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Q3’26 Results Snapshot
Below are the Q3’26 performance highlights of
Financial Highlights:
- Revenue and profit. Gross revenue reached a record
US$6.3 billion , up 37% YoY. Gross profit rose 35% YoY toUS$2.6 billion , and all three revenue sources (credit, fees and float) grew YoY in absolute terms. Net income reached a recordUS$1.1 billion , up 31% YoY, with ROE of 32%. - Margins. Net interest income was
US$3.9 billion , with a net interest margin of 22.5%. Reported risk-adjusted NIM was 12.1%, versus 12.4% in Q2'26. Excluding non-recurring items, it rose to 12.7% from 11.9% in Q2'26. - Credit portfolio. The portfolio grew 33% YoY and 6% QoQ to
US$41.6 billion . Credit cards wereUS$27.2 billion (+32% YoY), unsecured lending wasUS$11.0 billion (+39% YoY and +7.5% QoQ) and secured lending wasUS$3.4 billion (+23% YoY). Secured-loan originations reached a record in Q3'26. Higher payroll lending to both public- and private-sector employees inBrazil more than offset the decline in loans backed by FGTS. - Asset quality. The 15–90-day NPL ratio was 4.9%, compared with 4.8% in Q2'26, and the 90+ NPL ratio rose to 7.3% from 6.9% in Q2'26. Measured against interest earning balances, 15–90-day delinquency improved to 8.0% from 8.2% in Q2'26, and 90+ delinquency was 12.1%, compared with 11.6% in Q2'26. Coverage of 90+ NPLs was 234%, consistent with historical trends.
- Funding. Deposits rose 19% YoY to
US$47.5 billion:US$38.6 billion inBrazil ,US$5.3 billion inMexico andUS$3.5 billion inColombia . The cost of deposits fell to 87% of the interbank rate, from 88% in Q2'26 and 89% in Q3'25. - Efficiency and outlook. The efficiency ratio was 19.3%, compared with 19.5% in Q2'26 and 20.3% in Q3'25, helped by lower personnel costs and some expenses moving into the fourth quarter. Nu now expects a full-year 2026 efficiency ratio of 19% to 19.5%, below its previous expectation of around 20%, reflecting performance year to date and a sequential increase in the fourth quarter.
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Business Highlights:
- Customers. Nu added 3.7 million customers in the quarter, reaching 143 million globally: nearly 120 million in
Brazil , 16.6 million inMexico and 6.1 million inColombia . The activity rate rose to 83.6% from 83.5% in Q2'26, and monthly ARPAC reached approximatelyUS$18 . Brazil . Nu serves 65% of the adult population, and the activity rate rose for the seventh consecutive quarter to a record 86.3%. Unsecured personal-loan originations reached a recordR$22.1 billion , up 28% YoY. Croma, launched in late July for Super Core customers, is approaching one million customers. The relaunched NuCoin loyalty program has 6.7 million sign-ups.Mexico . In its first quarter as a bank inMexico , Nu added 870 thousand customers, reaching 16.6 million (+27% YoY), or 17% of the adult population. Banking status raised deposit insurance coverage sixteenfold, to approximatelyUS$195 thousand per customer, and enabled payroll accounts.Colombia . Customers grew 62% YoY to 6.1 million, or 15% of the adult population. With 3 million cardholders, Nu is the country's largest credit card issuer by number of cardholders, and its credit portfolio grew 80% YoY. Nu has the fourth-largest base of individual deposits inColombia , at a funding cost of 76% of the benchmark rate.- Nu US and Nu Global. Nu US launched on
September 10 with a 3.5% APY account, fee-free transfers toBrazil ,Mexico andColombia , and a no-annual-fee credit card with 1.5% cashback, and it reached customers in all 50 states. Nu Global, a stablecoin-based multi-currency account, went live onOctober 15 and has customers in 37 countries. Their combined impact on the efficiency ratio remains within Nu's commitment of up to 100 bps in each of 2026 and 2027.
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