Logo Retention Rate for FinTech at Series B
About This Metric
Percentage of customers retained over a period, regardless of revenue changes.
Higher is better · Unit: percentage
How to Improve
Ehsan's Analysis
FinTech logo retention is inflated by accounts that are technically "retained" but financially dormant. A neobank might report 92% logo retention while 35% of retained accounts have zero balance and zero transactions. Strip out dormant accounts and the real logo retention drops to 60-65% — worse than most SaaS. The honest FinTech logo retention metric: percentage of accounts that maintained a positive balance AND at least one transaction per quarter. By this measure, Chime retains approximately 70% of direct-deposit customers but only 40% of non-direct-deposit customers. Revolut retains 75% of Premium subscribers but only 45% of free-tier users (by active usage). The FinTech retention hierarchy is clear: direct deposit / premium subscription → 70-80% real retention. Active free user → 40-50%. Dormant account → technically retained, practically churned. Report your retention by engagement tier, not overall, or you are lying to yourself.
Ehsan Jahandarpour
AI Growth Strategist & Fractional CMO · Forbes Top 20 Growth Hacker · TEDx Speaker · 716 Academic Citations