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
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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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Nigeria is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention. What that means for US documents headed to Nigeria, and the consular route that replaces it.
No: Nigeria is not a party to the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention, so a US apostille on its own does not carry the automatic recognition it has in member countries. US documents for use in Nigeria normally go through consular legalisation, ending with authentication by the Nigerian embassy in Washington DC or a consulate in Atlanta or New York.
The apostille is a single certificate that lets a public document from one member country be accepted in another without further checks. Because it is so widely used, many people assume it works everywhere. For Nigeria it does not, and knowing that early saves a wasted fee and weeks of post.
A July 2026 review of the Convention's status in Africa found "only 17 African States" had joined: Algeria, Botswana, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Eswatini, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa and Tunisia. Nigeria is not on it. A Nigerian legal guide describes the consequence: Nigeria does not issue apostilles, and documents move between Nigeria and other countries through notarisation and authentication by foreign affairs ministries and embassies.
Consular legalisation. Each official in a chain confirms the signature of the one before, and the last link is the Nigerian mission, which confirms the US seals for Nigerian use.
Our step-by-step guide on authenticating US documents at a Nigerian consulate goes through each step and what to send.
Some private recipients may. An apostille still shows a US state has checked the signature, and a school or employer that only wants comfort may take it. Formal recipients are less flexible: courts, land registries, the Corporate Affairs Commission and banks acting on mandates tend to look for the Nigerian mission's authentication. Ask the recipient in writing before you choose a route.
The same gap applies in reverse. The US is a member, Nigeria is not, so Nigerian documents cannot be apostilled for the US. Nigerian documents for US use are typically authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja first. The Consulate General in New York has said that documents must be certified by the Ministry in Abuja before it re-certifies them for US use. For US immigration, the State Department's Nigeria civil documents page describes which Nigerian document to provide for each event and does not mention legalisation, and USCIS rules ask for a certified English translation of any foreign-language document; see getting a Nigerian birth certificate for USCIS.
| Direction | Apostille? | Usual route |
|---|---|---|
| US document to Nigeria | Not recognised as such | State and federal authentication, then Nigerian mission |
| Nigerian document to the US | Not available | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abuja, then Nigerian mission or as the US recipient asks |
| US document to a member country | Yes | State apostille only |
| Document | Starting point in the US | Then |
|---|---|---|
| Power of attorney | US notary | State, often federal, then Nigerian mission |
| Affidavit or sworn declaration | US notary | State, often federal, then Nigerian mission |
| State birth or marriage certificate | Certified copy from the state vital records office | State certification, often federal, then Nigerian mission |
| US university transcript or degree | Registrar, sometimes with a notary | State certification and onward, if the Nigerian recipient asks |
| Court order (divorce, name change) | Certified copy from the court clerk | State certification and onward |
The column on the right is the usual pattern, not a rule. Each Nigerian recipient decides what it accepts, and some private bodies settle for less. Ask before you start, and ask in writing, so you can show the mission or the recipient later what you were told.
An apostille route ends at the state. The Nigerian route adds at least two more offices. The federal step is $20 per document at the US Department of State, and the Atlanta consulate lists $30 per document (July 2021 notice). Example only: three documents through both steps cost 3 × ($20 + $30) = $150 in those two fees, before state fees and postage. Time grows more than cost: mailed federal requests are processed within five weeks, so start well before any Nigerian deadline.
The July 2026 review argues all African states should join. If Nigeria accedes, the route above would shorten to a single US apostille once the Convention takes effect for it. Until a change is announced by Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs or listed by the Hague Conference, plan for consular legalisation.
Legalisation fees in Nigeria and the US, plus courier costs, are easier to manage when you hold both currencies. A Pryme account holds USD and NGN side by side; see multicurrency accounts and Swap.
No. A July 2026 review lists 17 African parties to the Convention and Nigeria is not one of them.
You can get an apostille, but Nigeria is not bound to recognise it. Formal recipients usually want authentication by a Nigerian embassy or consulate.
Consular legalisation: notary where needed, state certification, often US Department of State authentication ($20 per document), then a Nigerian mission.
No. Nigeria does not issue apostilles; Nigerian documents are authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja when legalisation is needed.
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