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Most consumer banks follow the same basic business model. But in Brazil, Nubank (or Nu, as it’s known) has been doing things differently: it operates entirely online or via an app – without a single bank branch – offering loads of services at more competitive rates than traditional banks (and without fees).

Plus, it’s been embracing the lower-income customers that the old-school financial institutions have traditionally turned away. In a little over a decade, this formula has catapulted it from unknown fintech to Latin America’s most valuable bank.

Finimize analyst Russell Burns breaks down why it’s a stock you’ll want to watch.