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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.
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Pryme app: Duress signal
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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
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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
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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
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Received $2,400From a client · USD account
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Swap $200 → £—?Rate locked for 30 s
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Paid the light bill at home₦18,400 · Ikeja Electric
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Keep $1,000 liquid, save the rest?$1,400 → Flexible Box
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Held a £2,000 transferNew payee · needs you
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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.

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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
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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.

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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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CBN rules on remittances: how money is paid out in Nigeria

How the Central Bank of Nigeria's rules decide how money sent from abroad is paid out: naira-only payouts, the $200 cash limit, and the May 2026 changes.

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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

Under Central Bank of Nigeria rules, money sent to Nigeria through licensed international money transfer operators (IMTOs) is paid out in naira, at a rate linked to the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, into a bank account or as cash up to the equivalent of $200. Since 1 May 2026 IMTOs must route every payout through naira settlement accounts at authorised dealer banks. To receive foreign currency, the recipient needs a domiciliary account and a direct bank transfer.

The provider you choose abroad decides what you pay. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) decides how the money lands. Its rules on remittances have changed several times since 2023, and much of the advice online predates them. This article sets out the position as of October 2026. For costs and how to compare providers, see our guide to the real cost of sending money to Nigeria.

How the rules got here

WhenWhat changed
July 2023The CBN added naira as a payout option for remittances through approved IMTOs, priced at the official market rate.
31 January 2024Revised IMTO guidelines: IMTOs limited to inbound transfers only; payouts in naira to a bank account or in cash; anything above the equivalent of $200 must go into an account; IMTOs may not buy foreign currency in the domestic market to meet obligations. Payouts to mobile money wallets were removed.
June 2024Banks and IMTOs told to pay diaspora remittances in naira, with access to naira liquidity through the CBN.
March 2026A circular, effective 1 May 2026, made naira the only payout currency for IMTO remittances and required all disbursements to pass exclusively through IMTOs' naira settlement accounts at authorised dealer banks.

What the May 2026 rules require

The March 2026 circular was signed by the Director of the CBN's Trade and Exchange Department and addressed to IMTOs, authorised dealer banks and the public. Its main points:

  • Naira only. Recipients of diaspora remittances through IMTOs are paid in naira, not foreign currency, at official market rates.
  • Settlement accounts. Every licensed IMTO must hold naira settlement accounts with one or more authorised dealer banks, and all beneficiary payments must go through them.
  • What can be credited. Those accounts may receive only remittance flows and foreign exchange conversion proceeds from licensed IMTOs or their agents dealing with authorised participants in the official market.
  • Reporting. Each IMTO must give the CBN a list of its settlement accounts and keep it up to date.
  • Monitoring. The CBN said it would use enhanced monitoring to ensure compliance.

The CBN's stated aims are tighter oversight of remittances, better transparency and traceability of inflows, and bringing all inflows into the formal financial system. Commentators have noted the risk for recipients if the naira weakens, and that some operators may adjust fees.

Why formal channels matter to the CBN

Remittances are one of Nigeria's largest sources of foreign currency, but not all of it passes through banks. Reports on the circular cited figures showing formal remittance inflows fell 11.78% to $2.07 billion in the first half of 2025. When money moves through informal dealers instead, the dollars never reach the official market, which makes the naira harder to manage. Routing every IMTO payout through named settlement accounts at authorised dealer banks lets the CBN see where inflows go and keeps the foreign currency in the official market. For senders, the effect is mostly invisible: you still choose a provider and your family still receives naira. What changes is that the provider must be licensed and its payout chain traceable, which is a reason to check the firm you use is regulated where you live.

What it means for the person receiving

Bank account
The normal route. The recipient needs a Nigerian account with a 10-digit NUBAN, linked to their BVN and on a verification tier that allows the amount.
Cash pickup
Allowed up to the equivalent of $200 per payout, with acceptable identification. Larger amounts must go into an account.
Mobile wallet
Not a payout option for inbound IMTO remittances under the 2024 guidelines. If a provider offers it, ask how it is routed.
Foreign currency
Not available through IMTOs. A recipient who wants dollars, pounds or euros needs a domiciliary account at a Nigerian bank and a direct international bank transfer into it. Check the bank's charges first.

Worked example: $1,000 under naira-only payout

Say you send $1,000 and the provider's fee and margin are already paid. At the official rate of about ₦1,331.77 per dollar on 8 October 2026, your family receives about ₦1,331,770. On the same morning, one tracker put the parallel market buying rate at ₦1,370, which would have given ₦1,370,000. The difference is about ₦38,000, or 2.8%.

That gap is the practical cost of naira-only payout at the official rate, and it is far smaller than it was in 2023, before the exchange rates were unified. It also moves: some weeks it narrows, some weeks it widens. Using an unlicensed dealer to capture it carries far larger risks, covered in our guide to money transfer scams targeting the diaspora.

Common questions about the rules

Does this apply to every way of sending money?

The naira-only and settlement account rules apply to remittances through IMTOs. A direct international bank transfer into a domiciliary account is a different route and is treated differently. Money you convert yourself, then send as naira from a naira account to another Nigerian account, is a domestic transfer.

Who sets the rate?

No fixed rate is set. Payouts are priced off the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, where rates move daily. Your provider's own margin sits on top, which is why our explainer on why the rate you get differs from the headline matters as much as the rules.

Do I need a Nigerian account myself?

No, but it helps if you want to control when you convert or pay bills directly. Nigerians abroad can now get a BVN online; see our NRBVN explainer.

Where Pryme fits

Pryme keeps the conversion in your hands. A multicurrency account holds pounds, dollars, euros and naira, with money staying in the currency it arrived in. With Swap you see the rate before you confirm, held for about 30 seconds, with any fee shown on its own line, and you can set a target rate with "When it hits" where it is available on your account. Naira accounts are provided by Solid Allianze Microfinance Bank, licensed by the CBN and insured by the NDIC up to the applicable limit; outside Nigeria, activities are carried out through regulated partners.

Pryme Financial Ltd is a financial technology company, not a bank. For how the rules fit with costs and timing, read our full guide to sending money to Nigeria.

Questions people ask

Can my family in Nigeria receive dollars from abroad?

Not through an international money transfer operator, which must pay out in naira. To receive dollars, they need a domiciliary account at a Nigerian bank, and you send a direct international bank transfer to it.

What is the cash pickup limit for remittances in Nigeria?

The equivalent of $200 per payout, under the CBN's January 2024 IMTO guidelines. Larger sums must be paid into a bank account, and cash collection requires valid identification.

What changed for remittances to Nigeria on 1 May 2026?

A CBN circular made naira the only payout currency for IMTO remittances and required all payouts to pass through IMTOs' naira settlement accounts at authorised dealer banks.

What exchange rate do IMTOs use in Nigeria?

Payouts are priced off the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market rate, which changes daily. Each provider adds its own margin, so compare the naira that will arrive.

Can remittances be paid into a mobile wallet in Nigeria?

The CBN's 2024 IMTO guidelines removed mobile money wallets as a payout option for inbound remittances. Bank accounts and limited cash pickup remain.

Sources

  1. ICIR: CBN adds naira payout for diaspora remittances (July 2023) · accessed Oct 2026
  2. Kola King: CBN revised IMTO guidelines (January 2024) · accessed Oct 2026
  3. Kola King: CBN orders banks and IMTOs to settle diaspora remittances in naira (June 2024) · accessed Oct 2026
  4. AllAfrica: CBN bans foreign currency payments for diaspora remittances from 1 May 2026 · accessed Oct 2026
  5. Prime Business Africa: CBN orders naira-only payout for diaspora remittances from May 2026 · accessed Oct 2026
  6. TechEconomy: Dollar to naira exchange rate, 8 October 2026 · accessed Oct 2026
  7. Central Bank of Nigeria: Foreign Exchange Structure and Management · 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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