SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Latin American fintech Nubank priced its class A shares on Wednesday at $9 every in an preliminary public providing on the New York Inventory Trade which valued it as the most important listed financial institution within the area.

Based solely eight years in the past to supply shoppers a no payment bank card, Nubank turned Latin America’s Most worthy listed financial institution, at $41.5 billion, forward of Brazil’s Itau Unibanco Holding SA.

Nubank revealed the pricing in an SEC submitting forward of its debut on the New York Inventory Trade on Thursday.

The IPO’s success is being carefully watched as an indicator of buyers’ urge for food for fintech startups, particularly in rising markets. A profitable debut may pave the best way for quite a few different startups, particularly from Latin America, to go public, whereas a weak reception may immediate many to delay their plans.

Final week, Nubank determined to slash its IPO valuation by 20% after going through weak demand from buyers cautious of unprofitable banking fintechs.

In addition to trimming its valuation, Nubank additionally gathered some anchor buyers with urge for food to amass a minimum of $1.3 billion in shares, together with current buyers corresponding to Sequoia and Tiger International Administration and new ones, corresponding to SoftBank Latin America Funds.

Nubank’s IPO additionally underscores how fintechs are taking over brick-and-mortar banks within the highly-concentrated Latin American banking scene.

Backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:), China’s Tencent Holdings (OTC:) and Sequoia Capital, amongst others, Nubank plans to make use of the proceeds as working capital, working bills, capital expenditures and in addition for M&As.

The financial institution’s CEO and founder David Velez, a Stanford-educated Colombian, determined to enterprise into monetary merchandise in Latin America after he struggled with forms to open a checking account in Brazil. At present, the fintech has 48 million purchasers in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:), Citigroup (NYSE:) and NuInvest managed the providing as world coordinators.