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
S

Signal

signal.vin

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.
106 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
7th of 84 cross-border payments providers
Closing balance

Named in

11of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Signal

AI assistants name this cross-border payments provider in 18.3% of answers, which is much more often than the typical company in its sector. Signal has an overall score of 43 out of 100, ranking 106th of 2,219 overall and 19th of 375 in its sector. Its website passes 5 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Signal 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
43Overall score
  • Visibility21
  • Citations11
  • Sentiment88
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness36
Summary of account
Named by AI in
18.3%
11 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
28.9%
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
19 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

Signal came up on 6 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Do US franchise dealers benefit financially from sourcing vehicles through direct trade networks?0/4
  2. 02Can franchise auto dealers use dealer auctions as an alternative to online vehicle trading networks for cross-border deals?0/4
  3. 03Is it possible for Canadian franchise dealers to get instant purchase offers on vehicles through online trading platforms?3/4
  4. 04Are there additional costs for franchise dealers when importing vehicles from Canada to the US through digital platforms?1/4
  5. 05How can US franchise auto dealers expand their inventory using cross-border direct trade networks?1/4
  6. 06How do direct vehicle trading networks for franchise auto dealers differ from traditional auctions?0/4
  7. 07How do franchise auto dealers resolve issues with missing paperwork in cross-border trades?0/4
  8. 08What should I do if a cross-border vehicle trade gets delayed in customs?0/4
  9. 09Direct trade network versus consignment services for cross-border vehicle sales—what's the difference?0/4
  10. 10What are some alternatives to direct trade networks for sourcing cross-border vehicles for franchise auto dealers?1/4
  11. 11Is using a cross-border vehicle trading platform worth it for franchise auto dealers?0/4
  12. 12What other methods can franchise dealers use to manage vehicle trades between the US and Canada besides online platforms?2/4
  13. 13What are the best platforms for franchise auto dealers to trade vehicles across the US-Canada border?3/4
  14. 14What fees should US franchise auto dealers expect when using cross-border vehicle trading networks?0/4
  15. 15How can US franchise dealers find fresh trade-in vehicles from Canada?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 1/15Claude: 2/15Perplexity: 3/15Gemini: 5/15All 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 Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

Gemininamed the company

“What are the best platforms for franchise auto dealers to trade vehicles across the US-Canada border?”

For franchise auto dealers looking to trade vehicles across the US-Canada border, Signal stands out as a dedicated platform that streamlines the complex process of international vehicle export and import.

Signal offers a comprehensive "export department in a box" for Canadian dealers and provides US dealers with direct access to fresh Canadian trade-ins, handling many of the logistical and regulatory challenges involved signal.vin, signal.vin, signal.vin.

Here's how Signal facilitat …

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
    ACV Auctions
    3
  2. 02
    EBlock
    1

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Signal
    28.9%
  2. Manheim Express
    23.7%
  3. ADESA US and Canada
    23.7%
  4. ACV Auctions
    15.8%
  5. EBlock
    5.3%
  6. TradeRev
    2.6%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

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

  1. 01
    signal.vin (its own website)
    27
  2. 02
    autoauctionatlas.com
    11
  3. 03
    autoacquireai.com
    9
  4. 04
    sourceforge.net
    7
  5. 05
    autoremarketing.com
    7
  6. 06
    linkedin.com
    5
  7. 07
    umbrex.com
    4
  8. 08
    openlane.com
    3
  9. 09
    bidbuyimporters.com
    3
  10. 10
    uscanadaautotransport.com
    3

Signal 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

Gemini
5/15
Perplexity
3/15
Claude
2/15
OpenAI
1/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How Signal 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
21

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

Citations
11

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

Sentiment
88

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
43
Ranks 19 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
43
Ranks 6 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 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. Signal 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
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
25 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

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

    study: 6.2%
  • llms.txtPartly 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 21 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · www.signal.vin · 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%
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