The ‘growth at any cost’ approach that some fintechs have taken is now likely a thing of the past, as access to funding becomes tougher. Our survey also points to the importance of scale; larger fintechs tend to be more profitable than their smaller ...

Considering how fintechs run their own operations, our detailed survey of 215 firms provides some interesting insights. Brazilian fintechs are focused on growing their user base and transaction value, and on product/ service innovation. As for the cu...

There have been around 45 net additions to the fintech unicorns list this year (as of end-May); most of these companies are based in developed markets, but there are a handful from emerging markets too. Most of these new fintech unicorns are already ...

Nubank is a digital bank providing services in Latin America, principally Brazil. Nubank went on to IPO in December 2021, with its shares rising 15% on their first day of trading, giving the digital bank a market capitalisation of cUS$50bn. It is a p...

One of the major drivers of fintechs' success over the past decade has been their ability to provide their clients with innovative and quality products, but customers still feel that there is room for improvement in some areas. Our survey of 900 cons...