Stock Market Today, June 17: Nu Holdings Rises as AI Credit Models Lift Lending Outlook
Nu Holdings (NYSE:NU), a Latin American digital bank and financial services platform, closed at $12.89, up 1.34%. Shares moved after AI-powered financial models drew attention, while investors are watching credit losses and margins next.
How the markets moved today
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) fell 1.21% to 7,420.10, while the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) fell 1.34% to 26,021.66. Among digital banking and financial technology services peers, SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) closed at $17.42, down 1.64%, and Block (NYSE:XYZ) closed at $72.84, down 2.46%, showing weaker sentiment across fintech shares.
What this means for investors
Nu Holdings shares rose modestly even as fintech peers weakened, helped by interest in the company’s AI-driven credit platform and its $1 billion share repurchase program. The AI angle matters because NuFormer is already being used in credit-card decisioning and unsecured lending, making it part of Nu’s underwriting and loan-pricing engine rather than a surface-level product story.
The bigger question is whether Nu’s growth will stay profitable after accounting for credit losses. The company is still growing fast, but in the first quarter, it set aside more for potential credit losses and saw pressure on its risk-adjusted net interest margin. This puts the focus on the quality of its lending growth. Investors will be closely watching whether Nu can continue using AI and customer growth to generate more revenue while keeping risk-adjusted margins and credit trends steady.
Should you buy stock in Nu Holdings right now?
Before you buy stock in Nu Holdings, consider this:
The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Nu Holdings wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.
Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $424,531!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,273,016!*
Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 940% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 209% for the S&P 500. Don't miss the latest top 10 list, available with Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors.
See the 10 stocks »
*Stock Advisor returns as of June 17, 2026.
Eric Trie has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Nu Holdings. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Recommended Articles
