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Banking Weekly 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-04 Digital bank consolidation moved from speculation to real deal talk this week, with Nubank's pursuit of Monzo and renewed Commerzbank-HVB merger chatter both signaling that scale, not just growth, is now the industry's priority. The Big Three 1. Monzo weighs sale to Nu as Advent eyes minority stake Reports put a potential Nubank bid for Monzo at $13 billion, which would be the Brazilian fintech's largest-ever deal, while private equity f

Banking Weekly 2026-09-19 – 2026-09-26 The week belonged to a possible £10 billion Nubank-Monzo tie-up, with stablecoin rulemaking and bank-hyperscaler AI deals filling out the rest of the story. The Big Three 1. Monzo in talks on sale to Nubank at about £10 billion valuation, Sky News reports Sky News reports that UK digital bank Monzo is in talks to be acquired by Brazil's Nubank at a valuation of up to £10 billion. If confirmed, it would be one of the largest neobank M&A t