“Can a teen-focused payment card evolve into the full financial education OS for European families — combining spending controls, AI coaching, savings, and insurance — before neobanks commoditize the teen segment?”
Pixpay launched in 2019 as a French fintech targeting teenagers aged 10–18 with a Mastercard payment card and parental-control app, operating as a Treezor distributor. Over 2020–2022 the company expanded its infrastructure to include a dual-card setup: a Mastercard card via Treezor (ACPR-regulated) and a Visa card via Transact Payments Malta, plus French IBANs via Modulr Finance B.V. The company has iterated from a simple pocket-money card into a family financial education platform incorporating savings goals, AI coaching, cashback, and cyberbullying insurance — becoming part of a global group with 5M+ users according to its 2026 homepage.
Pixpay discloses Treezor as its banking provider, with Treezor (ACPR n°16798) as its sponsor bank, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Pixpay does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Treezor (ACPR n°16798).
Pixpay moves money over SEPA.
Pixpay's cards are issued through Transact Payments Malta Limited.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 4 layers in Pixpay's stack: Money movement (SEPA); Banking / BaaS (Treezor); Card issuing (Transact Payments Malta Limited); Sponsor bank (Treezor (ACPR n°16798)).
Pixpay is founded in 2019 and headquartered in Paris, France.
Pixpay has raised >€11M (as of March 2020) in total (latest round: Series A (or undisclosed), March 2020).
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