American Express Races into FinTech’s Top 3 Performers

Hey FinTech Fanatic,

This week it was a steady race at the front, until an unexpected contender hit the gas.

American Express sped past the competition, climbing +10.00% and landing in FinTech’s Top 3 Performers, right behind DLocal and Bakkt.

For a company that’s been around for more than a century, that’s no small feat.

👇 Here’s how listed FinTech and Crypto companies performed this week.

🏦 FinTechs by Market Cap

The upper tier remained dominated by the familiar trio.

Visa ($659.9 B, –0.34%) and Mastercard ($508.1 B, +0.82%) held their ground, while American Express surged to $242.3 B (+10.00%), closing the gap with its peers.

Further down the list, Robinhood ($115.7 B, –6.32%) and Coinbase ($85.8 B, –6.47%) slipped amid renewed volatility in crypto-linked stocks.

Nubank ($72.3 B, +0.47%) and SoFi ($31.7 B, +1.87%) were among the few digital names showing mild gains.

📈 FinTechs by Performance

Performance rankings brought fresh movement. DLocal topped the chart with +11.78%, followed closely by Bakkt (+10.63%) and American Express (+10.00%).

Rounding out the top five were Dave (+5.20%) and StoneCo (+4.30%), proving small-cap fintechs still know how to deliver quick bursts of momentum.

But the real standout remains Amex.

💳 Payments by Market Cap

Payments stayed remarkably consistent at the top.

Visa, Mastercard, and American Express maintained their podium positions, while Fiserv ($65.9 B, –1.38%) and PayPal ($64.6 B, –3.21%) trailed behind.

Adyen (+0.96%) continued its slow recovery, and DLocal (+11.78%) emerged as the surprise gainer of the group.

Even in a week with subdued overall movement, select cross-border payment firms managed to attract investor attention.

🏦 Digital Banks by Market Cap

The digital banking segment painted a split picture.

Nubank ($72.3 B, +0.47%) remained the clear leader, followed by SoFi ($31.7 B, +1.87%) and KakaoBank ($7.5 B, –2.33%).

Chime dropped sharply (–12.40%), contrasting with Dave’s +5.20%, a reminder that the digital banking sector remains highly sensitive to quarterly expectations and user-growth sentiment.

₿ Crypto by Market Cap

Crypto names couldn’t shake off the week’s bearish tone. Robinhood (–6.32%) and Coinbase (–6.47%) both fell, while Circle (–4.85%) and eToro (–2.56%) also slipped.

Bakkt, however, defied the trend again, up +10.63%, extending its multi-week streak as one of the most volatile but consistent gainers in the sector.

Another week, another shift in the fintech landscape, but this one with a curious twist.

When American Express races past digital-native peers, it leaves one question hanging in the air: Is old-school finance quietly making a comeback in the fast lane of fintech?

Only the coming weeks will tell if this was a blip or the start of something bigger.

Cheers,

Marcel van Oost