AI agents for business finance: what they can and can't do
What AI agents can do in bookkeeping, close, collections and compliance today, where a person must stay in charge, and how to judge a product.
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.













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.




Evayour assistant
DanielChief of Staff
BenFinance
BruceCareYour 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.
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.
₦100,000 from day one · agreement v2.1 · 12 Aug · View
Eva waits for your rate and asks before she moves anything.
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.
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 numberTo this account, from any bank app. We watch it, and the page updates itself.
₦26,767.50 from GTBank · John D., matched to order ORD‑1042.
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.
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.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.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.Goes back to the buyers who went quiet, with the receipt already attached.
Recovered ₦410,000 across three overdue invoices.Replies, follows up on what they asked for and hands you only the ones that need you.
Resolved 4 conversations — two deliveries, one refund.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.
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.
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.
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.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.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.Goes back to the buyers who went quiet, with the invoice and the receipt already attached.
Recovered $12,400 across three overdue invoices.Replies, follows up on what they asked for and hands you only the ones that need you.
Resolved 4 conversations — two deliveries, one refund.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.
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.
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.
Solid Allianze acquired — an existing bank with an existing licence. The perimeter stopped being someone else’s to draw.
More than one currency on one balance, and the rebrand to Pryme. A Nigerian business could hold dollars without holding a second institution.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Notes on money that does the work: what we are building, what the regulation actually says, and how we think about letting software act on money. Read the Ledger
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Trader loans from MFBs and apps often repay daily or weekly. Here is how to turn a daily charge into a monthly cost you can compare.
Market traders in Nigeria mostly borrow from microfinance banks and digital lenders that collect repayments daily or weekly. A daily-repayment loan quoted as a 20% charge for a month costs much more than 20% in real terms, because you repay the principal as you go: a ₦100,000 loan repaid at ₦4,000 a day for 30 days works out at about 1.2% a day on the balance owed, roughly 44% compounded over the month.
A trader's income arrives every day, in small amounts, so lenders built products to match. Microfinance banks send field agents to collect at the shop; digital lenders debit an account or wallet daily or weekly. Daily collection lowers the lender's risk because it catches problems early, and it suits a trader who would otherwise struggle to find a large lump sum at month end.
The catch is that daily repayment hides the real price. The lender quotes a flat charge on the original amount, but you only have the full amount on the first day. By mid-month you have repaid about half, yet the charge was worked out as if you still had all of it.
| Lender type | Typical repayment | What they look at |
|---|---|---|
| Microfinance bank with field agents | Daily or weekly collection at the shop | Savings record, shop visit, guarantor or group |
| Digital lender or loan app | Daily, weekly or one lump sum | Account and phone data, credit report |
| Commercial bank SME product | Monthly | Business account turnover, years trading |
| Cooperative or market association | Weekly or monthly | Membership and contributions |
For a savings-linked version, see daily contribution loans. Before borrowing from an app, check it on the FCCPC's register of approved digital lenders; CBN-licensed microfinance banks can be on a separate waiver list. The FCCPC's 2025 digital lending regulations require interest, repayment terms and fees to be disclosed in full before you accept, and have been enforced again since 20 July 2026.
The worked examples below use example figures, not any lender's prices.
A shortcut: when repayments are spread evenly, the real cost is roughly double the flat charge, sometimes more. To compare two offers properly, put the amount received and each repayment into the RATE function in a spreadsheet, which works out the rate per period; multiply by the number of periods in a year for a simple annual figure. Our explainer on APR vs flat fees shows the method.
For context, the CBN reported an average maximum lending rate at banks of 29.20% a year for August 2026. Trader loans cost far more than that because they are small, unsecured and expensive to collect, but the comparison tells you how much you are paying for convenience.
Comparing the two examples: the daily loan costs ₦20,000 for the month and the weekly loan ₦10,000, but the bigger difference is in the cash flow. Daily repayment of ₦4,000 takes money out of the till before the day's stock is replaced; weekly repayment of ₦27,500 needs discipline to keep a week's takings aside. A trader whose sales are lumpy, strong on market days and weak in between, often finds weekly repayment easier to live with. A trader with even daily sales and little discipline about setting money aside may prefer daily collection.
Some apps offer a single repayment at the end of the term instead. Then the flat charge and the real cost are much closer, because you keep the full amount for the whole period, but you must find the whole sum on one day. Whatever the structure, the question is the same: how much do you get, how much do you pay back in total, and when?
Pryme does not lend for stock. A trader who runs a grocery or retail shop with a Pryme Business Account can join Spaces, where customers may pay with Loans on Spaces; see also separating shop and home money.
The cheapest is usually a cooperative or market association loan. Among lenders, compare the total repayment and convert daily or weekly charges into a monthly cost before choosing.
Because the charge is worked out on the full amount, but you repay part of it every day. The real cost is roughly double the quoted flat charge.
Use the RATE function in a spreadsheet with the number of daily payments, the daily payment and the amount received. Multiply the daily rate by 365 for a simple annual figure.
Some do, under the terms you accept. Read the repayment schedule before accepting and check the lender on the FCCPC register.
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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