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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.
Open a personal account How we keep your money safe
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.
Approve
Paid Ikeja Electric₦18,400 · token sent by SMS
Done
Swap $200 → ₦310,000?Rate locked at ₦1,550 for 30 s
Approve
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
Get the appScan with your phone camera
Regulated partnersEvery currency held with a licensed institution in its market
Solid AllianzeCBNNDIC
Scan to get the app
Get the appScan with your phone camera
Instant settlementOur own core ledger: swaps land at once, every receipt verifiableScan to get the app
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Agents with a mandatePowered by Pryme Intelligence. Nothing moves without youFlip
Pryme Intelligence
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
🇺🇸 1 USD—
🇬🇧 1 GBP—
🇪🇺 1 EUR—
The rate you see is the rate you get.
10 years2016 to today, one trunkScan to get the app
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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
‹
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
‹···
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.

Read the API
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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Nigerian fintech glossary: 36 payment and app terms explained

Definitions of the fintech and payments terms used in Nigeria, from PSSP, PTSP and PTSA to APP fraud, ISO 20022, data localisation and virtual accounts.

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Pryme researchReference desk · 17 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
The short answer

This glossary explains 36 fintech and payments terms as they are used in Nigeria in October 2026, including the CBN licence acronyms (PSB, MMO, PSSP, PTSP, PTSA) and newer regulatory terms such as APP fraud, geo-tagging, ISO 20022 and data localisation. Dates refer to the CBN or FCCPC documents that introduced each rule.

Why a separate fintech glossary

Nigerian payments now run on a mix of banks, payment service banks, mobile money operators and technology companies, each with its own licence and acronym. This page covers the payments and technology vocabulary. Core banking terms (BVN, NUBAN, RTGS, dormant accounts, stamp duty) are in our Nigerian banking glossary, and the licences themselves are explained in CBN payments licence categories.

A to M

3-D Secure
An extra check, often a one-time code, when you pay online with a card.
API
Application programming interface: the connection one system uses to request data or payments from another, such as a bank or NIBSS.
APP fraud
Authorised push payment fraud: you are tricked into sending a transfer yourself. The CBN issued an exposure draft of guidelines on handling it in December 2025.
BNPL
Buy now, pay later: credit at checkout repaid in instalments. Lenders offering it to consumers fall under the FCCPC’s 2025 digital lending regulations.
Card-not-present (CNP)
A card payment made online or by phone, where the card is not physically shown.
CBDC
Central bank digital currency. Nigeria’s is the eNaira, launched by the CBN in October 2021.
Checkout
The payment step on a website or app. A bank-transfer checkout gives the payer an account to transfer to. See bank transfer checkout.
Data localisation
A rule that certain payment data must be stored in Nigeria. The CBN issued a circular on data localisation and market structure in the payments system on 15 June 2026.
Digital lender
A company lending to consumers through apps or online. It must be registered with the FCCPC under the 2025 regulations.
Escrow
Money held by a neutral party until both sides of a deal have done what they agreed.
Geo-tagging
Recording the physical location of a POS terminal. The CBN made it mandatory in an August 2025 circular.
ISO 20022
An international standard for payment messages. The CBN directed migration to it in August 2025.
KYC
Know your customer: the identity checks a regulated provider must carry out.
MMO
Mobile money operator: a CBN-licensed company that runs mobile wallets. Sixteen were on the CBN list on 17 October 2026.
Mobile wallet
A stored-value account on a phone, run by a bank, PSB or MMO.

N to Z

Name enquiry
A NIBSS service that returns the account name for an account number before you send money.
NDPA
Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, which governs how fintechs collect and use personal data.
NQR
NIBSS’s national QR code payment scheme.
Open banking
A framework that lets customers authorise third parties to access their bank data or initiate payments through standard APIs, under CBN rules.
OTP
One-time password sent by SMS, email or an authenticator app to confirm a login or payment.
Payment gateway
A service that lets a business accept card, transfer or other payments online.
PCI DSS
The card industry’s data security standard. The CBN set a timeline for banks, switches and processors to certify in 2014.
PSB
Payment service bank: a CBN-licensed bank that takes deposits and makes payments but cannot lend.
PSSP
Payment solution service provider: a CBN-licensed company that builds payment processing for merchants and others.
PTSA
Payment terminal service aggregator: the hub that connects POS terminals to processors. The CBN issued a circular to PSPs on PTSA connectivity in September 2024 and one on mandatory dual connectivity in December 2025.
PTSP
Payment terminal service provider: a CBN-licensed company that deploys and maintains POS terminals.
Regulatory sandbox
A CBN programme that lets firms test new products under supervision before full licensing.
Settlement bank
A bank that holds funds and settles transactions for a fintech or other institution without its own CBN settlement account. NIBSS describes the arrangement in its NIP FAQs.
Super agent
A CBN-licensed company that recruits and manages networks of banking agents.
Switch
A company that routes card and electronic payment messages between banks, processors and merchants.
Tokenisation
Replacing a card number with a random token so the real number is not stored or shared.
Transaction PIN
A secret code you enter to approve a payment in an app.
USSD
Short codes for mobile banking without internet access.
Virtual account
An account number created for a specific customer or payment that routes funds into a main account. See virtual accounts.
Wallet tier
The KYC level of a wallet or account, which sets its limits.
Webhook
An automatic message a payment system sends to a business’s software when a payment succeeds or fails.

Recent rules behind the newer terms

DateDocumentTerms it relates to
12 Sep 2024CBN circular to PSPs on connectivity to payment terminal service aggregatorsPTSA, PTSP
2025FCCPC Digital, Electronic, Online or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations 2025Digital lender, BNPL
26 Aug 2025CBN circular on migration to ISO 20022 and mandatory geo-tagging of payment terminalsISO 20022, geo-tagging
1 Dec 2025CBN exposure draft guidelines for handling authorised push payment fraudAPP fraud
11 Dec 2025CBN circular on mandatory dual connectivity to PTSAsPTSA
13 Mar 2026CBN circular on additional functionalities for instant paymentInstant payments, name enquiry
15 Jun 2026CBN circular on market structure, data localisation, beneficial ownership disclosure and systemic oversight in the payments systemData localisation

How we put this together

Definitions are Pryme research’s plain-English summaries. Licence names and counts come from the CBN’s institution lists retrieved on 17 October 2026; NIBSS service terms from NIBSS’s NIP, name enquiry and NQR pages; consumer lending terms from the FCCPC regulations. The CBN’s PDF server did not allow automated download, so for CBN circulars we rely on their published titles and dates and do not quote thresholds or deadlines from them.

Questions people ask

What is a PSSP in Nigeria?

A payment solution service provider: a CBN-licensed company that provides payment processing services, such as gateways, to merchants and other businesses.

What is the difference between a PTSP and a PTSA?

A PTSP deploys and maintains POS terminals; a PTSA is the hub that connects those terminals to processors.

Are loan apps regulated in Nigeria?

Yes. Consumer digital lenders must register with the FCCPC under its 2025 regulations, and the CBN regulates banks that lend digitally.

What is APP fraud?

Authorised push payment fraud, where a person is tricked into making a transfer themselves. The CBN issued draft guidelines on handling it in December 2025.

Sources

  1. CBN: Financial institutions (supervised categories and lists) · accessed 17 Oct 2026
  2. CBN: Circulars index · accessed 17 Oct 2026
  3. FCCPC: Digital, Electronic, Online or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations 2025 · accessed 17 Oct 2026
  4. NIBSS: NIBSS Instant Payment (NIP) and FAQs · accessed 17 Oct 2026
  5. NIBSS: Name Enquiry · accessed 17 Oct 2026
  6. CBN: Market structure requirements, data localisation, UBO disclosure and systemic oversight in the Nigeria payments system (15 Jun 2026) · accessed 17 Oct 2026

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