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
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.
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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.
NOVA Bank does not publish a SWIFT code on its readable pages. How to get the right one, what a sender abroad needs and which account to use.
NOVA Bank does not show its SWIFT (BIC) code on the pages of its website we checked in October 2026, and we could not confirm one from a page we opened, so ask the bank directly at support@novabank.ng or +234 913 666 6680 before giving it to a sender. To receive foreign currency without conversion you need a NOVA domiciliary or diaspora account, both of which the bank offers.
Most people searching for a bank's SWIFT code want one line to paste into a form. For NOVA Bank we cannot give you that line with confidence: the code does not appear on the bank's pages that we could read in October 2026, and we will not repeat a code from an unverified list. What follows tells you how to get the correct code quickly, what else the sender needs and how to avoid the most common causes of returned payments.
A SWIFT code identifies a bank and, sometimes, a branch on the international payments network. Codes are registered to a legal entity. NOVA operated for years as NOVA Merchant Bank before becoming a national commercial bank, announced on 3 July 2024 (TheCable), so some directories may still show the older name. A wrong or outdated code can send a payment to the wrong place or cause it to be returned, minus charges. The bank can also tell you whether a correspondent bank must be quoted for US dollars, pounds or euros.
NOVA's personal accounts page describes two products built for foreign currency:
If a dollar payment lands in a Naira account instead, the bank will usually convert it at its own rate on the day. To keep dollars as dollars, quote the domiciliary account number. The domiciliary account needs an initial deposit in the currency, plus an opening form, valid ID, BVN and NIN, passport photos and proof of address, according to the page.
| Detail | Notes |
|---|---|
| Beneficiary name | Exactly as on your NOVA account and BVN |
| Account number | Your 10-digit NUBAN for the right currency account; Nigeria does not use IBANs |
| Bank name and address | As confirmed by NOVA |
| SWIFT/BIC code | As confirmed by NOVA |
| Intermediary bank | Only if NOVA asks senders to route through one |
| Purpose of payment | For example family support, tuition, salary, invoice |
For what each of these codes does, see IBAN, sort code, routing number and SWIFT.
The sender picks who pays: OUR (sender pays everything), SHA (each side pays its own bank) or BEN (all charges deducted from the payment). Intermediary banks may take a fee on the way.
Example only. A relative in Toronto sends USD 500 under SHA. An intermediary deducts USD 15, and the receiving bank's inward charge is, say, USD 5. You would receive USD 480 (500 − 15 − 5). NOVA's actual inward charge was not on a page we read; ask for its tariff.
People selling goods or services to buyers abroad are sometimes sent fake transfer confirmations, or asked to pay a "release fee" before an international payment can be credited. A genuine inward SWIFT payment does not require you to pay anything in advance to receive it. Treat a confirmation as proof only when the money is in your account, and never share card details, PINs or token codes with a sender or anyone claiming to work for a payment network. If in doubt, call the bank on the numbers on novabank.ng.
Inward payments are also checked against anti-money-laundering rules on both sides, so an unusually large first payment, or one with a vague purpose, may be held while the bank asks questions. Telling the bank in advance, with supporting documents such as an invoice or a school fees letter, can help it go through without delay.
Sometimes SWIFT is not the cheapest route; SWIFT vs local payment rails compares the options. If you need help from the bank, see NOVA Bank customer care.
A Pryme account holds USD, GBP and EUR alongside NGN, with local account details for each currency, so a sender in the UK, US or Europe can often pay you as a local transfer rather than by SWIFT. Money stays in the currency it arrived in until you convert it with Swap. See multicurrency accounts.
We could not confirm it from a NOVA Bank page in October 2026. Ask the bank at support@novabank.ng or +234 913 666 6680 and use the code it gives you in writing.
Yes, into a NOVA domiciliary account, which the bank says holds USD, GBP and EUR and receives international transfers without conversion.
NOVA changed from a merchant to a commercial bank in 2024. Ask the bank which code and name to use now rather than relying on an older directory entry.
No. Nigerian banks use a 10-digit NUBAN account number, quoted with the SWIFT code.
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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