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.

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AI visibility statementFinance AI Visibility Study 2026Issued October 14, 2026
Account holder
Statement period
October 9 to 14, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
304 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Closing balance

Named in

8of 56 answers

by 3 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for FinTech Futures

AI assistants name this research or media company in 14.3% of answers, while the typical company in its sector is named in 0% of answers. Its overall score is 39 out of 100, ranking 304th of 2,219 companies. Its website passes 4 of 14 technical checks for readiness for AI tools.

We asked 14 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned FinTech Futures by name. AI assistants named it in 8 of the 56 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 31st of 346 in its sector. The typical advisory or services firm is named in 0.0% of answers.

Overall score
39Overall score
  • Visibility16
  • Citations2
  • Sentiment88
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness29
Summary of account
Named by AI in
14.3%
8 of 56 answers
Share of mentions
21.6%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
4/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
31 of 346
by overall score, where the typical advisory or services firm scores 27

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Line itemsSection 01

Every question, and where the company came up

FinTech Futures came up on 5 of 14 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01How do industry news publications focused on payments differ from those covering general fintech topics?0/4
  2. 02What’s the usual price range for professional fintech news and insights platforms?0/4
  3. 03How can I filter fintech news sources to avoid outdated or irrelevant information?1/4
  4. 04Is subscribing to a fintech analysis platform worthwhile for technology leaders?0/4
  5. 05How can fintech startups leverage industry news platforms to track competitor activity?1/4
  6. 06Fintech industry insights vs. traditional banking news: what's the main difference in coverage?0/4
  7. 07Are there podcasts or webinars that provide the same depth of fintech analysis as news sites?3/4
  8. 08What's the best way for banks to use global payments trend analysis in their strategy planning?0/4
  9. 09What are the best sources for staying updated on fintech news and analysis in the US?0/4
  10. 10Do paid fintech news subscriptions offer better insights than free resources?0/4
  11. 11What are good alternatives to web-based fintech news for market research?0/4
  12. 12What should I do if I'm getting overwhelmed by daily fintech news updates?0/4
  13. 13What are popular newsletters for updates on venture capital in fintech?1/4
  14. 14Are there affordable fintech news subscriptions for small financial firms?2/4
Total namedOpenAI: 0/14Claude: 2/14Perplexity: 2/14Gemini: 4/14All assistants: 8/56
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 Claude actually said

An answer that names the company

Claudenamed the company

“Are there affordable fintech news subscriptions for small financial firms?”

I'll search for information about affordable fintech news subscriptions for small financial firms.Yes, there are several affordable fintech news subscriptions available for small financial firms. Many options are actually completely free:

Free Subscriptions:

FinTech Futures offers free subscriptions to receive the latest news, insights and trends in banking, payments and financial technology. Fintech Weekly is a free subscription with over 25,000 subscribers. Sifted offers free users a weekly newsletter that rounds up EU fintech developments, startup news, and industry trends. The Finext …

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
    Finextra
    7
  2. 02
    American Banker
    4
  3. 03
    The Paypers
    3

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Finextra
    29.7%
  2. FinTech Futures
    21.6%
  3. The Paypers
    16.2%
  4. PYMNTS.com
    13.5%
  5. American Banker
    13.5%
  6. Banking Technology
    5.4%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

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

  1. 01
    readless.app
    10
  2. 02
    mintposition.co
    7
  3. 03
    fintechfutures.com (its own website)
    5
  4. 04
    qubit.capital
    5
  5. 05
    mintcopywritingstudios.com
    4
  6. 06
    hark.news
    4
  7. 07
    bcg.com
    4
  8. 08
    pomegra.io
    4
  9. 09
    podcasts.apple.com
    3
  10. 10
    thecfoclub.com
    3

FinTech Futures is in the study as a research or media company.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
4/14
Claude
2/14
Perplexity
2/14
OpenAI
0/14
Market comparisonSection 06

How FinTech Futures 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
16

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
88

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
80

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
29

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 advisory and services firms

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

Overall score
39
Ranks 31 of 346. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
14.3%
Ranks 31 of 346. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 96 of 346. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with research and media companies

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

Overall score
39
Ranks 11 of 73. Typical company: 31
Named in answers
14.3%
Ranks 19 of 73. Typical company: 3.3%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 21 of 73. Typical company: 29
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

The website turns away requests that do not come from a browser. AI agents that say what they are meet the same refusal.

Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. FinTech Futures 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
100 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 headersCould not check

    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 negotiationCould not check

    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
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 30 of 100 · 81% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · fintechfutures.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

4 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

  • PassedExplicit 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 rules for 11 AI crawlers by name. All others follow its general rules.

Training AI

  • GPTBot*blocked
  • ClaudeBot*blocked
  • Anthropic-AI*blocked
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extended*blocked
  • Meta-ExternalAgent*blocked
  • FacebookBot*blocked
  • Bytespider*blocked
  • CCBot*blocked
  • Diffbot*blocked
  • Omgilibot*blocked

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbot*blocked
  • 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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