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, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
1,043 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
25th of 61 large national banks
Closing balance

Named in

2of 60 answers

by 2 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for U.S. Bancorp

AI assistants rarely name U.S. Bancorp, with 2 out of 60 answers mentioning it, while Wells Fargo and Citibank are also named in those cases. Its overall score is 28 out of 100, ranking 1,043rd of 2,219 companies and 166th of 394 in banking. The website passes 4 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned U.S. Bancorp by name. AI assistants named it in 2 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 136th of 394 in its sector. The typical banking company is named in 0.0% of answers.

Named fewer than three times in total. Read this as a sign that AI assistants rarely bring this company up, not as an exact comparison with its peers.

Overall score
28Overall score
  • Visibility4
  • Citations1
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness29
Summary of account
Named by AI in
3.3%
2 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
6.9%
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
166 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

U.S. Bancorp came up on 2 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Is opening a home equity line of credit worth it for a remodel?0/4
  2. 02Are premium checking accounts with monthly fees worth it for frequent travelers?0/4
  3. 03How can I resolve issues with mobile deposit not processing correctly?0/4
  4. 04Best ways to use a personal loan for consolidating high-interest debt?0/4
  5. 05What are some alternatives to traditional checking accounts for budgeting?0/4
  6. 06Alternatives to branch-based banking for people who want to manage everything online?0/4
  7. 07Best options for no-fee banking services in the United States?0/4
  8. 08Which savings account features are best for building an emergency fund?0/4
  9. 09What is the average interest rate on personal loans for good credit in the US?0/4
  10. 10Difference between rewards and cash back credit cards for everyday spending?0/4
  11. 11Which personal banking services offer both strong online tools and convenient local branches?1/4
  12. 12How much do typical overdraft fees cost at major consumer banks?1/4
  13. 13What should I do if my debit card transaction is declined at checkout?0/4
  14. 14What are the best checking account options for people who want low monthly fees?0/4
  15. 15How do online banking services compare to traditional in-person branches for managing daily finances?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 1/15Claude: 0/15Perplexity: 1/15Gemini: 0/15All assistants: 2/60
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

“How much do typical overdraft fees cost at major consumer banks?”

… Examples of major-bank fees: Chase $34, Wells Fargo $35, Bank of America $10, U.S. Bank $36, and some banks like Capital One and Citi charge $0.

If you want, I can also give you a current comparison of overdraft fees at the biggest U.S. banks.

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
    Wells Fargo
    7
  2. 02
    Citibank
    2

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Bank of America
    31.0%
  2. Chase (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)
    31.0%
  3. Wells Fargo
    24.1%
  4. U.S. Bancorp
    6.9%
  5. Citibank
    6.9%
  6. PNC 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
    bankrate.com
    60
  2. 02
    cnbc.com
    27
  3. 03
    finance.yahoo.com
    25
  4. 04
    nerdwallet.com
    23
  5. 05
    forbes.com
    20
  6. 06
    experian.com
    16
  7. 07
    chime.com
    15
  8. 08
    reddit.com
    11
  9. 09
    sofi.com
    10
  10. 10
    finder.com
    8

U.S. Bancorp is in the study as a large national bank.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Perplexity
1/15
OpenAI
1/15
Gemini
0/15
Claude
0/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How U.S. Bancorp 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
4

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

Citations
1

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

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
80

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
28
Ranks 166 of 394. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
3.3%
Ranks 136 of 394. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 82 of 394. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with large national banks

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

Overall score
28
Ranks 25 of 61. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
3.3%
Ranks 20 of 61. Typical company: 1.7%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 11 of 61. 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. U.S. Bancorp 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
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 31 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.usbank.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%
  • 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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