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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.
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Paid Ikeja Electric₦18,400 · token sent by SMS
Done
Swap $200 → ₦310,000?Rate locked at ₦1,550 for 30 s
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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
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Regulated partnersEvery currency held with a licensed institution in its market
Solid AllianzeCBNNDIC
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Instant settlementOur own core ledger: swaps land at once, every receipt verifiableScan to get the app
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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.
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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
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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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Opening an African food shop in Italy: licences needed

An African food shop in Italy needs a SCIA through the SUAP, Registro Imprese entry, a food-hygiene registration with the ASL and HACCP-based procedures.

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Pryme editorialDiaspora desk, Rome · 24 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
The short answer

An African food shop in Italy is opened with a SCIA (Segnalazione Certificata di Inizio Attività) filed online through the comune’s SUAP, together with registration at the Camera di Commercio’s Registro Imprese, and the food side is registered with the local health authority (ASL), which expects written hygiene procedures built on HACCP principles. Selling food also requires a professional qualification held by the owner or a nominated person, so check that before you sign a lease.

Many Nigerians in Italy see the same gap: garri, egusi, palm oil, stockfish, plantain and spices that the Italian supermarket does not stock. A small shop can serve it well, but food retail is one of the more regulated trades in Italy. This guide sets out the permissions in the order you meet them, what each office checks, and the points to confirm locally, because the details are run by the comune, the regional health service and the chamber of commerce in your province.

The four permissions, in order

  1. Business registration and partita IVA. You need a VAT number and an entry in the Registro Imprese. If you have not chosen a structure yet, see ditta individuale or srl and opening a partita IVA.
  2. SCIA for the shop. The general rule, in art. 49(4) of D.L. 78/2010 as summarised by the Regione del Veneto, is that most business activities start with a SCIA rather than a prior licence. Chambers describe the route: the SCIA goes to the SUAP of the comune where the business is based through impresainungiorno.gov.it and travels with the ComUnica filing to the Registro Imprese.
  3. Food-hygiene registration with the ASL. A shop selling food must be registered with the local health authority, normally as part of the same SUAP filing. Ask your SUAP which ASL form or section applies.
  4. The professional requirement for food. Food retail requires a professional qualification held by the owner, a partner or a nominated preposto (see below).

The professional qualification for selling food

This is the step most newcomers miss. A Florence chamber and prefecture guide for new businesses, published in 2009, described the food requirement (then called the REC) as met in one of three ways: a recognised training course with an exam, two years of qualified work in the food sector within the last five years, or a relevant degree. The labels and course names have changed since 2009, so treat that as background and confirm the current routes with your Camera di Commercio or SUAP before you rely on them.

  • Course route: regional food-trade courses are run by accredited training bodies; ask the chamber for the list in your region.
  • Experience route: work done in Nigeria may not count unless it can be documented and accepted; Italian experience on a payslip is easier to prove.
  • Nominating someone else: if you lack the qualification, a partner or employee who holds it can usually be named. Ask the SUAP how the nomination is recorded.

Premises: what the comune and ASL look at

Before signing a lease, check that the unit’s planning use (destinazione d’uso) allows retail, and ask the SUAP whether your comune has rules on shop size, opening hours or the historic centre. For food, the ASL looks at hygiene conditions: washable surfaces, hand-washing, toilets, storage that keeps dry goods off the floor, and cold storage at the right temperature if you sell frozen fish, meat or other chilled products. Smoked or dried fish and imported foods raise one more question: you must be able to show where each product came from.

Imported Nigerian products

Buy from importers who can give you invoices and labels in Italian. Do not treat products brought in your own luggage as shop stock. Keep supplier invoices for every product line; traceability is what the ASL will ask for if a product is recalled or questioned.

Hygiene procedures and HACCP

Every food business is expected to run written self-control procedures based on HACCP principles. The FAO’s 2023 toolbox sets out the seven principles in twelve steps, from identifying hazards and critical control points to setting critical limits, verifying and keeping records, and notes that records should be proportionate and “do not need to be complicated”. For a dry-goods shop the plan is short; chilled and frozen products add temperature checks. Staff training is covered in HACCP certificates in Italy.

Chamber costs you can plan for

ItemFigureSource and date
Stamp duty on a Registro Imprese filing, ditta individuale€17.50Camera di commercio di Cagliari-Oristano costs page, checked Oct 2026
Stamp duty, società di capitali€65.00Same page
Annual chamber fee, ditta individuale (ordinary section)€100, or €120 where the 20% increase appliesEC News, 25 Jun 2026 (2026 amounts)
Annual chamber fee, companiesfrom €200, set by turnoverEC News, 25 Jun 2026

Secretarial fees (diritti di segreteria) vary by filing and are set by a ministerial decree of 17 July 2012, according to the Cagliari-Oristano page; SUAP and ASL fees are set locally. Ask the SUAP for its current tariff. More on the chamber step: registering at the Camera di Commercio.

Steps

  1. Confirm your residence permit allows self-employment.
  2. Check the professional food requirement and how you will meet it.
  3. Check the premises’ use class and hygiene layout with the SUAP before signing.
  4. Open the partita IVA and prepare the ComUnica and SCIA (an accountant or trade association often files both).
  5. Write your HACCP-based procedures and train staff.
  6. Line up importers with Italian labels and invoices.

Where Pryme fits

If you buy stock from Nigerian suppliers or send profits home, a Pryme Business Account can be opened from any country and holds NGN, USD, GBP and EUR with local account details, and Swap converts only when you choose, showing the rate and the fee before you approve. Outside Nigeria, Pryme’s activities are carried out through regulated partners. See business multicurrency accounts.

Questions people ask

Do I need a licence to open an African shop in Italy?

Most shops start with a SCIA filed through the comune’s SUAP rather than a licence issued in advance. Food adds an ASL hygiene registration and a professional qualification.

Can I sell food I import in my luggage?

No. Stock for sale should come from suppliers who give you invoices and Italian labelling, so you can show traceability.

Does my Nigerian work experience count for the food qualification?

Possibly, but only if it is documented and accepted. Ask the Camera di Commercio which evidence it takes; Italian experience is easier to prove.

How much does the Camera di Commercio charge each year?

For 2026 a ditta individuale in the ordinary section pays €100, or €120 where the 20% increase applies, according to EC News (June 2026).

Sources

  1. La professione di acconciatore (Regione del Veneto, updated 8 Jun 2021) · accessed Oct 2026
  2. Guida per la creazione di una nuova impresa (Prefettura e Camera di Commercio di Firenze, 2009) · accessed Oct 2026
  3. Registro imprese: costi e modalità di pagamento (Camera di commercio di Cagliari-Oristano) · accessed Oct 2026
  4. Il diritto camerale 2026: determinazione e scadenze di versamento (EC News, 25 Jun 2026) · accessed Oct 2026
  5. Good Hygiene Practices and HACCP Toolbox (FAO, 2023) · accessed Oct 2026
  6. Guida operativa imprese di pulizia, disinfezione, disinfestazione, derattizzazione e sanificazione (Registro Imprese Frosinone-Latina, 14 Mar 2024) · accessed Oct 2026

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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