Of 60 answers

The most named companies in the study, and S&P 500 financials, with how many of their 60 AI answers named them.

SWIFT47/60TRANSUNION46/60EXPERIAN42/60COINSTAR41/60NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION41/60ZELLE41/60BLOOMBERG L.P.38/60TRADINGVIEW38/60BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO37/60PAYPAL37/60VENMO37/60CHEXSYSTEMS33/60EQUIFAX33/60MORNINGSTAR32/60S&P GLOBAL31/60ALPACA MARKETS30/60COINBASE30/60PINWHEEL29/60STRIPE29/60XERO29/60ACORNS28/60AFFIRM28/60PAYFAST (PAYGATE)28/60PAYONEER28/60INTERACTIVE BROKERS26/60CHARLES SCHWAB19/60THE HARTFORD9/60MOODY'S21/60CME GROUP19/60ACCENTURE11/60CHUBB10/60MORGAN STANLEY6/60AMERICAN EXPRESS14/60SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL12/60FACTSET20/60NASDAQ19/60ALLSTATE11/60WELLS FARGO18/60PAYCHEX10/60ARES MANAGEMENT3/60
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AI visibility statementFinance AI Visibility Study 2026Issued October 14, 2026
Account holder

Bank of Hope

bankofhope.com

Regional and community banksBanking

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9 and 10, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
393 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
17th of 148 regional and community banks
Closing balance

Named in

8of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Bank of Hope

AI assistants name this regional or community bank in 13.3% of answers, while the typical company in its sector is named in 0%. Its overall score is 38 out of 100, ranking 393rd of 2,219 companies. The bank's website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Bank of Hope by name. AI assistants named it in 8 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 62nd of 394 in its sector. The typical banking company is named in 0.0% of answers.

Overall score
38Overall score
  • Visibility20
  • Citations2
  • Sentiment83
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness21
Summary of account
Named by AI in
13.3%
8 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
36.4%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
60 of 394
by overall score, where the typical banking company scores 28

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Line itemsSection 01

Every question, and where the company came up

Bank of Hope came up on 3 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Best nonbank financial solutions for families needing safe and accessible checking accounts?0/4
  2. 02What are good options besides community banks for borrowing money as a small business?0/4
  3. 03Typical fees for checking and savings accounts at local community financial institutions?0/4
  4. 04Alternatives to traditional banks for Korean-speaking business owners in the U.S.?3/4
  5. 05Community-based vs. online-only banks: which is better for business owners seeking personalized service?0/4
  6. 06What banking services are most helpful for small business owners serving multicultural communities?0/4
  7. 07Are community financial institutions a good choice for long-term business banking needs?0/4
  8. 08Common reasons business account setup can take longer at traditional banks vs. credit unions?0/4
  9. 09Why might my personal loan application be delayed processing at a community-based bank?0/4
  10. 10Which banks offer full-service banking options for small businesses with bilingual support?1/4
  11. 11What are the best community-focused banks for Korean-American families in the United States?4/4
  12. 12How do community banks compare to national banks for personal checking and savings accounts?0/4
  13. 13What are the interest rate ranges for mortgages offered by regional banks?0/4
  14. 14Is opening a checking account with a local community bank worth it for recent immigrants?0/4
  15. 15How can community-focused banks help first-generation families manage money and build credit?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 1/15Claude: 3/15Perplexity: 2/15Gemini: 2/15All assistants: 8/60
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. Across the study, on 50% of the questions where a company is named, only one AI assistant names it.

Transaction detailSection 02

What Perplexity actually said

An answer that names the company

Perplexitynamed the company

“What are the best community-focused banks for Korean-American families in the United States?”

For Korean-American families, the strongest community-focused choices are usually Bank of Hope, Hanmi Bank, Woori America Bank, CBB Bank, and Metro City Bank. The best option depends heavily on branch availability, Korean-language service, mortgage needs, and whether the family also owns a business.

Bank · Best for · Why consider it

Bank of Hope · Families wanting the broadest Korean-American banking network · Founded by Korean-American immigrants, FDIC-insured, and one of the largest Korean-American banks in the U.S. It offers consumer banking, mortgages, small …

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

PayeesSection 03

Where the mentions went

The companies these answers named, and how the mentions were split between this company and its peers.

Also named

CompanyTimes named
  1. 01
    Hanmi Bank
    5
  2. 02
    Open Bank
    4

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Bank of Hope
    36.4%
  2. Hanmi Bank
    31.8%
  3. Open Bank
    18.2%
  4. CBB Bank (Commonwealth Business Bank)
    9.1%
  5. Pacific City Bank
    4.5%
  6. US Metro Bank
    0.0%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

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

  1. 01
    bankrate.com
    10
  2. 02
    nerdwallet.com
    9
  3. 03
    fdic.gov
    8
  4. 04
    en.wikipedia.org
    7
  5. 05
    bankofhope.com (its own website)
    6
  6. 06
    fitsmallbusiness.com
    5
  7. 07
    regionalaustraliabank.com.au
    4
  8. 08
    finance.yahoo.com
    4
  9. 09
    airwallex.com
    4
  10. 10
    icba.org
    3

Bank of Hope is in the study as a regional or community bank.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Claude
3/15
Gemini
2/15
Perplexity
2/15
OpenAI
1/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How Bank of Hope compares with all 2,219 companies

Every tower is a company in the study, taller for a higher overall score and lit where AI assistants named it. Its own group stays lit. Hover a tower to see it, and click to open it.

What makes up the score

Each part is scored out of 100.

Visibility
20

How often AI assistants name the company, and how that compares with its peers

Citations
2

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

Sentiment
83

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.

Against its sectorSection 07

Compared with banking companies

394 companies in this sector. The gold tick on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score
38
Ranks 60 of 394. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
13.3%
Ranks 62 of 394. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
21
Ranks 199 of 394. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with regional and community banks

148 companies in this category. The gold tick on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score
38
Ranks 17 of 148. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
13.3%
Ranks 12 of 148. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
21
Ranks 68 of 148. Typical company: 21
AI agentsSection 09

Ready for AI agents

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

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

Level 0: Not yet agent-ready. Agents struggle to find basic information about the site.

To reach level 1:
  • 2 of robots.txt, Sitemap, Link headers
Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. Bank of Hope publishes none of the agent payment protocols we look for. An agent would have to click through the website like a person.

Agent payment protocols
  • x402Not present
  • MPPNot present
  • AP2Not present
  • ACPNot present
  • UCPNot present
Interfaces for AI agents
  • MCP Server CardNot present
  • A2A Agent CardNot present
  • Agent SkillsNot present
  • API CatalogNot present
  • llms.txtNot present
  • WebMCPCould not check
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
0 of 100
  • robots.txtCould not check

    Publish a valid robots.txt with crawl rules and a Sitemap line.

    study: 86.1%
  • SitemapNot met

    Serve an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt.

    study: 87.9%
  • Link headersNot met

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

    study: 1.5%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 4.3%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

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

    study: 6.2%
  • llms.txtNot met

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

    study: 31.0%
Bot access control
  • AI bot rulesCould not check

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

    study: 92.7%
  • Content SignalsCould not check

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

    study: 2.3%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

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

    study: 0.3%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

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

    study: 1.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

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

    study: 6.3%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

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

    study: 5.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.2%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

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

    study: 0.8%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

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

    study: 0.2%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

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

    study: 1.0%
  • WebMCPCould not check

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

    study: 0.0%
  • ARD manifestNot met

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

    study: 0.2%

Score 0 of 100 · 67% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · www.bankofhope.com · 2,200 companies scanned

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

AI readinessSection 10

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: 85.1%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 79.4%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 42.5%

Content Accessibility

  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 7.4%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 28.1%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 97.3%

Bot Access Control

  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 11.5%

API / Auth / MCP

  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 1.1%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 5.2%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 4.6%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.2%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 0.3%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.1%
AI crawlersSection 11

What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 86% 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.

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