Nubank Croma (Brazil). A new tier for what Nu calls "Super Core" customers. It comes with a Platinum card (0.8% cashback), 5% back on 28 subscription services, savings yielding 120% of CDI (Brazil's interbank benchmark rate), and a R$39 monthly fee waived if you spend R$4,000 a month on the card or keep R$30,000 with Nu (Nu). So what: the fee exists mainly to be waived. It's a reason to move more of your spending and savings to Nu.
Nu becomes a bank in Mexico. Nu launched its bank in Mexico in August with 16M customers, making it the country's largest digital bank. Mexican customers are generating revenue faster than Brazil's did at the same stage: $12.3 vs $5.6 in average revenue per active customer (Nu).
DBS's assistants start doing things. DBS Joy can now complete tasks for 350,000 corporate users in Singapore. DBS said a phased rollout to more than 100,000 corporate users in Hong Kong would start on 26 September. In Singapore in the first half of 2026, Joy's active users rose 61% and calls and emails to customer service fell 7% (DBS; DBS HK). So what: this is AI in corporate banking, where, in our read, there are few assistants at all, let alone ones that can act.
Revolut gets into the till.Revolut Register is a point-of-sale system for Revolut Business users, bundled with "Pay with Smile" facial-recognition checkout that carries 0% processing fees. The pilot ran at three Kiss the Hippo cafés in London (Hospitality Tech360). So what: free acceptance gives merchants a reason to steer customers toward Revolut's own payment method, so the merchant becomes the acquisition channel.
Revolut's points go hotel- and rail-shaped. RevPoints now transfer to Accor, Radisson, Wyndham and I Prefer (Fintech Global), and to Club Eurostar at 10:1 (Eurostar). So what: loyalty partners are cheap engagement. Revolut doesn't pay for the room, it buys the points.
Ant's Antom adds Affirm. US merchants on Antom can offer Affirm pay-over-time from $35 to $30,000, and the UK follows this year (Affirm). So what: payment platforms win by adding credit options without holding the credit risk themselves.
