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
October 9 to 14, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
139 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Closing balance

Named in

12of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Union Bank

AI assistants name this regional or community bank in 20% of answers, much more often than the typical company in its sector. Its overall score is 42 out of 100, ranking 139th of 2,219 companies. Its website passes 4 out of 14 technical checks for readiness for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Union Bank by name. AI assistants named it in 12 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 34th of 394 in its sector. The typical banking company is named in 0.0% of answers.

Overall score
42Overall score
  • Visibility23
  • Citations3
  • Sentiment88
  • Site quality87
  • AI readiness29
Summary of account
Named by AI in
20.0%
12 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
30.0%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
4/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
20 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

Union Bank came up on 7 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Typical fee ranges for savings accounts at community banks in northern New England1/4
  2. 02How to resolve debit card transaction issues with a small-town bank?0/4
  3. 03Is it worth opening a checking account at a local bank if I live in rural Vermont?1/4
  4. 04Best community banking services for supporting local businesses in Vermont and New Hampshire3/4
  5. 05What are some options besides local banks for opening a business checking account?0/4
  6. 06Best community bank options for personal banking in Vermont and New Hampshire4/4
  7. 07Alternatives to traditional community bank savings accounts for families in New Hampshire1/4
  8. 08How do community banks compare to credit unions for small business banking?0/4
  9. 09What should I do if my online banking login is not working at a local community bank?0/4
  10. 10Using a community bank for both personal and small business accounts—what are the benefits?0/4
  11. 11Are community banks a good choice for first-time mortgage seekers?0/4
  12. 12What are the common loan rates offered by local banks for commercial lending in Vermont?1/4
  13. 13Can local banks help with government banking needs for small municipalities?0/4
  14. 14Community banks vs regional banks for home mortgages in New England1/4
  15. 15What are the advantages of choosing a local bank for business accounts?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 1/15Claude: 2/15Perplexity: 2/15Gemini: 7/15All assistants: 12/60
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 community bank options for personal banking in Vermont and New Hampshire”

The strongest community-bank candidates for personal banking across Vermont and New Hampshire are Union Bank, Passumpsic Bank, and Mascoma Bank. The best choice depends mainly on your location, branch needs, ATM access, and whether you want checking, savings, mortgages, or wealth services.

Bank · Best for · Coverage and notable strengths

Union Bank of Vermont & New Hampshire · Broad northern-Vermont/northwestern-New-Hampshire coverage · Full-service personal banking, including checking, deposits, lending, and trust services; emphasizes local decision-making …

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
    Mascoma Bank
    6
  2. 02
    Northfield Savings Bank
    4
  3. 03
    Bar Harbor Bank & Trust
    2

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Union Bank
    30.0%
  2. Mascoma Bank
    22.5%
  3. Community National Bank (Vermont)
    17.5%
  4. Northfield Savings Bank
    17.5%
  5. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust
    12.5%
  6. Merchants Bank (now part of Community Bank, N.A.)
    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
    ublocal.com (its own website)
    8
  2. 02
    gobankingrates.com
    7
  3. 03
    cbna.com
    6
  4. 04
    passumpsicbank.com
    6
  5. 05
    bankrate.com
    5
  6. 06
    mascoma.bank
    5
  7. 07
    umbrex.com
    5
  8. 08
    crediful.com
    4
  9. 09
    communitybank.net
    4
  10. 10
    mybanktracker.com
    3

Union 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
7/15
Claude
2/15
Perplexity
2/15
OpenAI
1/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How Union 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
23

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

Citations
3

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

Sentiment
88

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
87

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
29

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
42
Ranks 20 of 394. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
20.0%
Ranks 34 of 394. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 82 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
42
Ranks 7 of 148. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
20.0%
Ranks 5 of 148. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 25 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. Union 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.txtNot present
  • WebMCPCould not check
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
100 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 headersCould not check

    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 27 of 100 · 92% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · ublocal.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

4 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%
  • 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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