join Spaces to reach customers who pay with Loans on Spaces.

Questions people ask

Can I get a loan to start a business in Nigeria with no business account?

Some schemes accept start-ups, but almost all want an account at the lending institution. DBN-funded loans go through partner banks and microfinance banks, and BOI asks applicants to open a BOI account first.

Does the Development Bank of Nigeria give loans to start-ups?

DBN's page says start-ups and existing MSMEs are eligible, but it lends through partner institutions, not directly. You apply at a participating bank or microfinance bank.

What collateral does BOI accept for youth start-ups?

Its YES-P page lists a charge over equipment, a bank guarantee or mortgage, two approved guarantors with notarised net worth statements, or deposit of original NYSC and degree certificates, subject to verification.

Is there a government grant to start a business in Nigeria?

Grants and youth funds open and close by window. Check official agency channels for current calls and never pay anyone to secure a place.

Sources

  1. Development Bank of Nigeria: Get a loan · accessed Oct 2026
  2. Bank of Industry: Youth Entrepreneurship Support Programme (YES-P) · accessed Oct 2026
  3. Sterling Bank: Loans · accessed Oct 2026
  4. Access Bank: Vehicle Finance · accessed Oct 2026
  5. CBN: Money Market Indicators (August 2026 data) · 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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