“Can a prepaid card replace cash disbursement for German municipal social benefits?”
SocialCard is a German prepaid social-benefits card program issued by secupay AG (a BaFin-licensed payment institution) in cooperation with Paynetics AD. It is used by German municipalities to disburse social assistance to recipients via a prepaid card rather than cash, with payment processing routed through the secupay/netpay rails.
SocialCard discloses secupay and Paynetics as its banking providers, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
SocialCard does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through secupay and Paynetics.
SocialCard processes payments through secupay.
SocialCard's cards are issued through secupay and Paynetics.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 3 layers in SocialCard's stack: Payments / PSP (secupay); Banking / BaaS (secupay and Paynetics); Card issuing (secupay and Paynetics).
SocialCard is headquartered in Pulsnitz, Germany (issuer secupay AG).
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