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 and 10, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
298 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
3rd of 32 digital banks
Closing balance

Named in

10of 60 answers

by 2 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Zolve

AI assistants name Zolve in 16.7% of answers, which is more often than the typical company in its sector. Zolve has an overall score of 39 out of 100, ranking 298th of 2,219 companies in the study. Its website passes 4 of 14 technical checks for readiness for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Zolve by name. AI assistants named it in 10 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 40th of 394 in its sector. The typical banking company is named in 0.0% of answers.

Overall score
39Overall score
  • Visibility21
  • Citations4
  • Sentiment78
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness29
Summary of account
Named by AI in
16.7%
10 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
30.3%
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
45 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

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

  1. 01Typical fees for international wire transfers from US bank accounts0/4
  2. 02How do international professionals send money home from a US bank account?0/4
  3. 03Should newcomers prioritize no annual fee credit cards when moving to the US?1/4
  4. 04Why was my US bank account application rejected as a non-resident?0/4
  5. 05How can global professionals access credit cards in the US without a Social Security number?2/4
  6. 06Best ways for international students to open a US bank account before arrival2/4
  7. 07What are the top online banking options for newcomers moving to the United States?0/4
  8. 08Online vs traditional US banks for international students: which is better?1/4
  9. 09Do international students need a US credit card to build credit history?1/4
  10. 10Can students manage all US finances through a single online banking platform?0/4
  11. 11Alternatives to traditional banks for global citizens needing instant US checking accounts2/4
  12. 12Is it worth getting a US bank account online before landing as an international newcomer?1/4
  13. 13Differences between secured and unsecured credit cards for recent US arrivals0/4
  14. 14Checking accounts vs multi-currency accounts for people relocating to the US0/4
  15. 15What documents are required to verify my identity for online banking as a newcomer?0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 0/15Claude: 3/15Perplexity: 0/15Gemini: 7/15All assistants: 10/60
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 Claude actually said

An answer that names the company

Claudenamed the company

“Best ways for international students to open a US bank account before arrival”

I'll search for current information on how international students can open a US bank account before arriving in the country.Based on the search results, here are the best ways for international students to open a US bank account before arrival:

Online and Remote Options

You can open a US bank account online before arriving in the US, either through an online process or a video conference appointment. Some fintech services like Zolve allow you to open a US checking account even before you arrive in the country, making it a hassle-free option for international students.

Additionally, inter …

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.

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Bank of America (International Student Banking)
    63.6%
  2. Zolve
    30.3%
  3. Deserve
    6.1%
  4. Nomad
    0.0%
  5. Remitly Passbook
    0.0%
  6. Sable
    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
    wise.com
    35
  2. 02
    zolve.com (its own website)
    15
  3. 03
    chase.com
    13
  4. 04
    expatica.com
    12
  5. 05
    info.bankofamerica.com
    10
  6. 06
    firstcard.app
    10
  7. 07
    sofi.com
    10
  8. 08
    timeshighereducation.com
    8
  9. 09
    mpowerfinancing.com
    8
  10. 10
    monito.com
    8

Zolve is in the study as a digital bank.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
7/15
Claude
3/15
OpenAI
0/15
Perplexity
0/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How Zolve 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
21

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

Citations
4

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

Sentiment
78

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
39
Ranks 45 of 394. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
16.7%
Ranks 40 of 394. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 82 of 394. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with digital banks

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

Overall score
39
Ranks 3 of 32. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
16.7%
Ranks 5 of 32. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 10 of 32. 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. Zolve 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 9, 2026 · zolve.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

  • GPTBotallowed
  • ClaudeBotallowed
  • Anthropic-AIallowed
  • Google-Extendedallowed
  • Applebot-Extendedallowed
  • Meta-ExternalAgentallowed
  • FacebookBotallowed
  • Bytespiderallowed
  • CCBotallowed
  • Diffbotallowed
  • Omgilibotallowed

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBotallowed
  • Claude-SearchBotallowed
  • PerplexityBotallowed
  • Applebotallowed
  • Amazonbotallowed
  • YouBotallowed

Answering questions

  • ChatGPT-Userallowed
  • Claude-Userallowed
  • Perplexity-Userallowed
  • DuckAssistBotallowed
  • MistralAI-Userallowed

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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