Nu Holdings Enters US Banking Market With 3.5% APY Account

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Nu Holdings Ltd. is entering the U.S. banking market, pitching a no-minimum-balance account paying 3.5% APY and a no-annual-fee Mastercard credit card with unlimited 1.5% cash back, with planned relationship benefits of 4.5% APY and 2% cash back for qualifying customers. The Brazilian digital bank is targeting a U.S. retail banking market where revenues reached about $1.2 trillion in 2024 and consumers pay an estimated $82 billion in banking and payment fees each year, according to Nu. Nu's Latin American playbook offers precedent: it entered Mexico in 2018 and now serves 16 million customers there, reaching break-even in six years, two years faster than Brazil, with monthly ARPAC of $12.3 at similar market penetration versus $5.6 for Brazil at that stage. Chief Financial Officer Rob Livingston said the company's technology can cross borders quickly, but developing U.S.-specific data and confidence in local credit models could take roughly 12 to 30 months. Nu will hold deposits at partner Lead Bank with FDIC insurance while it develops its national bank operation, and management has said U.S. investment should stay below 100 basis points of its efficiency ratio. In the U.S., Nu faces SoFi Technologies, which ended second-quarter 2026 with 15.8 million members and $1.2 billion in adjusted net revenues, and Chime Financial, which had 10.4 million active members in the second quarter as revenues rose 27% to $670 million and agreed on Sept. 8 to buy Stride Bank for $590 million.

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Nu Holdings Ltd
NU
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Nu is launching a US no-minimum 3.5% APY account and Mastercard credit card, expanding its customer base into the US market.

SoFi Technologies Inc.
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± MixedCompetitionrelevance

Named as a US rival Nu will compete against, with its 15.8M members and $1.2B adjusted net revenues cited as context.

Mastercard Inc
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▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Nu's new US credit card is a Mastercard, expanding Mastercard's card network volume.

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Stride BankPrivate± Mixed
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