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
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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
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.
How multi-currency business accounts work: local details vs SWIFT, payment rails, the real cost of FX, safeguarding vs deposit protection, and hedging.
How UK, US, Canadian and European firms pay Nigerian suppliers and get paid by Nigerian clients: FX, Form A and M, tax, compliance and payout routes.
What it really costs to send money to Nigeria from the UK, US, Canada and Europe: fees, exchange-rate margins, CBN naira rules, BVN, speed and scams.
What AI can and cannot do in day-to-day bookkeeping, how much time it saves on real numbers, and which jobs must stay with you or your accountant.
Selling services or digital products to Nigerian customers from Australia? How Nigerian VAT at 7.5% reaches non-residents and who collects it.
It can. Under the Nigeria Tax Act 2025, services consumed in Nigeria are taxable whether they are rendered inside or outside Nigeria, at 7.5%. A non-resident supplier is expected to register and put VAT on its invoices, appointed non-resident digital companies collect and remit to the NRS, and where no VAT invoice is issued, the Nigerian business customer may account for it by reverse charge.
Many Australian businesses run by Nigerians sell back home: online courses, software subscriptions, design and consulting, accounting services for Nigerian SMEs. On the Australian side, those sales are usually GST-free. The question this guide answers is the other side: does Nigeria charge VAT on them, and whose job is it to collect? It is information, not tax advice; the rules changed with the 2025 reforms and are still being applied in practice.
Nigeria's VAT rate is 7.5%, unchanged under the Nigeria Tax Act 2025, which took effect on 1 January 2026 according to Forvis Mazars. The administering body is now the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), which replaced FIRS; you will still see the old name on older guidance.
Mondaq's May 2026 review of the Act summarises the position: services consumed in Nigeria are taxable whether they are rendered inside or outside Nigeria. Where the service is used matters more than where you sit. A course bought by a Lagos resident and watched in Lagos is consumed in Nigeria; so is bookkeeping done in Sydney for a company based in Abuja.
The same review notes that exported services are zero-rated, which is the Nigerian rule for Nigerian businesses selling abroad. It does not help you: from Nigeria's point of view, your sale is an import.
| Situation | Who accounts for VAT | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Non-resident supplier of taxable services to Nigeria | The supplier is expected to register and include VAT on its invoice | Mondaq, 28 May 2026 |
| Non-resident digital company appointed by the NRS | The company charges, collects and remits VAT to the NRS | PwC, reviewed 29 May 2026 |
| Nigerian business customer with no VAT invoice from the supplier | The customer accounts for it by reverse charge, and may withhold and remit | PwC; Mondaq |
In practice, Nigerian companies buying from abroad may self-account and remit, and some will ask you whether you are registered. Individual consumers cannot reverse charge, so sales to them are where the supplier's own obligation matters most. The NRS steps for a non-resident individual or foreign company to register are not set out in the sources we checked; ask a Nigerian tax adviser before you start charging.
The new Act exempts small businesses, defined as turnover of ₦100 million or less and fixed assets of ₦250 million or less, from registering for, charging and filing VAT, according to Forvis Mazars; professional service providers are excluded from the definition. We could not confirm whether this exemption applies to non-resident suppliers, so do not rely on it without advice.
Example only. Your Australian company sells an annual software licence to a Nigerian logistics firm for ₦2,000,000. If you issue a Nigerian VAT invoice, it shows ₦2,000,000 plus VAT at 7.5% of ₦150,000, total ₦2,150,000, and you remit the ₦150,000. If you issue no VAT invoice, the customer accounts for the ₦150,000 itself under reverse charge. On the Australian side, the sale is usually GST-free because the recipient is outside Australia, and it still counts towards your GST turnover; see when to register for GST.
Nigeria is also moving to electronic invoicing. Forvis Mazars reports that the NRS Merchant Buyer Solution, its e-invoicing platform, is being phased in from large taxpayers with turnover of ₦5 billion or more. If your customer is one of them, expect requests for invoice details in a particular format, and possibly for your tax registration status, before they pay.
It helps to put three things on every invoice to a Nigerian business: the customer's full legal name and address in Nigeria, a clear description of the service and where it is used, and a line stating whether Nigerian VAT is included or left for the customer to account for. That one line removes most of the back-and-forth with the customer's finance team, and it is the same evidence you would want on file for the ATO to show the recipient is outside Australia.
State in your contract whether prices exclude Nigerian taxes. If a customer later withholds VAT or another tax from your payment, you then have a clear basis to ask for the receipt or credit note that shows it was remitted.
Our Nigeria library covers VAT on digital services sold into Nigeria from the Nigerian side, and withholding tax when a Nigerian client pays you is a separate deduction worth understanding.
A Pryme Business Account can receive naira from Nigerian customers into local account details, and invoicing keeps a record of each invoice. The Compliance agent can flag invoices to Nigerian customers that need a VAT line for a person to review.
Under the Nigeria Tax Act 2025, services consumed in Nigeria are taxable even when rendered from abroad. Non-resident suppliers are expected to register and charge VAT, and appointed non-resident digital companies collect and remit to the NRS.
7.5%, unchanged under the Nigeria Tax Act 2025, which took effect on 1 January 2026.
The Nigerian business customer accounts for it under reverse charge where no tax invoice is issued, and may withhold and remit it.
A service is usually GST-free in Australia if the recipient is outside Australia, under the ATO's rules. Nigerian VAT is a separate question.
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.
Contractor or employee, PAYE and pension if you employ, and a monthly routine for paying Nigerian staff from an Australian business, with an example.
The five-year rule, the English requirement, and the invoices, receipts and exchange records an Australian business needs for every payment to Nigeria.
Charging your Lagos subsidiary for services or goods? Both the ATO and Nigerian rules expect arm's length prices and paperwork to prove them.
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