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
September 23, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
901 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 KeyCorp

AI assistants do not name this regional or community bank in any of the 60 answers to everyday market questions. Its overall score is 30 out of 100, ranking 901st of 2,219 companies, which is close to the typical company in its sector. Its website passes 4 of 14 technical checks for readiness with AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned KeyCorp by name. AI assistants named it in none of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 188th 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
30Overall score
  • Visibility0
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment71
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness29
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
4/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
136 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

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

  1. 01What are alternatives to traditional regional banks for business banking services?0/4
  2. 02What types of loans can small businesses get from full-service regional banks?0/4
  3. 03Credit unions vs regional banks for small business loans—what are the differences?0/4
  4. 04Why do debit card transactions from a regional bank sometimes get declined online?0/4
  5. 05What are typical monthly fees for personal checking accounts at regional banks?0/4
  6. 06How do overdraft fees at regional banks compare to those at online banks?0/4
  7. 07Are regional banks a good choice for managing both checking and savings accounts together?0/4
  8. 08What options exist for wealth management if you want to avoid traditional banking services?0/4
  9. 09What are the best regional banks for small business checking accounts?0/4
  10. 10How do regional banks compare to national banks for home mortgage options?0/4
  11. 11Which financial institutions outside of banks offer competitive savings accounts in the US?0/4
  12. 12Is it worth switching from a national to a regional bank for better customer service?0/4
  13. 13How can individuals maximize rewards and benefits on credit cards offered by regional banks?0/4
  14. 14How do you resolve issues with mobile banking apps at regional banks?0/4
  15. 15Which full-service banks offer both personal and business banking in the US?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

“What types of loans can small businesses get from full-service regional banks?”

I'll search for information about the types of loans that small businesses can get from full-service regional banks.Based on the search results, full-service regional banks offer a variety of loan products for small businesses. Here are the main types:

SBA Loans

The most common SBA loan types include 7(a), 504, and microloans. The 7(a) loan supports many needs from working capital to business acquisitions to fixed assets. Businesses can borrow up to $500,000 for specific needs including revolving working capital.

Traditional Term Loans and Lines of Credit

Regional banks like Regions Ba …

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
    Regions Bank
    23
  2. 02
    KeyBank
    7
  3. 03
    PNC Bank
    7
  4. 04
    Fifth Third Bank
    3

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Regions Bank
    64.5%
  2. PNC Bank
    12.9%
  3. Fifth Third Bank
    9.7%
  4. Huntington Bank
    9.7%
  5. M&T Bank
    3.2%
  6. KeyCorp
    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
    79
  2. 02
    bankrate.com
    34
  3. 03
    nerdwallet.com
    22
  4. 04
    smartasset.com
    11
  5. 05
    finance.yahoo.com
    11
  6. 06
    sofi.com
    9
  7. 07
    airwallex.com
    9
  8. 08
    youtube.com
    9
  9. 09
    forbes.com
    8
  10. 10
    raisin.com
    7

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

How KeyCorp 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
71

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 banking companies

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

Overall score
30
Ranks 136 of 394. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
0.0%
Ranks 188 of 394. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 82 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
30
Ranks 31 of 148. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
0.0%
Ranks 52 of 148. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 25 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

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. KeyCorp 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
63 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPassed

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

    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 32 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 4, 2026 · key.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 13 AI crawlers by name. All others follow its general rules.

Training AI

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

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBot*allowed
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBot*allowed
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly

Answering questions

  • ChatGPT-User*allowed
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-User*allowed
  • 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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