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

Lead Bank

lead.bank

Regional and community banksBanking

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9 to 14, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
1,038 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
50th of 148 regional and community banks
Closing balance

Named in

2of 60 answers

by 2 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Lead Bank

AI assistants rarely name this regional or community bank, mentioning it in 2 out of 60 answers, sometimes along with companies like Unit and Treasury Prime. Its overall score is 28 out of 100, ranking 1,038th of 2,219 companies, which matches the typical company in its sector. Its website passes 4 out of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Lead Bank by name. AI assistants named it in 2 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 136th 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
28Overall score
  • Visibility5
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness29
Summary of account
Named by AI in
3.3%
2 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
7.7%
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
166 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

Lead Bank came up on 2 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01How does API banking infrastructure compare to traditional banking partnerships for fintechs?0/4
  2. 02Options for US companies seeking non-API banking integration for fintech solutions?1/4
  3. 03How are API banking infrastructure platforms typically priced in the US market?0/4
  4. 04How can businesses use API-driven banking platforms to launch debit card programs?0/4
  5. 05What factors influence the costs of deploying compliant banking APIs for scaled financial products?0/4
  6. 06What are the differences between all-in-one banking infrastructure APIs and modular solutions for financial product development?0/4
  7. 07Is investing in API-based banking infrastructure worth it for early-stage fintech startups?0/4
  8. 08What types of companies benefit most from customizable banking APIs?0/4
  9. 09What are the best API-driven banking platforms for fintech companies launching new products?0/4
  10. 10Which compliant banking infrastructure solutions are recommended for scaling embedded finance in the US?1/4
  11. 11What are some alternatives to API-based banking infrastructure for embedded finance?0/4
  12. 12Why might my embedded finance product experience failed transactions with an API banking provider?0/4
  13. 13Common issues when scaling financial products using API-driven banking infrastructure?0/4
  14. 14What should I consider before integrating a banking-as-a-service platform for my business?0/4
  15. 15Latest trends in compliant, scalable banking infrastructure for US fintech businesses?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 0/15Claude: 0/15Perplexity: 1/15Gemini: 1/15All assistants: 2/60
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

“Options for US companies seeking non-API banking integration for fintech solutions?”

… Direct bank partnership: Work directly with a chartered bank such as Column, Cross River Bank, Lead Bank, or another sponsor bank. This can provide greater control, but usually requires substantial compliance, risk-management, operational, and volume commitments.

Banking middleware or program managers: Providers such as Unit, Treasury Prime, and Synctera can manage connections to one or more sponsor banks, reducing the need to negotiate and maintain individual bank integrations.

Core-banking platforms: For companies intending to operate more of the banking stack …

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
    Unit
    9
  2. 02
    Treasury Prime
    8
  3. 03
    Bond
    3
  4. 04
    Column
    2

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Unit
    34.6%
  2. Treasury Prime
    34.6%
  3. Bond
    11.5%
  4. Lead Bank
    7.7%
  5. Column
    7.7%
  6. Synapse
    3.8%
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
    15
  2. 02
    dashdevs.com
    10
  3. 03
    backbase.com
    9
  4. 04
    stripe.com
    9
  5. 05
    ge.mba
    7
  6. 06
    sdk.finance
    6
  7. 07
    connectpay.com
    5
  8. 08
    techaheadcorp.com
    5
  9. 09
    slash.com
    4
  10. 10
    airwallex.com
    4

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

How Lead 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
5

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
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
28
Ranks 166 of 394. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
3.3%
Ranks 136 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
28
Ranks 46 of 148. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
3.3%
Ranks 38 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 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. Lead 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
36 of 100
  • robots.txtNot met

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

    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
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 15 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · www.lead.bank · 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%
  • 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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