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

Nium

nium.com

Cross-border payments and remittancesCards and payments

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9 to 14, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
461 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
14th of 84 cross-border payments providers
Closing balance

Named in

11of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Nium

AI assistants name Nium in 18.3% of answers, while the typical company in its sector is named in none. Nium's overall score is 37 out of 100, ranking it 461st of 2,219 companies. Its website passes 5 out of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Nium by name. AI assistants named it in 11 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 39th of 375 in its sector. The typical cards and payments company is named in 0.0% of answers.

Overall score
37Overall score
  • Visibility20
  • Citations2
  • Sentiment67
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness36
Summary of account
Named by AI in
18.3%
11 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
25.6%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
5/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
68 of 375
by overall score, where the typical cards and payments company scores 27

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Line itemsSection 01

Every question, and where the company came up

Nium came up on 4 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Is investing in a global payments infrastructure worth it for a mid-size US business expanding abroad?0/4
  2. 02How can businesses resolve failed international payouts due to real-time settlement issues?0/4
  3. 03What options exist for businesses besides unified card issuance solutions for international payments?1/4
  4. 04What are the typical fees for utilizing cross-border payments APIs in the United States?0/4
  5. 05Alternatives to all-in-one cross-border payment APIs for global business payouts?3/4
  6. 06What are the top cross-border payments platforms for businesses needing real-time global payouts?4/4
  7. 07How can fintechs use global card issuance to simplify user payouts internationally?0/4
  8. 08How does virtual card issuing compare to traditional wire transfers for global expense management?0/4
  9. 09Best practices for integrating FX capabilities into an online marketplace via payment APIs?0/4
  10. 10Cross-border payment APIs vs. legacy banking solutions: What are the key differences for US-based fintechs?0/4
  11. 11What to do if API-based cross-border payment transactions get delayed?0/4
  12. 12How much should a business expect to pay for real-time global payout and FX conversion services?0/4
  13. 13Best ways for financial institutions to streamline international payouts through a single API?0/4
  14. 14Are API-driven card issuing solutions cost-effective for scaling international operations?0/4
  15. 15How can a US-based company leverage stablecoin-backed cards for international payments?3/4
Total namedOpenAI: 2/15Claude: 3/15Perplexity: 4/15Gemini: 2/15All assistants: 11/60
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

“What are the top cross-border payments platforms for businesses needing real-time global payouts?”

For businesses prioritizing real-time or near-real-time global payouts, the strongest shortlist is Nium, Airwallex, Wise Platform, Thunes, Rapyd, and Payoneer. The best choice depends on payout corridors, recipient methods, compliance requirements, and whether you need collections and treasury features in addition to disbursements.

Platform · Best for · Key strengths · Main consideration

Nium · API-based enterprise payouts · Coverage of 190+ countries, with real-time settlement in 100+ markets; supports bank accounts, cards, and wallets. · Pricing and av …

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
    Airwallex
    10
  2. 02
    Payoneer
    7
  3. 03
    Rapyd
    4
  4. 04
    Visa Direct
    1
  5. 05
    Currencycloud
    1

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Airwallex
    34.9%
  2. Nium
    25.6%
  3. Payoneer
    18.6%
  4. Rapyd
    11.6%
  5. Visa Direct
    7.0%
  6. Currencycloud
    2.3%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

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

  1. 01
    stripe.com
    27
  2. 02
    airwallex.com
    24
  3. 03
    lightspark.com
    12
  4. 04
    connectpay.com
    11
  5. 05
    tipalti.com
    8
  6. 06
    xtransfer.com
    6
  7. 07
    visa.com
    6
  8. 08
    wise.com
    6
  9. 09
    nium.com (its own website)
    6
  10. 10
    worldfirst.com
    5

Nium is in the study as a cross-border payments provider.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Perplexity
4/15
Claude
3/15
Gemini
2/15
OpenAI
2/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How Nium 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
20

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
67

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
80

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
36

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 cards and payments companies

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

Overall score
37
Ranks 68 of 375. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
18.3%
Ranks 39 of 375. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
36
Ranks 41 of 375. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with cross-border payments providers

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

Overall score
37
Ranks 14 of 84. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
18.3%
Ranks 7 of 84. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
36
Ranks 10 of 84. 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
Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. Nium 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
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 36 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · www.nium.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

5 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

  • 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%
AI crawlersSection 11

What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 86% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI

  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • 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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