Red Week Across FinTech

Hey FinTech Fanatic,

This week in FinTech was marked by broad declines across nearly every category, with two companies managing to stay in the green.

The pressure was particularly visible among mid-cap FinTechs and crypto-related firms, while the largest payment giants moved only slightly lower.

Still, a few names lstood out as rare bright spots in an otherwise challenging market environment.

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

🏦 FinTechs by Market Cap

The upper tier of the FinTech landscape remained stable in terms of rankings, but all three major players finished the week slightly lower.

Visa held its dominant position at $597.5B (–0.72%), followed by Mastercard at $485.3B (–0.93%) and American Express at $243.1B (–1.19%).

Further down the list, the volatility was far more pronounced. Robinhood dropped sharply with –12.92%, Coinbase fell –15.25%, and Circle declined –12.98%, underscoring the pressure on market sentiment.

📈 FinTech by Performance

Looking purely at week-over-week performance, the picture becomes even clearer: nearly the entire sector traded lower.

PagSeguro emerged as the best performer with +2.82%, followed by Nubank with +0.43%—the only two companies meaningfully in the green.

ACI Worldwide hovered near flat at –0.15%. Beyond that, declines were widespread, with companies such as SoFi (–9.49%), Adyen (–9.06%), eToro (–9.81%), and StoneCo (–11.08%) all experiencing notable pullbacks, reflecting a generally risk-off mood in the market.

💳 Payments by Market Cap

The payments sector mirrored the broader FinTech downturn.

Visa, Mastercard, and American Express all posted small losses but maintained their longstanding leadership.

Lower in the list, Adyen fell –9.06%, PayPal ended at –3.77%, and Affirm dropped –8.78%.

The only exception to the trend was PagSeguro, rising +2.82% and positioning itself as the standout performer among payment firms this week.

🏦 Digital Banks by Market Cap

Digital banks faced another difficult stretch. Nubank remained the category’s clear leader and the lone bright spot with a modest gain of +0.43%, bringing its valuation to $77.0B.

In contrast, SoFi declined –9.49%, Chime slipped –1.65%, KakaoBank dropped –4.33%, and Dave ended the week down –5.97%, reflecting widespread pressure across the segment.

₿ Crypto Companies by Market Cap

Crypto-related FinTechs charted some of the steepest declines of the week. Coinbase was hit hard with a –15.25% drop, Circle fell –12.98%, and eToro slid –9.81%.

Bakkt posted the sharpest fall across the entire FinTech landscape at –21.65%, highlighting the ongoing fragility in the crypto ecosystem.

Even hybrid platforms like Robinhood, which blends equities and crypto exposure, dropped –12.92%.