Adyen: premium FinTech infrastructure giant facing its stress test 📊💳; Bullish’s bullish NYSE debut 🤯📈; Leadership crisis at N26 😳🇩🇪

FinTech is Eating the World, 15 August

Hey Everyone,

Good morning & happy Friday! We’re finishing another great week in FinTech with a really packed issue. Today, all eyes are on Adyen, the premium FinTech infrastructure giant facing its stress test (deep dive into their latest H1 2025 financials, unpacking the most important facts & figures, what they mean, and whether Adyen is worth your time and money in 2025 and beyond + lots of deep dives into Adyen’s competitors & peers), Bullish’s bullish NYSE debut (what it’s all about & what it indicates us), and the leadership crisis at N26 (what’s happening at the German FinTech giant and what to expect next). Let’s just jump straight into the exciting stuff 🌶️

Adyen: premium FinTech infrastructure giant facing its stress test 📊💳

Earnings call ☎️ European FinTech giant Adyen just posted its latest H1 2025 results. In short, the latest financials crystallize a fundamental tension facing premium FinTech infrastructure companies: maintaining growth leadership while navigating an increasingly challenging macroeconomic environment.

Let’s take a deeper dive into this, unpack the most important facts & figures, understand what they mean, and see whether Adyen is worth your time and money in 2025 and beyond.