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.
1,137 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Closing balance

Named in

0of 60, its tower is dark

by 0 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Flinks

AI assistants do not name this fintech infrastructure company in any of their 60 answers. Its overall score is 28 out of 100, ranking 1,137th of 2,219, while the typical company in its sector scores 29. Its website passes 6 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Flinks by name. AI assistants named it in none of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 334th of 574 in its sector. The typical financial technology and data company is named in 1.7% 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
28Overall score
  • Visibility0
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness43
Summary of account
Named by AI in
0.0%
0 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
0.0%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
6/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
302 of 574
by overall score, where the typical financial technology and data company scores 29

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Line itemsSection 01

Every question, and where the company came up

Flinks came up on 0 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01What are the main options besides embedded finance platforms for adding payments functionality to mobile banking apps?0/4
  2. 02How do embedded finance platforms differ from open banking solutions for U.S. financial institutions?0/4
  3. 03How can financial institutions use embedded finance to speed up customer identity verification?0/4
  4. 04Which embedded finance solutions offer built-in analytics for financial behavior insights?0/4
  5. 05What should fintech companies consider before choosing an embedded finance provider for payments and data connectivity?0/4
  6. 06Why are transaction categorization features sometimes inaccurate on embedded finance platforms?0/4
  7. 07Which solutions are best for integrating payment processing and account data access into financial apps?0/4
  8. 08What are the top embedded finance platforms for banks and credit unions looking to modernize their digital services?0/4
  9. 09Is investing in an embedded finance platform worth it for mid-sized credit unions aiming to improve their digital onboarding process?0/4
  10. 10What are common use-cases for embedded finance solutions in digital lending workflows?0/4
  11. 11Are there alternatives to embedded finance platforms for accessing real-time financial data?0/4
  12. 12What can cause delays when syncing bank account data through embedded finance APIs?0/4
  13. 13Embedded finance platforms vs API aggregators: What’s the difference in capabilities and use-cases?0/4
  14. 14What pricing considerations should banks evaluate when scaling up embedded finance integrations?0/4
  15. 15How are usage fees for embedded finance platforms typically structured in the U.S.?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 0/15Claude: 0/15Perplexity: 0/15Gemini: 0/15All assistants: 0/60
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

The company is not named in this answer

Claudedid not name the company

“How do embedded finance platforms differ from open banking solutions for U.S. financial institutions?”

Based on the search results, I can provide you with a comprehensive comparison of these two approaches:

Fundamental Difference

At their core, the distinction is relatively straightforward: open banking is an access framework while embedded finance is a delivery model.

Embedded Finance Platforms

Embedded finance is when financial services—such as payments, loans, and full banking experiences—are built directly into nonfinancial platforms so users can access them without leaving the platform. Embedded finance is front-end focused, integrating services directly into customer journeys. …

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.

Named instead

CompanyTimes named
  1. 01
    Plaid
    9
  2. 02
    MX
    4
  3. 03
    Akoya
    1

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Plaid
    44.0%
  2. MX
    24.0%
  3. Finicity (a Mastercard company)
    16.0%
  4. Yodlee (Envestnet)
    12.0%
  5. Akoya
    4.0%
  6. Flinks
    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
    openbankingtracker.com
    13
  2. 02
    apideck.com
    11
  3. 03
    stripe.com
    9
  4. 04
    sdk.finance
    8
  5. 05
    sourceforge.net
    6
  6. 06
    airwallex.com
    5
  7. 07
    pingidentity.com
    5
  8. 08
    connectpay.com
    5
  9. 09
    fintechspecs.com
    5
  10. 10
    sysgenpro.com
    4

Flinks is in the study as a fintech infrastructure company.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

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

How Flinks 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
0

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
50

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 financial technology and data companies

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

Overall score
28
Ranks 302 of 574. Typical company: 29
Named in answers
0.0%
Ranks 334 of 574. Typical company: 1.7%
AI readiness
43
Ranks 29 of 574. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with fintech infrastructure companies

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

Overall score
28
Ranks 149 of 315. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
0.0%
Ranks 168 of 315. Typical company: 1.7%
AI readiness
43
Ranks 17 of 315. 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 2: Bot-aware. Explicit AI bot rules and declared Content Signals.

To reach level 3:
  • Markdown negotiation
Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. Flinks 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.txtPublished
  • 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
50 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

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

    study: 6.2%
  • llms.txtPassed

    An llms.txt that tells language models what the site offers.

    study: 31.0%
Bot access control
100 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPassed

    Explicit robots.txt rules for AI crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot.

    study: 92.7%
  • Content SignalsPassed

    Content-Signal lines in robots.txt declaring search, AI input and AI training preferences.

    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 51 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · www.flinks.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%
  • Passedllms.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 5 AI crawlers by name. All others follow its general rules.

Training AI

  • GPTBot*allowed
  • ClaudeBot*allowed
  • Anthropic-AIallowed
  • Google-Extended*allowed
  • Applebot-Extendedallowed
  • Meta-ExternalAgentallowed
  • FacebookBotallowed
  • Bytespiderallowed
  • CCBotallowed
  • Diffbotallowed
  • Omgilibotallowed

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBotallowed
  • Claude-SearchBotallowed
  • PerplexityBot*allowed
  • Applebotallowed
  • Amazonbotallowed
  • YouBotallowed

Answering questions

  • ChatGPT-User*allowed
  • Claude-Userallowed
  • Perplexity-Userallowed
  • DuckAssistBotallowed
  • MistralAI-Userallowed

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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