Nubank False Alert, Rapid Response, and Early Signals of Normalization

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Nubank False Alert, Rapid Response, and Early Signals of Normalization

J P M O R G A N Latin America Equity Research

14 June 2026

Nubank Overweight

NU, NU US

False Alert, Rapid Response, and Early Signals of Price (12 Jun 26):$12.19

Normalization

Latin American Financials

Last Friday, a small group of Nubank customers (~20k) received an erroneous Yuri R Fernandes AC

notification stating that the bank had entered “liquidation” (link). The company (1-212) 622-3400

quickly denied it (link), mentioning an operational error. The episode nonetheless yuri.r.fernandes@jpmorgan.com

spread quickly on social media, pushing Nubank into Brazil’s trending topics on J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

X and driving a short-lived spike in Google Trends activity - Figure 2 below already Guilherme Grespan

shows a normalization. Moreover, a number of Brazilian financial influencers also (55-11) 4950-3058

guilherme.grespan@jpmorgan.com

weighed in, often highlighting Nubank’s profitability and capital position, which Banco J.P. Morgan S.A.

may have helped stabilize sentiment. Fernanda Sayao

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Still, it is difficult to view this noise as anything but negative. Our prior surveys fernanda.sayao@jpmchase.com

indicate that “trust” accounts for ~28-30% of the reasons clients choose their Banco J.P. Morgan S.A.

banks. We reviewed social media, and initial reactions were mostly unfavorable, Diego Marquez Antonio

with sentiment dominated by skepticism, concern, and confusion. From a financial (52-55) 5339-94899

perspective, the impact is hard to quantify, though similar noises in the past had diego.marquez@jpmorgan.com

limited implications. In the coming months, we believe it will be important to track J.P.MorganMorganGrupoCasaFinancierode Bolsa, S.A. de C.V., J.P.