DENVER, COLORADO, Dec. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As AI-powered search platforms increasingly influence how consumers and businesses research financial products and insurance providers, financial services firms are turning to RankOS™, a proprietary AI visibility operating system developed by NEWMEDIA.COM, to ensure their brands are recognized, cited, and trusted in AI-generated search results.
Developed and refined over several years through active client deployment, RankOS™ was built to address a growing gap between traditional SEO performance and AI visibility, particularly in highly regulated sectors such as banking, wealth management, and insurance, where AI systems apply stricter standards for credibility and verification.
“AI platforms are exceptionally conservative when surfacing financial information,” said Steve Morris, Founder and CEO of NEWMEDIA.COM. “They rely heavily on authority signals, third-party validation, and consistency. Ranking well on Google no longer guarantees visibility when AI systems decide which financial brands to trust. RankOS™ was designed to help firms meet that higher bar.”
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Why Financial Services and Insurance Are High-Risk Categories for AI Visibility
Financial services and insurance queries are among the most tightly controlled by AI systems due to regulatory oversight, consumer protection requirements, and the potential impact of misinformation. According to recent RankOS™ financial-sector analysis, fewer than 18% of financial services and insurance brands evaluated appeared in AI-generated search answers, even when many ranked prominently in traditional organic search.
Additional findings from RankOS™ audits include:
- Financial brands with authoritative third-party citations were more than 4× as likely to be referenced by AI systems than brands relying primarily on owned media.
- Over 60% of audited financial services websites lacked consistent structured data defining products, services, credentials, and regulatory affiliations in AI-readable formats.
- Entity ambiguity remains a major exclusion factor, particularly for firms with similar names, parent-subsidiary structures, or overlapping brand identities.
- AI systems strongly favored brands with clear compliance and trust indicators, including licensing disclosures, verified media mentions, and institutional affiliations.
These gaps significantly reduce AI visibility, even for well-established financial and insurance providers.
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How RankOS™ Improves AI Visibility for Financial Brands
RankOS™ provides financial services and insurance organizations with a structured, compliance-aware approach to AI Engine Optimization (AEO) by aligning SEO, PR, and entity data into a unified visibility framework.
The platform evaluates and strengthens:
- Entity Authority: clarity and consistency of brand and organizational identity
- Citation Strength: presence across authoritative financial, regulatory, and media sources
- Trust Signals: licensing, compliance disclosures, and institutional validation
- AI Answer Share: frequency and context of brand inclusion in AI-generated responses
By focusing on these factors, RankOS™ helps financial brands improve AI visibility while respecting regulatory and disclosure requirements.
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A Shift in Financial Discovery
As AI platforms increasingly serve as an initial research tool for financial decisions, firms face growing pressure to adapt their digital strategies beyond traditional SEO.
“AI is becoming a gatekeeper for financial trust,” Morris added. “Brands that are absent from AI-generated answers risk losing visibility at the moment consumers are forming perceptions. RankOS™ gives financial organizations a way to understand and respond to that shift using real data.”
NEWMEDIA.COM plans to release additional RankOS™ benchmarks across regulated and high-trust industries throughout 2026.
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About NEWMEDIA.COM
Founded in 1996, NEWMEDIA.COM is a nationally recognized digital agency specializing in strategy, design, development, and performance-driven marketing for growth-focused brands. With nearly three decades of experience, the agency has partnered with startups, mid-market companies, and enterprise organizations across industries including technology, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and professional services.
NEWMEDIA.COM is known for its integrated approach to digital growth which combines brand strategy, user experience design, advanced web development, SEO, paid media, and AI-driven visibility optimization through its proprietary RankOS™ platform. The agency’s work has been recognized by leading industry organizations and has helped drive measurable revenue growth for clients nationwide.
Headquartered in the United States, with offices in Denver, Chicago, and New York, and a distributed team across the country, NEWMEDIA.COM operates as a long-term growth partner focused on durable results, technical excellence, and data-driven decision making.
- AI Visibility Challenges for Financial Services and Insurance (RankOS™ 2025)