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

First Interstate Bank

firstinterstatebank.comFIBK

Regional and community banksBanking

Also in the US AI Visibility Study

Statement period
September 23, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
524 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
20th of 148 regional and community banks
Closing balance

Named in

1of 60 answers

by 1 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for First Interstate Bank

The AI assistants rarely name this regional or community bank, with only 1 of 60 answers mentioning it, sometimes alongside Umpqua Bank. Its overall score is 37 out of 100, ranking 524th of 2,219 companies. Its website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for readiness with AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned First Interstate Bank by name. AI assistants named it in 1 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 156th of 394 in its sector. The typical banking company is named in 0.0% of answers.

Named fewer than three times in total. Read this as a sign that AI assistants rarely bring this company up, not as an exact comparison with its peers.

Overall score
37Overall score
  • Visibility7
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment100
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness21
Summary of account
Named by AI in
1.7%
1 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
50.0%
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
72 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

First Interstate Bank came up on 1 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Is opening a money market account at a regional commercial bank worth it?0/4
  2. 02Common issues with mobile check deposits at US regional banks0/4
  3. 03How does overdraft protection pricing work at most regional commercial banks?0/4
  4. 04Best US regional banks with strong community engagement and local service1/4
  5. 05What are some non-bank solutions for digital personal banking in the US?0/4
  6. 06Top options for personal loans from regional banks in the US0/4
  7. 07Why am I having trouble enrolling in online banking with a regional bank?0/4
  8. 08How do regional banks compare with national banks for digital financial tools?0/4
  9. 09How can small businesses use a home equity line of credit from a regional commercial bank?0/4
  10. 10What are typical monthly fees for business checking accounts at regional banks?0/4
  11. 11Regional commercial banks vs credit unions: pros and cons for business banking0/4
  12. 12Alternatives to regional commercial banks for small business lending0/4
  13. 13Are local business banking services from regional banks a good value for small businesses?0/4
  14. 14What are the best regional commercial banks for small business checking accounts?0/4
  15. 15Which type of regional bank account is best for managing payroll?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 0/15Claude: 1/15Perplexity: 0/15Gemini: 0/15All assistants: 1/60
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 Claude actually said

An answer that names the company

Claudenamed the company

“Best US regional banks with strong community engagement and local service”

… First Interstate Bank

First Interstate Bank operates in Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Oregon, Idaho, and several other states, and is one of the few banks that still treats community banking as the main business rather than an afterthought.

Key Features to Look For

When choosing a regional partner, you should note their commitment to community-reinvestment and the quality of their "hybrid" service model—balancing sophisticated mobile apps with accessible, expert in-branch advisory.

Rankings recognize institutions that drive local economic growth through small business support, co …

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
    Umpqua Bank
    1

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. First Interstate Bank
    50.0%
  2. Umpqua Bank
    50.0%
  3. Banner Bank
    0.0%
  4. Glacier Bank
    0.0%
  5. Washington Trust Bank
    0.0%
  6. Bank of the West
    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
    regions.com
    76
  2. 02
    bankrate.com
    19
  3. 03
    nerdwallet.com
    16
  4. 04
    forbes.com
    12
  5. 05
    gfmag.com
    9
  6. 06
    wise.com
    8
  7. 07
    sofi.com
    7
  8. 08
    airwallex.com
    7
  9. 09
    raisin.com
    6
  10. 10
    uschamber.com
    6

First Interstate 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

Claude
1/15
Gemini
0/15
Perplexity
0/15
OpenAI
0/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How First Interstate 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
7

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

Citations
0

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

Sentiment
100

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
37
Ranks 72 of 394. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
1.7%
Ranks 156 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
37
Ranks 19 of 148. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
1.7%
Ranks 42 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. First Interstate 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
31 of 100
  • robots.txtNot met

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

    study: 86.1%
  • SitemapPartly 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
0 of 100
  • AI bot rulesNot 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 7 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.firstinterstatebank.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

  • Not metrobots.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%
  • 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%
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