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Inside Nubank: From 2013 to Now Into a $2.3 billion business

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Headquarter: São Paulo, Brazil

Current Status: Active (public since 2021)

Founders: David Vélez, Cristina Junqueira, Edward Wible

Founded Year: 2013

Investors: Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, Tencent Holdings

Funding Raised: $2.3 billion

What Is the business model of Nubank?

Digital bank offering no-fee credit cards, checking accounts, and personal loans via a mobile app, primarily targeting Brazil and Latin America’s underserved consumers

How Nubank got started?

Vélez founded Nubank in Brazil in 2013 to disrupt an oligopolistic banking sector, started with a purple no-fee credit card managed entirely through a smartphone app, attracting users fed up with high banking fees

what growth strategy has Nubank followed?

Gained customers rapidly through word-of-mouth about its no-fee, customer-friendly approach, focused on superior customer service and a sleek app, becoming the world’s largest digital bank by users and going public in a U.S. IPO

what are the top products/features of Nubank

Nubank credit card, NuConta digital account, Nubank Rewards, personal and business loans

what was the biggest challenge faced by Nubank?

Overcoming distrust of a startup bank in a market dominated by traditional banks, and managing credit risk among a wide population, all while expanding into multiple Latin American countries