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

SouthState Bank

southstatebank.comSSB

Regional and community banksBanking

Money20/20 attendee

Also in the US AI Visibility Study

Statement period
September 23, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
922 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
37th of 148 regional and community banks
Closing balance

Named in

3of 60 answers

by 3 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for SouthState Bank

AI assistants name this regional or community bank in 5% of answers, which is more often than the typical company in its sector. Its overall score is 29 out of 100, ranking 922nd of 2,219 companies. The website passes 3 out of 14 technical checks for readiness for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned SouthState Bank by name. AI assistants named it in 3 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 112th of 394 in its sector. The typical banking company is named in 0.0% of answers.

Overall score
29Overall score
  • Visibility7
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality87
  • AI readiness21
Summary of account
Named by AI in
5.0%
3 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
12.5%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
143 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

SouthState Bank came up on 1 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Top features to look for in a local bank for personal savings plans0/4
  2. 02How can a regional bank help simplify paying monthly bills?0/4
  3. 03What are some options besides a regional bank for everyday personal banking?0/4
  4. 04Money market accounts vs traditional savings accounts at regional banks0/4
  5. 05Do regional banks charge for instant money transfers like Zelle?0/4
  6. 06Is opening a business checking account at a local bank a good idea?0/4
  7. 07Are regional banks worth it for first-time homebuyers?0/4
  8. 08Ways local banks support travel needs for personal banking customers0/4
  9. 09Best regional banks for small business checking accounts in the Southeast US3/4
  10. 10What to do if mobile check deposit fails at a regional bank?0/4
  11. 11Credit unions vs regional banks for home mortgages—what’s the difference?0/4
  12. 12Typical monthly fees for checking accounts at regional US banks0/4
  13. 13Online banks versus regional banks for small business services0/4
  14. 14Alternatives to using a regional bank for small business loans0/4
  15. 15Why is my debit card declined even though I have funds available at a regional bank?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 0/15Claude: 1/15Perplexity: 1/15Gemini: 1/15All assistants: 3/60
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

“Best regional banks for small business checking accounts in the Southeast US”

For the Southeast U.S., the strongest regional-bank options in your search results are FirstBank, Regions Bank, and SouthState Bank. Based on the available results, Regions Bank is the clearest fit for a small business checking account, while FirstBank stands out more as a regional bank with broad Southeast branch coverage.

Bank · Southeast footprint from results · Small-business checking signal · Best fit

Regions Bank · Present in the South; national-style regional presence implied by its small-business product pages · Forbes lists …

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
    Regions Bank
    17

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Regions Bank
    66.7%
  2. SouthState Bank
    12.5%
  3. Synovus Bank
    12.5%
  4. Truist Bank
    8.3%
  5. PNC Bank
    0.0%
  6. Fifth Third Bank
    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
    63
  2. 02
    bankrate.com
    30
  3. 03
    nerdwallet.com
    23
  4. 04
    usbank.com
    12
  5. 05
    forbes.com
    10
  6. 06
    cnbc.com
    9
  7. 07
    sofi.com
    8
  8. 08
    experian.com
    8
  9. 09
    money.com
    8
  10. 10
    finance.yahoo.com
    7

SouthState 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
1/15
OpenAI
0/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How SouthState 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
7

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
87

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
21

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
29
Ranks 143 of 394. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
5.0%
Ranks 112 of 394. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
21
Ranks 199 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
29
Ranks 35 of 148. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
5.0%
Ranks 29 of 148. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
21
Ranks 68 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. SouthState 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.txtPublished
  • WebMCPNot present
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%
  • WebMCPNot met

    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 35 of 100 · 100% of checks could run · checked on October 4, 2026 · southstatebank.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

3 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%
  • Not metXML sitemapstudy: 79.4%
  • Not metHTTP 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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