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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.
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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Agents with a mandatePowered by Pryme Intelligence. Nothing moves without youFlip
Pryme Intelligence
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.
10 years2016 to today, one trunkScan to get the app
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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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Travelling to Nigeria on a British passport: visa or not?

If you enter Nigeria on a British passport you need a visa arranged before you fly. Dual nationals can often travel on a Nigerian passport instead.

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

Yes. GOV.UK's travel advice for Nigeria (updated 16 October 2026) says you must have a visa to enter Nigeria as a visitor, applied for online through the Nigeria Immigration Service before you travel; visa on arrival is no longer available. A British-Nigerian who is still a Nigerian citizen can avoid the visa by entering on a valid Nigerian passport.

The question comes up every December and every family wedding season: you hold a British passport, perhaps a Nigerian one too, and you want to know whether you can simply book a flight to Lagos or Abuja. The short version is that the British passport on its own does not get you in. Below is what the official UK and Nigerian sources say as at October 2026, what changes if you also hold Nigerian citizenship, and what to do in the weeks before you fly.

What the official sources say for British passport holders

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office keeps the entry requirements for Nigeria on GOV.UK. Its page, last updated on 16 October 2026, makes four points that matter to most travellers:

  • A visa is required. You must have a visa to enter Nigeria as a visitor, and you should get it before you travel.
  • No visa on arrival. The page states that visa on arrival is no longer available; applications go through the Nigeria Immigration Service's online portal. A KPMG summary of the Interior Ministry's reforms reported that visa on arrival ended on 1 May 2025.
  • Residence permit holders are exempt. If you hold a valid Nigerian residence permit (CERPAC or Green Card), you do not need a visa.
  • Passport validity. Your passport must be valid for at least six months after the date you arrive.

The Nigeria High Commission in London adds that visas cannot be issued at the port of entry and advises applying early. It also says visa application submissions have moved from the High Commission building to an outsourced office at 56-57 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1JU, and that visa applicants no longer pay a processing fee to the High Commission itself. Neither page publishes the visa fee, so take the amount from the portal at the point you pay rather than from a forum post.

If you are also a Nigerian citizen

Many readers are British by naturalisation or birth and Nigerian by birth. Section 28 of the 1999 Constitution says a Nigerian citizen who is not a citizen by birth loses Nigerian citizenship by acquiring another nationality. The rule does not reach citizens by birth, which is why most Nigerians who were born Nigerian and later became British keep both citizenships. If that describes you, you are entitled to a Nigerian passport, and a Nigerian citizen entering on a valid Nigerian passport does not need a Nigerian visa.

The catch is the word valid. An expired Nigerian passport is not a travel document. If yours has lapsed, you have three practical paths:

  1. Renew it in the UK through the Nigeria Immigration Service portal and an appointment with the High Commission. The High Commission lists a standard administrative fee of £20 (notice dated 11 September 2026), separate from the passport fee paid on the portal. See renewing a Nigerian passport through the London High Commission.
  2. Apply for an Emergency Travel Certificate if you need to travel before a renewal can be done. The High Commission lists a £120 postal order for adults, and the certificate is valid for travel within 30 days of issue. More in our guide to the emergency travel certificate.
  3. Get a visa in your British passport and travel as a visitor, accepting the cost and lead time.

Which is quicker: a visa or a renewed Nigerian passport?

Neither the High Commission nor GOV.UK publishes a guaranteed turnaround for visas, and passport timings depend on appointment slots and the London or regional intervention exercises. The High Commission ran a second passport intervention exercise in London, Manchester, Cardiff and Aberdeen from 6 to 30 October 2026, which shows that capacity comes in waves. If your flight is close, book whichever appointment is available first and keep evidence of the booking.

Your situationWhat gets you into NigeriaNotes
British passport onlyVisa obtained online before travelNo visa on arrival; passport valid 6 months beyond arrival
British and Nigerian, Nigerian passport validNigerian passportNo Nigerian visa needed as a citizen
British and Nigerian, Nigerian passport expiredRenewal, Emergency Travel Certificate, or a visa in the British passportETC valid for travel within 30 days of issue
Holder of CERPAC or Green CardResidence permit with passportGOV.UK says no visa needed

Other entry checks that apply either way

Whichever passport you use, GOV.UK lists checks that catch travellers out:

  • Yellow fever. You need a certificate proving yellow fever vaccination. Infants aged 8 months or younger and adults aged 61 or older are exempt.
  • Landing and departure cards. Nigeria requires these for foreigners and officials may ask for them at the airport; GOV.UK says they can be completed through the online portal.
  • Lost or stolen passports. Entry can be refused if the passport you present has been reported lost or stolen. If you reported a passport missing and then found it, do not travel on it.

For your return, GOV.UK reminds British citizens that they need a valid British passport or a certificate of entitlement to come back into the UK. That is why dual nationals carry both documents. The order of showing them is covered in which passport to use when leaving the UK for Nigeria.

What to check first

  1. Confirm your citizenship status: Nigerian by birth, or by registration or naturalisation. The Constitution treats them differently.
  2. Look at the expiry dates on both passports against your travel dates, keeping the six-month rule in mind for the British one.
  3. If you need a visa, apply only through the Nigeria Immigration Service portal linked from the High Commission's site, and read the fee on the portal.
  4. Have your yellow fever certificate ready and complete the landing card online.
  5. Ignore fee claims that do not come from the High Commission or NIS. In September 2026 the High Commission publicly corrected a false claim of a £70 administrative fee.

Where Pryme fits

Once the documents are sorted, the money side of a trip home is easier if you are not converting at the airport. A Pryme Personal Account can be opened from the UK and holds pounds and naira side by side, with local account details for each, so you can move what you plan to spend into naira with Swap before you land. The app shows the rate and the fee before you approve. See how the multicurrency account works.

Questions people ask

Do British citizens need a visa for Nigeria in 2026?

Yes. GOV.UK (updated 16 October 2026) says you must have a visa to enter Nigeria as a visitor and should get it online through the Nigeria Immigration Service before you travel.

Can I get a Nigerian visa on arrival at Lagos airport?

No. GOV.UK says visa on arrival is no longer available, and the Nigeria High Commission in London says visas cannot be issued at the port of entry.

I was born in Nigeria and became British. Do I still need a visa?

If you are a Nigerian citizen by birth you keep that citizenship under section 28 of the Constitution and can travel on a valid Nigerian passport without a visa. You need a visa only if you travel on the British passport.

My Nigerian passport has expired. Can I still use it to enter?

An expired passport is not a valid travel document. Renew it, apply for an Emergency Travel Certificate (£120 for adults at the London High Commission), or get a visa in your British passport.

Sources

  1. GOV.UK: Nigeria travel advice, entry requirements (updated 16 Oct 2026) · accessed Oct 2026
  2. Nigeria High Commission London: Immigration (visa, e-passport, emergency travel certificate) · accessed Oct 2026
  3. Constitution of Nigeria 1999, section 28 (dual citizenship) · accessed Oct 2026
  4. Mondaq (KPMG): Ministry of Interior reforms in expatriate administration and visa policy, 21 Apr 2025 · accessed Oct 2026
  5. Nigeria High Commission London: About and public notices (Sept-Oct 2026) · 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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