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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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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
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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
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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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Paying school fees in Nigeria from abroad

How to pay a Nigerian school or university from the UK, US, Canada or Europe: pay the school directly in naira, use Remita, avoid scams, plan for the rate.

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Pryme editorialPayments · 16 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

Part of the guideSending money to Nigeria: the real cost, explained

The short answer

The safest way to pay school fees in Nigeria from abroad is to pay the school's own account directly, in naira, with the student's name and number as the reference, or through the school's Remita payment code if it uses one. Nigerian schools are not allowed to charge local students in dollars, so convert to naira and send to the school, not to an individual. Keep the receipt and confirm every change of bank details by phone.

School fees are one of the main reasons the diaspora sends money to Nigeria, and fees season is also when scammers are busiest. The aim is simple: the right amount reaches the school's account, on time, with a record. This article covers how. For the general cost of transfers and how payouts work, see our guide to the real cost of sending money to Nigeria.

Pay the school, in naira

Nigerian authorities have made clear that fees for students in Nigeria should be charged in naira. In May 2024 the EFCC warned schools, hotels and other businesses against pricing goods and services in dollars and set up a task force to enforce it, and the National Universities Commission said tertiary institutions may charge in foreign currency only for international students. If a school asks a Nigerian family to pay in dollars, ask why, and pay the naira equivalent to its official account.

This lines up with the remittance rules. Money sent through licensed transfer operators is paid out in naira at a rate linked to the official market, so sending naira straight to the school avoids a second conversion. It also means the school, not a relative or agent, is the one confirming receipt, which gives you a clean record if there is ever a dispute about whether a term was paid.

Three ways to pay from abroad

MethodHow it worksBest for
Transfer to the school's bank accountSend naira to the school's account number, with the student's name and ID as referenceMost private primary and secondary schools
Remita payment code (RRR)The school portal generates a Remita Retrieval Reference; pay against it online by card, bank or other channelsFederal and state universities, polytechnics and many public bodies
School portal with card paymentPay on the school's own portal through its payment gatewaySome private universities and international schools

Using a Remita code

Many public institutions collect fees through Remita. The student or guardian generates a unique Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) on the school's portal, or the school issues one. You then pay against that code by card, internet banking or other channels, and Remita issues a receipt at once. The school can confirm the payment with the same code, which is why it is harder to divert than a bank transfer. Make sure the code comes from the school's own portal, not from a link someone forwards.

Checks before you pay

  1. Get the fee schedule in writing, on letterhead or from the school portal, for the term or session.
  2. Get the school's official account details from the school itself, not from a forwarded message.
  3. Check the account name matches the school's name when your transfer app looks it up. A personal name is a red flag.
  4. Use the student's full name and admission or matriculation number as the payment reference.
  5. For a new account, send a small amount first and ask the bursary to confirm it arrived.
  6. Keep the transfer receipt and ask the school for its official receipt in return.

When the student pays the school

University students often prefer to pay their own fees. If you send the money to the student instead, check that their account is linked to a BVN and is on a verification tier that can receive the amount, otherwise a large credit can be held. Ask them to pay the school the same day and send you the school's receipt, and agree in advance what any surplus is for. Sending to the student is convenient but removes the direct record between you and the school, so for large sums paying the school is still better.

Worked example: a year's fees over three terms

Say a secondary school charges ₦1,500,000 a year, payable as ₦500,000 at the start of each of three terms. At the CBN pound selling rate of about ₦1,758 on 24 September 2026, one term's fees are worth about £284.36 at the reference rate. A provider whose total cost is 2% would need roughly £290.16 to deliver the full ₦500,000. The year's fees are about £853 at the reference rate.

Two things change that figure. The first is the provider: at the 14.55% global bank average the World Bank recorded in Q1 2025, delivering the same naira would take around £333 a term. The second is the rate: between early August and late September 2026 the pound fell about 4% against the naira, from about ₦1,837 to ₦1,758. On these fees, that move alone added about £12 to the cost of each term. Two habits help.

  • Set money aside early. Put each term's fees aside, in pounds, dollars or euros, as soon as you have them, so a late scramble does not force a bad rate.
  • Convert before the deadline, not on it. Give yourself a window of a few weeks before the term starts, and convert when the rate suits you within it.

For more on reading the rate, see why the pound-to-naira rate you get differs from the headline. If you also cover a family member's other costs, our article on paying bills in Nigeria from abroad applies the same approach to electricity, data and rent.

Where Pryme fits

With a Pryme multicurrency account, you can hold pounds, dollars or euros and convert with Swap when the rate suits you: the rate is shown before you confirm and any fee on its own line. Outside Nigeria, Pryme's activities are carried out through regulated partners. Eva, the assistant in the app, can prepare a payment for you; nothing moves until you approve it.

Where a school collects only through Remita or its own portal, pay through that channel, using a provider that supports it. Where it accepts a bank transfer, check in the app that the school's account can be paid before you approve, and keep the receipt. Term fees can also be set aside in a Savings Box, which holds naira only; the rate is shown in the app before you commit. For the wider picture, see our guide to sending money to Nigeria.

Questions people ask

Can I pay Nigerian school fees in dollars?

Generally no, for students who are Nigerian. In 2024 the EFCC warned schools against charging in dollars, and the NUC said tertiary institutions may charge foreign currency only for international students. Pay the naira amount to the school's official account.

How do I pay a Nigerian university's fees from the UK?

Many public universities use Remita. Generate the Remita Retrieval Reference on the university portal, then pay against it online. If the university gives a bank account instead, send naira to it with the student's matriculation number as the reference.

What should I do if the school says its account details have changed?

Do not pay until you have called the school's bursary on a number you already have. Changed account details are one of the most common payment scams, especially during fees season.

What is the cheapest way to pay school fees in Nigeria from abroad?

Convert with a low-cost regulated provider and send naira directly to the school. Compare providers on the naira that arrives, and convert a few weeks before the deadline rather than on the day.

Sources

  1. Ripples Nigeria: EFCC warns schools, hotels and others against charging in dollars · accessed Oct 2026
  2. The PIE News: Nigeria bans dollar fees at international schools (May 2024) · accessed Oct 2026
  3. TechEconomy: Nigerians in diaspora, how to pay school fees safely · accessed Oct 2026
  4. Within Nigeria: Exchange rate today, 3 October 2026 (pound and euro official rates) · accessed Oct 2026
  5. Prime Business Africa: Dollar, pound rates in official window and parallel market (6 August 2026) · accessed Oct 2026
  6. World Bank: Remittance Prices Worldwide, Issue Q1 2025 · accessed Oct 2026
  7. Kola King: CBN revised IMTO guidelines (January 2024) · accessed Oct 2026

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