David Vélez - Building Nubank and the Future of Global Banking - [Invest Like the Best, EP.495]

David Vélez is the founder and CEO of Nubank, which serves 140 million customers across Latin America. 

David believes the industry is still in its Blockbuster era, with most of the world's banking still running through branches and incumbent banks, and that AI will make digital banks dramatically more efficient than the incumbents they compete with. 

He explains how Nubank rebuilt its entire organization around AI after missing the moment the technology started working, and why he is now bringing Nubank to the US, a market he says is still dominated by big incumbent banks. 

Please enjoy my conversation with David Vélez. 

For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here.

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