Nubank’s Credit Loan Strategy: How It Works

As the largest neobank in Latin America with over 100 million clients, Brazilian fintech Nubank, backed by Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett, has well surpassed the break-even mark, reporting profits exceeding $1 billion. Now, it aims to expand further into the credit market, a crucial area largely untapped by Latin American fintechs yet critical to maximizing […]

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Fintech Nexus Newsletter (May 30, 2024): nCino reports record revenue for its first quarter

Fintech infrastructure is still hot. As earnings season wraps up, we heard from nCino yesterday as they reported on their fiscal first quarter, which ended on April 30. The company reported revenue of $128 million in Q1, up 13% from the same quarter last year. Demand for its single-platform cloud banking solutions and AI offerings remains strong. […]

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Anthony Sharett, President of Pathward on how to do banking-as-a-service right

Enjoying our podcasts? Don’t miss out on future episodes! Please hit that subscribe button on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for your support! Anthony Sharett, President of Pathward [Editor’s note: This interview was recorded on April 16, six days before the news of the Synapse bankruptcy and […]

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Expanding Business Revenue Streams with a Fintech Podcast

[Editor’s note: I recently appeared on the Podcast Gurus podcast, where I talked about podcasting and how it has impacted our business. My interviewer, Guillaume Jouvencel, penned this article about our discussion.] The Fintech industry is constantly evolving, and podcasts are a great way for people in the industry to share ideas and build a […]

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Contentful experiences significant momentum Contentful Studio widely available with enhanced capabilities:

Today, May 29th, the company announced enhanced capabilities for Contentful Studio. Contentful announced the general availability of its second product, Contentful Studio, in March to provide designers, marketers, and content editors with powerful tools to assemble intelligent experiences at scale. Now Studio also helps improve security settings to give teams more power and control, improves Server-Side Rendering […]

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#543: Langham Hospitality Group Launches “Brilliant by Langham”

This episode is available in audio format on our Let’s Talk Loyalty podcast and in video format on www.Loyalty.TV. The Langham Hospitality Group recently launched its “Brilliant by Langham” loyalty programme after a comprehensive two year project, led by Susan Nisbet, their VP of Loyalty. Langham Hospitality Group is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Great Eagle Holdings, which operates a family of […]

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CRMC 2024 Conference Summary

The CRMC conference is the premier retail loyalty marketing event in the US, and it took place May 20-22 in Chicago. This year’s theme was “Connecting Customer Behaviour to Emerging Applications in Marketing.” Over 300 brand marketers gathered to learn, share, and network with each other. The Wise Marketer’s Aaron Dauphinee was on site doing […]

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Lawsuit, subpoena, have fintechs revisiting AI

The class-action lawsuit against Navy Federal has financial institutions revisiting their fair lending practices and considering how AI fits in. For Amount’s director of decision science, Garrett Laird, the conversation is nuanced. According to CNN, the close-to-29-point gap in Navy Federal’s approval rates was the widest among the top 50 mortgage lenders in 2022. It […]

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Fintech Nexus Newsletter (May 29, 2024): Klarna saving $10m by using Gen AI for marketing

Here is another use case for generative AI. BNPL giant Klarna is using Gen AI to run marketing campaigns and generate images. The company is using Gen AI tools such as DALL-E, Firefly, and Midjourney to generate images, which alone saved the company $6 million. But it is not just about saving money. These images are also […]

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