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PicPay

Can PicPay become Brazil's financial super-app by stacking its own bank, acquiring, lending, investments, insurance, and cross-border onto a 67M-user consumer base?

Founded2012
HQSão Paulo, Brazil
IndustryFintech / Neobank
The story

PicPay started as a P2P payments wallet in Brazil and has steadily evolved into a full-stack digital bank. By 2024 it had stood up its own multi-bank entity (PicPay Bank Banco Múltiplo S.A.) and began issuing credit cards directly, transitioning away from operating purely through partner bank Banco Original. In 2025 it expanded internationally with USD/EUR Global Accounts powered by AstroPay, signaling a strategy to be a one-stop financial super-app for 67M+ Brazilians spanning consumer banking, SMB acquiring, lending, insurance, investments, and cross-border.

Last 12 months
2025-11
2024-01
Product timeline
2012
PicPay founded as a P2P payments app in Brazil.· pivot
2024
PicPay Bank Banco Múltiplo S.A. began operating as a card issuer (Jan 26, 2024) after building out its full banking license.· banking
2025
Launched Global Account in USD and EUR with international Visa card, powered by AstroPay Platform.· card
Regulated entities
Payment Institution
Brazil (BCB)
PicPay Instituição de Pagamento S.A.
Banco Múltiplo (Multiple Bank)
Brazil (BCB) · 2024
PicPay Bank - Banco Múltiplo S.A.
DTVM (Securities Distributor)
Brazil (CVM/BCB)
PicPay Invest DTVM S.A.
SEP (Sociedade de Empréstimo entre Pessoas / Direct Credit Society)
Brazil (BCB)
Crednovo SEP S.A.
The stack
Payments / PSP
PicPay (self-operated acquirer)PicPay Card (self-issued)
Banking / BaaS
PicPay Bank - Banco Múltiplo S.A. (in-house)
Card issuing
PicPay Bank - Banco Múltiplo S.A. (in-house)
Lending
PicPay Bank / Crednovo SEP S.A. (in-house) + Banco Original (receivables financing partner)Empréstimo pessoalCapital de Giro (PJ working capital)Antecipação de recebíveis (receivables advance, partnered with Banco Original)Pix Parcelado (Pix in up to 36x installments)Boleto Parcelado (installment payment of boletos)PicPay Card credit card lending
Open banking
Open Finance Brasil (BCB-regulated direct participant)
Sponsor bank
Banco Original S.A.
FX & payouts
AstroPay Platform
Accounting gap: significant