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Nubank

Brazil-based digital bank and Latin America's largest fintech, offering banking, credit and investment services across Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.

Known aliases

  • Nu
  • Nubank, N.A.
  • Nu Holdings
  • NYSE:NU

Current stories

investOne report1 publisher

Nubank opens in the US on Lead Bank's FDIC-insured balance sheet with its own charter pending

Nubank launched US operations on September 10 through Lead Bank at 3.50% APY instead of waiting for its own national bank charter. Crowdfund Insider did not report the commercial terms with Lead Bank, so the margin on that rate cannot be checked.

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives60
Confidence40
investOne report1 publisher

Monzo courts CVC and Advent for a stake of up to 15% after Nubank talks fail on price

Monzo has held early talks with CVC and Advent International on selling a minority stake of up to 15% after a full sale to Nubank broke down over price. Whatever a fund pays for that stake will test the £10bn Monzo wanted against the £4.5bn mark it set in 2024.

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives55
Confidence45
investConfirmed3 publishers

Nubank denies pursuing Monzo deal after reports valued fintech at up to £10 billion

Nu Holdings, the reported bidder behind an £8 billion to £10 billion Monzo valuation, said in a Sept. 30 filing that it is not pursuing a deal. Monzo's board now has to find that price among investors buying stakes of up to 15%.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 5%
Operator
Operator 38%
Investor
Investor 57%

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+45
Incentives45
Confidence65
investConfirmed4 publishers

Nubank's reported price for Monzo runs to 2.2 times its 2024 valuation

Monzo is in early talks to sell to Nubank at a reported £8bn to £10bn, against a £4.5bn valuation from an October 2024 employee share sale. A deal would likely end its plans to float, costing London one of the fintech listings officials hoped would revive a depleted market.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 6%
Operator
Operator 34%
Investor
Investor 60%

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives50
Confidence50
investConfirmed3 publishers

Brazil's bank crypto shelves fish in the R$8.5bn retail slice of a R$505.5bn market

Itau, Nubank and Banco do Brasil now broker dozens of tokens for retail clients while Central Bank filings show none of it on their own books, which makes the shelf a fee business carrying no inventory risk.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 10%
Operator
Operator 52%
Investor
Investor 38%

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption45
Hype gap+10
Incentives40
Confidence60
investOne report1 publisher

Nubank rents a Swiss licence to sell cross-border stablecoin yield

Nu Global advertises about 3.50% on USDC and 2.20% on EURC, and Sygnum's Swiss bank supplies the conversion, custody and rails behind it. Nubank is buying the licensed layer.

Reality

Evidence44
Adoption30
Hype gap+26
Incentives71
Confidence45
investOne report1 publisher

Emerging-market neobanks give away up to 5% on forex to keep 1% to 2% on a swipe

Circle's USDC market cap reached about $75 billion in 2025 after 73% growth. Roughly 76% of the emerging-market digital banks routing dollars over those rails have yet to turn a profit on the customers they sign.

Reality

Evidence30
Adoption55
Hype gap+35
Incentives60
Confidence34
investOne report1 publisher

Nubank opens its US bank on Lead Bank's charter with ten months on the OCC clock

Nubank launched US accounts through a sponsor partnership with Lead Bank while it works to capitalize a subsidiary the OCC has conditionally approved. It also launched a stablecoin account advertising 3.50%.

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption40
Hype gap+18
Incentives65
Confidence57
investOne report1 publisher

Nubank's U.S. suite launches on Lead Bank's charter before its own licence clears

Nubank said in Miami it will soon sell higher-yield deposits, credit cards and payments across 35 countries in the United States, with a cofounder relocated to run it and a partner bank holding the permission it has applied for.

Publishers:fortune.com

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption30
Hype gap+35
Incentives72
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Nubank funds three bank charters out of a $1.1B quarter, with credit cost up 60%

Net income rose 49% to $1.1 billion at a record 33% return on equity while Nubank opened its Mexican bank and pursued charters in Brazil and the US. Cost of credit is up 60% year over year.

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption62
Hype gap+14
Incentives72
Confidence57