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.

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AI visibility statementFinance AI Visibility Study 2026Issued October 14, 2026
Account holder
Statement period
September 23 and 24, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
914 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Closing balance

Named in

4of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Truist Financial

AI assistants name this regional or community bank in 6.7% of answers, which is more often than the typical company in its sector. Its overall score is 29 out of 100, ranking 914th of 2,219 companies. The website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for readiness with AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Truist Financial by name. AI assistants named it in 4 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 98th 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
6.7%
4 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
8.9%
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

Truist Financial came up on 1 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Which personal checking accounts from US regional banks have no overdraft fees?4/4
  2. 02What are the best regional full-service banks for small businesses looking for flexible loan options?0/4
  3. 03Is opening a business checking account at a regional bank worth it for a startup?0/4
  4. 04How much do regional banks charge in ATM fees outside their network?0/4
  5. 05Alternatives to regional full-service banks for managing personal finances0/4
  6. 06What options exist besides regional banks for small business lending in the US?0/4
  7. 07How can you resolve issues with online banking access at a US regional bank?0/4
  8. 08Typical monthly fees for full-service checking accounts at regional banks in the US0/4
  9. 09Best types of accounts for entrepreneurs at regional banks in the US0/4
  10. 10What financial services do regional banks offer to help manage cash flow for small businesses?0/4
  11. 11Regional vs national banks: which offers better customer service for local businesses?0/4
  12. 12Why am I being charged maintenance fees on my regional bank account?0/4
  13. 13Credit unions compared to regional banks for personal savings accounts—what are the benefits and drawbacks?0/4
  14. 14Best mobile banking apps offered by regional full-service banks for individuals0/4
  15. 15Are regional banks a good choice for mortgage loans compared to larger financial institutions?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 1/15Claude: 1/15Perplexity: 1/15Gemini: 1/15All assistants: 4/60
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 OpenAI actually said

An answer that names the company

OpenAInamed the company

“Which personal checking accounts from US regional banks have no overdraft fees?”

I can pull an up-to-date list — this changes often — but quick question first so I search correctly:

By “regional banks” do you mean mid‑sized brick‑and‑mortar U.S. banks (e.g., PNC, Fifth Third, Regions, KeyBank, Huntington, Truist, etc.), and exclude national megabanks (Chase, BofA, Wells) and online-only banks/credit unions?

Do you want accounts that permanently charge no overdraft fees on the primary personal checking product, or are you also OK with “second‑chance” or Bank On certified accounts that may have no overdraft fees but are limited/specialty?

Tell me which definition you p …

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
    23
  2. 02
    PNC Bank
    12
  3. 03
    Fifth Third Bank
    6
  4. 04
    KeyBank
    3

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Regions Bank
    42.2%
  2. PNC Bank
    15.6%
  3. Huntington National Bank
    15.6%
  4. Fifth Third Bank
    11.1%
  5. Truist Financial
    8.9%
  6. KeyBank
    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
    regions.com
    83
  2. 02
    bankrate.com
    40
  3. 03
    nerdwallet.com
    22
  4. 04
    smartasset.com
    13
  5. 05
    finance.yahoo.com
    13
  6. 06
    sofi.com
    13
  7. 07
    wise.com
    10
  8. 08
    usbank.com
    10
  9. 09
    businessinsider.com
    10
  10. 10
    forbes.com
    10

Truist Financial 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
1/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How Truist Financial 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
6.7%
Ranks 98 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
6.7%
Ranks 23 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
Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. Truist Financial 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
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
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 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.truist.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%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 79.4%
  • Not metHTTP 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%
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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