Moat Index
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SoFiSOFI

Moat score

A digital bank with a charter and a tech platform, competing for deposits on marketing rather than moat.

MOATE2.2Solid
2.2 Solid
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Switching costsweight 15Direct deposit and a lending relationship add friction; nothing like a legacy bank account.5
Network effectsweight 15None to speak of.3
Scale & cost advantageweight 12Small next to the banks it competes with.4
Brand & pricing powerweight 12A growing brand, but competes on rates and promotions.5
Cornered resourceweight 12A national bank charter and the Galileo and Technisys platforms.5
Distribution controlweight 12App-only; no branches, no defaults; customers arrive through marketing spend.4
Disruption resilienceweight 12Every large bank and every neobank offers the same products.5
Independenceweight 10Bank regulation, interest-rate exposure, and student-loan policy all sit outside its control.4

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Switching costs

Switching costs · weight 15

How painful — in money, time, risk, retraining — is it for a customer to leave?

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