David Vélez
David Vélez is co-founder and chief executive officer of Nubank. A Colombian entrepreneur and former Sequoia Capital investor, he co-founded Nubank in São Paulo in 2013.1
Career
Vélez moved to Brazil after seeing how concentrated, high-fee banking limited access across Latin America. With Cristina Junqueira and Edward Wible he launched a no-fee purple credit card managed by app, later expanding into NuConta, lending and a multi-country NYSE-listed franchise.
Nubank
David Vélez is principally associated with Nubank. See that article for products, licensing and market context.
External links
References
- David Vélez is a founder of Nubank, covered on neobank.wiki. https://nubank.com.br/
Frequently asked questions
- What is David Vélez?
- David Vélez is co-founder and CEO of Nubank (Nu Holdings), one of the world's largest digital banks by customers.
See also
- Accrue - Accrue is a Ghana- and Nigeria-rooted fintech that moves money across Africa and the US using a stablecoin agent network.
- Airwallex - Airwallex is an Australian-founded business fintech for global accounts, payments and spend management.
- Alex Johnson - Alex Johnson is the founder of Fintech Takes, a widely read fintech newsletter and podcast; he is active on X as @AlexH_Johnson.
- Alexandre Prot - Alexandre Prot is co-founder and CEO of Qonto, the Paris-based European business neobank.
- Ali Niknam - Ali Niknam is founder and CEO of Bunq, the Amsterdam-based licensed Dutch neobank.