Fintechs Lead NPS Race as Banks Lag Behind

Customer Loyalty Report | Aug 20, 2025

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CustomerGauge 2025 Benchmarks Show Fintechs Leading the Pack as Incumbents Play Catchup

The 2025 CustomerGauge NPS & CX Benchmarks report (120 page PDF report) helps stakeholders measure customer loyalty across the financial services landscape. The industry average NPS stands at 44, while the banking subset is at 30. Fintechs by contrast are setting new standards with NPS scores ranging from 77 to 90.

What is NPS?

Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a widely used measure of customer loyalty. It asks customers a simple question: How likely are you to recommend this company to a friend or colleague? Answers are scored on a scale from 0 to 10.

• Those who score 9–10 are called Promoters
• 7–8 are Passives
• 0–6 are Detractors

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The final NPS is the percentage of Promoters minus the percentage of Detractors, giving a score that can range from –100 to +100. Higher scores reflect stronger customer advocacy and satisfaction.

Reported NPS Scores for Leading Financial Firms

The table data below is from the CustomerGauge 2025 report, sorted high to low. These figures clearly show fintechs leading customer loyalty followed by USAA and First Republic, while many popular banks fall significantly behind.

Global Region Benchmarks

To help compare and contrast 2025 CustomerGauge NPS figures, below is some regional data points for consideration:

• In Europe and the UK, NPS for traditional banks hovered in the low to mid 40s in 2024, based on Forrester analysis of 60 European banks.
• In Australia, NPS among big banks averages –12.7 in 2024, while the digital-only bank Up scores +49.
• NPS Prism report clocked Canadian banks NPS range in 2024 from 12-48, with Tangerine scoring the highest at 48
• Back in 2020, CSI financial ran an Ipsos poll to find that the average NPS of Canada's financial sector was 21.7
• Canadian fintech Nesto self-reported it's NPS of 76 in 2021, which is close to 2025 global fintech leaders scores

Why This Matters

Loyalty is still a competitive currency in financial services. With fintechs consistently outscoring banks by wide margins, Canadian incumbents in particular face mounting pressure to address gaps that stretch beyond digital convenience into trust, personalization, and value delivery.

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Put differently, improving NPS is not simply about catching up to fintechs but about meeting a global standard that modern customers expect globally.  For Canada, this means that raising customer loyalty scores is directly tied to future competitiveness, investor confidence, and the ability to scale innovation in an increasingly global financial marketplace.

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