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Bank of America

bankofamerica.com · Finance · BAC

Ranked 1,026 of 2,047 companies in the study

32Overall score
  • Visibility19
  • Citations1
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness21
What this means for Bank of America

AI assistants name Bank of America in 16.7% of answers, much more often than the typical company in its sector. Its overall score is 32 out of 100, ranking 1,026th of 2,047. The company website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the finance market: none named Bank of America. AI assistants named it in 10 of 60 answers (16.7%). The typical finance company is named in 3.3% of answers. By how often it is named, Bank of America ranks 34 of 205 in its sector.

Named by AI in
16.7%
10 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
22.2%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
69 of 205
by overall score, where the typical finance company scores 29
How Bank of America compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
19

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
1

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
80

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
21

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with finance

205 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score32
Ranks 69 of 205. Typical company: 29
Named in answers17%
Ranks 34 of 205. Typical company: 3%
AI readiness21
Ranks 82 of 205. Typical company: 21
What Perplexity actually said

An answer that names the company

“How can small businesses streamline payroll using online banking tools?”

Small businesses can streamline payroll by using online banking tools that embed payroll directly into their business dashboard, so they can manage banking, employee data, and payroll in one place. These tools often automate wage calculations, taxes, deductions, direct deposit, and filings, which reduces manual work and compliance risk.

Practical ways to use them include:

Run payroll from online banking instead of switching between systems; U.S. Bank and Truist both describe payroll features inside their online banking platforms.

Automate calculations for …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
Wells Fargo10
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Chase (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)
30.0%
Bank of America
25.0%
Wells Fargo
25.0%
U.S. Bank
20.0%
Citibank (Citigroup)
0.0%
PNC Bank
0.0%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
4/15
Perplexity
2/15
Claude
2/15
OpenAI
2/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.bankofamerica.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

3 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI
  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly
AI search
  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly
Answering questions
  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

bankrate.com
25
usbank.com
23
cnbc.com
21
forbes.com
17
wise.com
14
nerdwallet.com
13
pnc.com
12
finance.yahoo.com
11
chase.com
10
experian.com
9

In the study as S&P 500.

Every question, and where the company came up (5 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • Are rewards credit cards a good choice for business owners?
  • How do credit unions compare to traditional banks for personal loans?
  • How can small businesses streamline payroll using online banking tools?
  • What should I do if my debit card transaction is declined unexpectedly?
  • What monthly fees should I expect for a basic checking account in the US?
  • What non-bank services can help businesses manage cash flow?
  • Where can I find personal loans with flexible repayment terms in the US?
  • What banking services help consumers set and track financial goals effectively?
  • What are some alternatives to traditional bank savings accounts for growing savings?
  • What are the best checking account options for small businesses in the US?
  • How can I resolve issues with linking my bank account to a mobile wallet?
  • Which mobile banking apps offer strong security features for managing personal finances?
  • Online banks vs brick-and-mortar banks: which is better for free checking accounts?
  • Is it worth opening a high-yield savings account for an emergency fund?
  • Are there extra costs for making international wire transfers from a US bank account?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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