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

The Paypers

thepaypers.com

Research, news and mediaAdvisers and services

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9 to 14, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
147 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
6th of 73 research and media companies
Closing balance

Named in

9of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for The Paypers

AI assistants name The Paypers in 15% of answers, much more often than the typical company in its sector. Its overall score is 42 out of 100, ranking 147th of 2,219. The website passes 5 of 14 technical checks for how ready it is for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned The Paypers by name. AI assistants named it in 9 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 27th of 346 in its sector. The typical advisory or services firm is named in 0.0% of answers.

Overall score
42Overall score
  • Visibility16
  • Citations5
  • Sentiment92
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness50
Summary of account
Named by AI in
15.0%
9 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
20.0%
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
12 of 346
by overall score, where the typical advisory or services firm scores 27

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Line itemsSection 01

Every question, and where the company came up

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

  1. 01Are paid fintech newsletter subscriptions actually valuable for staying ahead in the industry?0/4
  2. 02Is it worth subscribing to a premium fintech news and industry analysis service?0/4
  3. 03What are the best sources for daily fintech market insights for finance professionals?0/4
  4. 04Best resources besides news portals for up-to-date analysis on ecommerce and fintech developments?1/4
  5. 05Where can I find comprehensive news on global payments and the digital economy?3/4
  6. 06What are some alternatives to mainstream fintech news websites that focus on the US market?0/4
  7. 07Why am I not receiving alerts from my chosen fintech news and analysis platform?0/4
  8. 08How does a fintech industry news aggregator compare to specialized payments analysis platforms?1/4
  9. 09How can industry analysis on global payments help inform business strategy?0/4
  10. 10Common issues accessing fintech market reports and solutions to fix them?0/4
  11. 11Where else can finance professionals get in-depth coverage of global payments and digital economy trends?4/4
  12. 12Fintech news portals vs. traditional finance news sites—what’s the difference in content depth?0/4
  13. 13Are there free alternatives to paid fintech analysis platforms?0/4
  14. 14What are the typical costs for premium access to fintech industry insights and reports?0/4
  15. 15Best ways for payments and ecommerce professionals to leverage daily fintech news updates?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 2/15Claude: 2/15Perplexity: 3/15Gemini: 2/15All assistants: 9/60
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

“Where can I find comprehensive news on global payments and the digital economy?”

For the broadest coverage, start with The Paypers—it combines breaking news, expert interviews, reports, and analysis across global payments, fintech, e-commerce, and the digital economy. Its coverage includes real-time and cross-border payments, open banking, embedded finance, digital identity, crypto, regulation, and fraud prevention.

Other useful sources:

PaymentsJournal — daily industry news on payment networks, fintech, stablecoins, remittances, and regional developments.

Glenbrook Partners — curated payments headlines and the Payments on Fire podcast, with an …

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
    Finextra
    9
  2. 02
    American Banker
    4
  3. 03
    PYMNTS.com
    3
  4. 04
    Banking Dive
    3

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. PaymentsDive
    24.4%
  2. The Paypers
    20.0%
  3. Finextra
    20.0%
  4. PYMNTS.com
    20.0%
  5. American Banker
    8.9%
  6. Banking Dive
    6.7%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

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

  1. 01
    thepaypers.com (its own website)
    12
  2. 02
    mckinsey.com
    7
  3. 03
    dailyn.cc
    6
  4. 04
    thecfoclub.com
    6
  5. 05
    readless.app
    6
  6. 06
    mintposition.co
    5
  7. 07
    hark.news
    4
  8. 08
    en.wikipedia.org
    4
  9. 09
    letstalkshop.com
    3
  10. 10
    linkedin.com
    3

The Paypers is in the study as a research or media company.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

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

How The Paypers 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
16

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

Citations
5

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

Sentiment
92

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
80

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
50

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 advisory and services firms

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

Overall score
42
Ranks 12 of 346. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
15.0%
Ranks 27 of 346. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
50
Ranks 3 of 346. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with research and media companies

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

Overall score
42
Ranks 5 of 73. Typical company: 31
Named in answers
15.0%
Ranks 15 of 73. Typical company: 3.3%
AI readiness
50
Ranks 1 of 73. 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. The Paypers 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
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 43 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · thepaypers.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%
  • 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

  • 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 15 AI crawlers by name. All others follow its general rules.

Training AI

  • GPTBot*allowed
  • ClaudeBot*allowed
  • Anthropic-AI*allowed
  • Google-Extended*allowed
  • Applebot-Extendedallowed
  • Meta-ExternalAgent*allowed
  • FacebookBot*allowed
  • Bytespiderallowed
  • CCBot*allowed
  • Diffbotallowed
  • Omgilibotallowed

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBotallowed
  • Claude-SearchBot*allowed
  • PerplexityBot*allowed
  • Applebot*allowed
  • Amazonbot*allowed
  • YouBotallowed

Answering questions

  • ChatGPT-User*allowed
  • Claude-User*allowed
  • Perplexity-User*allowed
  • DuckAssistBotallowed
  • MistralAI-User*allowed

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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