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
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A worked example of setting a euro rate for Nigerian clients that covers withholding tax, INPS, Italian tax and currency swings, with the sums shown.
Work backwards from the euro you need to keep. As a forfettario at the 5% start-up rate paying 26.07% gestione separata, with a Nigerian client deducting 10% withholding, you keep about 66 cents of each euro invoiced, so a €24,000 net year needs fees of about €36,500. Quote in euro so naira moves stay with the client, and agree whether your fee is gross or net of withholding.
Freelancers often price for Nigerian clients by converting a local naira rate, or by guessing what the market will bear. Both leave you exposed to costs that only show up later in Italy. A better approach is to decide the net euro income you need, then add back every deduction between the client's payment and your pocket.
| Deduction | Figure used in the example | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Nigerian withholding tax on professional fees to non-residents | 10% of the fee | PwC Nigeria, 2024 regulations |
| Forfettario coefficient (professional services) | 78% of fees is taxable income | Money.it, 2026 guide |
| Gestione separata, professionals with no other cover | 26.07% of taxable income | INPS circular no. 8, 3 Feb 2026 |
| Substitute tax | 5% start-up, or 15% standard, of taxable income | Money.it, 2026 guide |
Remember that a forfettario cannot credit the Nigerian withholding against Italian tax, according to Agenzia delle Entrate Risoluzione 36/E of 2019, so in this example it is a pure cost.
Example, for illustration only. Ngozi is a forfettario UX designer in Turin, on the 5% start-up rate, with no other pension cover. She wants to keep €24,000 a year after tax and contributions. Her clients are Nigerian companies that deduct withholding tax. For each €1 she invoices:
To keep €24,000 she needs fees of about €36,500 (€24,000 ÷ 0.658). Checking it: €36,500 less withholding of €3,650 is €32,850 received. Taxable income is €28,470; contributions are about €7,422 and tax €1,424, leaving about €24,004.
| Scenario (illustrative) | Kept per €1 invoiced | Fees for €24,000 net |
|---|---|---|
| 5% rate, client deducts 10% | about €0.658 | about €36,500 |
| 5% rate, no Nigerian withholding | about €0.758 | about €31,700 |
| 15% rate, client deducts 10% | about €0.580 | about €41,400 |
The sums leave out business costs and assume contributions do not reduce taxable income, which makes them cautious; your commercialista can refine them. Divide the annual fee by the billable days you expect, not by 365, to find a day rate.
Example, for illustration only. If Ngozi expects 180 billable days a year, after holidays, admin and gaps between projects, her €36,500 target becomes about €203 a day. A five-day project would be quoted at about €1,015, and a monthly retainer for four days a month at about €812. If she rounds these up for negotiation room, she should round the euro figure, not a naira conversion of it. Presenting the quote as a scope of work with a fixed euro price, rather than a day rate, often lands better with Nigerian clients who budget by project.
If you quote in euro, the naira risk sits with the client: it pays more naira if the naira weakens. If a client insists on naira, the risk moves to you. A 10% fall in the naira between quote and payment cuts a naira fee's euro value by 10%, which on the figures above wipes out more than a month's earnings over a year. Options include a naira fee tied to a reference rate on payment day, or a buffer added to the naira quote, stated openly so the client understands it.
The single biggest pricing lever is the contract wording on withholding. If the fee is "net of any withholding", the client grosses up, and Ngozi's required fee falls to the no-withholding row. Agree it before work starts. PwC Nigeria notes the customer issues the receipt for tax withheld; ask for it with each payment.
A Pryme Business Account receives euro, dollars and naira with local details for each, so clients pay in the currency you quoted; see business multicurrency and invoicing. The Sales agent can prepare quotes in your chosen currency for you to approve. Related: naira or euros and gestione separata rates.
Start with the net euro you need, then add back Nigerian withholding (10% for non-residents), INPS (26.07% in 2026) and Italian tax on your taxable income. Quote in euro.
Euro, if your costs are in Italy, so naira moves stay with the client. If you must quote naira, tie it to a reference rate on payment day.
In the example, about 66 cents at the 5% rate when the client deducts 10% withholding, and about 76 cents without withholding.
Yes, by agreeing a fee net of withholding in the contract, so the client pays enough for you to receive the full amount.
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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