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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
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Held a £2,000 transferNew payee · needs you
Review
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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
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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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Proof of ownership certificate: what it is and how to get it

What the vehicle proof of ownership certificate is, how it differs from the CMR, where it is issued and why it matters at checkpoints.

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Pryme editorialCodes & registration desk · 19 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
The short answer

A proof of ownership certificate is the licensing-office record that a vehicle is registered to you (or your company); it is issued when the vehicle is first registered and reissued in the buyer's name on a change of ownership. No national fee is published, so confirm the charge with your state licensing authority, and keep the original with the car because officers at checkpoints compare it with the plate and the vehicle licence.

What the certificate is

Every registered vehicle in Nigeria carries a small set of papers, and the proof of ownership certificate is the one that ties the car to a named person or organisation. The vehicle licence says the car has paid its road tax for the year; insurance says a third party is covered; the proof of ownership says who the registered owner is. Motorists often shorten it to 'POC'.

Licensing offices issue it at first registration, together with the plate number and the first vehicle licence. When the car is sold, a fresh certificate is issued in the buyer's name as part of change of ownership. The exact title printed on the paper and its layout differ from state to state, which is why it is worth knowing what your own state's version looks like before you buy a used car.

POC and CMR: two different things

'CMR' means Central Motor Registry, and readers use it for two separate things. In the FCT, the Directorate of Road Transport Services (DRTS) runs a Central Motor Registry that manages plate numbers, while FRSC produces the plates themselves, according to a May 2024 report on the directorate's automation. Many motorists also use 'CMR' for a police motor registry certificate. We could not confirm the police's current steps or fee for that certificate from an official page, so ask at your police division or licensing office before you pay anyone who offers to 'process CMR' for you.

Where it is issued

Vehicle registration is run by the states and the FCT, not by one national office. You deal with the motor licensing authority of the state where the vehicle is registered.

  • FCT: the DRTS under the FCT Administration. Since March 2023 it has offered a self-service portal for registering, renewing and selecting plates online, as reported by Gazette Nigeria in May 2024.
  • Lagos: the state's motor vehicle administration agency handles registration and change of ownership. We could not confirm its current fees or office list from an official page; see our Lagos guide for what is known.
  • Other states: the state board of internal revenue or motor licensing office, often at the same desk that sells the vehicle licence. Ask for an official receipt for every payment.

For the full order of first registration, see how to register a new car in Nigeria; for a used car, change of ownership for a used car.

What it costs

We found no published national fee for the certificate itself, and states set their own registration charges. What is published is the plate fee: a Joint Tax Board schedule reported by The Guardian in October 2024 set standard private and commercial plates at a minimum of ₦30,000 from 1 November 2024. The proof of ownership is usually paid for as part of a registration or change-of-ownership bundle, so ask the office to itemise the bundle and show you which line is the certificate.

Why it matters at checkpoints

Officers who stop a vehicle are checking that the car is lawfully registered and that the person driving it has a reason to be in it. The proof of ownership answers the first question, and the name on it should match the name on the vehicle licence and the insurance.

  • FRSC: the 2018 FRSC notice of offence sheet lists a vehicle licence violation at ₦3,000 and 3 penalty points, and using forged or fake documents at ₦20,000 and 10 points. FRSC ordered activation of the penalty point system in February 2025, according to ThisDay.
  • Lagos: under the Transport Sector Reform Law 2018 schedule, an unlicensed or unregistered vehicle attracts ₦20,000 for a first offence and ₦30,000 after that, or three months.
  • Theft checks: FRSC's National Vehicle Identification Scheme (NVIS) records plates against vehicles. In July 2025 FRSC in Anambra reported recovering a stolen vehicle during a routine NVIS check, and urged owners to upload their plates to the portal.

If you drive a car registered to someone else, such as a relative or your employer, carry a short signed authorisation from the owner along with copies of the papers. It is not a legal requirement we could source, but it makes a roadside conversation shorter.

Getting one, replacing one

New car

You receive it at first registration. Check the chassis number, engine number, colour and your name before you leave the office.

Used car

The seller hands over their certificate and the licensing office issues a new one in your name during change of ownership. Before paying, check the plate on NVIS at nvis.frsc.gov.ng and, for an imported car, the customs record; see how to check a plate number.

Lost or damaged

Offices commonly ask for a police extract reporting the loss, a sworn affidavit and the other vehicle papers before they reissue. Confirm the list and the reissue fee with your licensing office, because neither is published nationally.

What to check first

  1. The name on the certificate matches your ID or your company's CAC record.
  2. Chassis and engine numbers match the car itself, not just the other papers.
  3. The plate on the certificate matches the plate on the car and on NVIS.
  4. You hold an official receipt for the issuing fee.
  5. Copies are stored somewhere other than the glovebox.

Where Pryme fits

When you buy or sell a car privately, the payment record matters as much as the papers. A Pryme customer can generate a verifiable receipt through our partner VerifyDoc.ai, which the other party can check is genuine and unaltered; see verifiable receipts. If you are still saving for the car, our guide on saving to buy a car may help.

Questions people ask

What is proof of ownership of a vehicle in Nigeria?

It is the certificate issued by your state motor licensing authority showing who the vehicle is registered to. It is issued at first registration and reissued in the buyer's name on change of ownership.

Is POC the same as CMR?

No. POC is the licensing office's ownership certificate. CMR refers to a Central Motor Registry; the FCT DRTS has one for plates, and motorists also use the term for a police motor registry certificate whose current steps we could not confirm officially.

How much is proof of ownership in Nigeria?

No national fee is published. States set registration charges, so ask the licensing office for an itemised official receipt. The JTB schedule set standard plates at a minimum of ₦30,000 from November 2024.

Can I drive without proof of ownership?

Officers can ask for it, and in Lagos an unregistered vehicle attracts a ₦20,000 first-offence penalty under the 2018 law. Carry the original or a certified copy with the other papers.

Sources

  1. Gazette Nigeria: Automation of vehicle registration advancing public service delivery, DRTS (26 May 2024) · accessed Oct 2026
  2. The Guardian Nigeria: Nigerians to pay more for number plates, driver's licence (11 Oct 2024) · accessed Oct 2026
  3. Brand Spur: List of approved traffic offences in Nigeria and their penalties (FRSC notice of offence sheet, 2018) · accessed Oct 2026
  4. ThisDay: FRSC Corps Marshal orders activation of penalty point system (11 Feb 2025) · accessed Oct 2026
  5. Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law 2018: offences and penalties schedule (Youverify traffic management system) · accessed Oct 2026
  6. Voice of Nigeria: FRSC urges vehicle owners to register on NVIS (17 Jul 2025) · 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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