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

Byline Bank

bylinebank.comBY

Regional and community banksBanking

Money20/20 attendee

Also in the US AI Visibility Study

Statement period
September 23 to 25, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
138 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
7th of 148 regional and community banks
Closing balance

Named in

12of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Byline Bank

AI assistants name Byline Bank in 20% of their answers, which is more often than the typical company in its sector, named 0% of the time. Its overall score is 42 out of 100, ranking 138th of 2,219 companies. The website passes 6 of 14 technical checks for readiness for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Byline Bank by name. AI assistants named it in 12 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 34th of 394 in its sector. The typical banking company is named in 0.0% of answers.

Overall score
42Overall score
  • Visibility20
  • Citations2
  • Sentiment92
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness43
Summary of account
Named by AI in
20.0%
12 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
21.8%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
6/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
20 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

Byline Bank came up on 6 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Is it worth switching your personal checking account to a Chicago-based regional bank?1/4
  2. 02Alternatives to in-person banking for personal checking accounts in the Chicago area?1/4
  3. 03What are the best local banks for small business owners in Chicago?4/4
  4. 04Why am I having trouble accessing online banking services at my local Chicago bank?0/4
  5. 05What are typical monthly fees for business checking accounts at regional banks in Chicago?0/4
  6. 06What are the best alternatives to traditional banks for business lending in Chicago?2/4
  7. 07Business banking services at regional banks vs credit unions: What are the main differences?0/4
  8. 08How can local banks help new businesses open their first account in Chicago?2/4
  9. 09How do personal banking options from regional banks in Chicago compare for checking and savings accounts?0/4
  10. 10What should I do if I suspect fraudulent activity on my account at a regional bank?0/4
  11. 11Community banks vs national banks: Which is better for commercial lending in Chicago?0/4
  12. 12Are local banks in Chicago worth considering for wealth management services?0/4
  13. 13What banking options are available for commercial clients who need treasury management services in Chicago?2/4
  14. 14What options are available if I need small business financing but don’t want to use a local bank?0/4
  15. 15Do local banks in Chicago offer competitive interest rates on savings accounts compared to larger banks?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 1/15Claude: 2/15Perplexity: 4/15Gemini: 5/15All assistants: 12/60
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 local banks for small business owners in Chicago?”

The best local banks for small business owners in Chicago are usually Wintrust, BMO, Byline Bank, and Chase, with the best choice depending on whether you value local relationship banking, branch access, SBA lending, or cash handling. Local-focused summaries also point to Liberty Bank and Republic Bank of Chicago as Chicago-based options, though they are less broadly featured in comparison roundups.

Wintrust — Strong choice for community-minded banking and a large Illinois footprint; one Chicago comparison calls it the largest Illinois-headquartere …

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
    Fifth Third Bank
    5

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Wintrust Bank
    38.2%
  2. Bank of Chicago (a Wintrust Community Bank)
    30.9%
  3. Byline Bank
    21.8%
  4. First Midwest Bank (now part of Old National Bank)
    5.5%
  5. Fifth Third Bank
    3.6%
  6. PNC 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
    republicebank.com
    25
  2. 02
    firstbankchicago.com
    23
  3. 03
    parkwaybank.com
    21
  4. 04
    regions.com
    21
  5. 05
    businessbranch.chase.com
    16
  6. 06
    bylinebank.com (its own website)
    14
  7. 07
    smartasset.com
    13
  8. 08
    bankrate.com
    13
  9. 09
    lili.co
    12
  10. 10
    nerdwallet.com
    12

Byline Bank 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

Gemini
5/15
Perplexity
4/15
Claude
2/15
OpenAI
1/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How Byline Bank 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
92

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
80

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
43

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
42
Ranks 20 of 394. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
20.0%
Ranks 34 of 394. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
43
Ranks 8 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
42
Ranks 7 of 148. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
20.0%
Ranks 5 of 148. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
43
Ranks 3 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 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. Byline Bank 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
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

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

    study: 86.1%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced 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
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

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

    study: 92.7%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    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
18 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

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

    study: 1.3%
  • OAuth discoveryPartly met

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

    study: 6.3%
  • OAuth Protected ResourcePassed

    Metadata telling agents which authorization server to use.

    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 31 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.bylinebank.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

6 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%
  • PassedHTTP 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%
  • PassedOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 5.2%
  • PassedOAuth 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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