Mint studios report | 2026

How Fintechs Can Win in AI Search

A practical guide to AEO / GEO, LLM visibility and customer acquisition, built from a year of testing with real fintech clients. Learn about what actually works to grow visibility on ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude and actually acquire customers.

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Built on a year of AEO results with real fintech companies, including

Everything a fintech marketing leader needs to know about AI search

The 4-step AEO / GEO process we use with clients, the mistakes that waste budget, and case studies that showcase what really works

The AI search landscape

Why buyers are already researching your category in ChatGPT and Gemini, and what that does to a fintech buying cycle built around traditional search.

Money prompts

How to find the buyer questions actually worth targeting first, instead of guessing which prompts matter.

The 4-step AEO process

Money prompts, GPT-built articles, citation tracking, and self-attribution: the repeatable process behind every result in this report.

Proving ROI to leadership

Why self-attribution, not platform traffic, is the only way to show a board that AI search is generating revenue.

AEO myths and pitfalls

What we tested that didn't work, including why digital PR helps but isn't the prerequisite most teams assume.

What's next for fintech and AI search

Where LLM citation behavior is heading, and what to fix first if your brand doesn't show up yet.

Key findings

The results after a year of AEO-focused work:

64% vs 40% conversion rate of LLM vs organic leads
4% → 53% LLM visibility after 1 year of work
$2.2M attributable pipeline
AI search — 44.4%Google — 22.2%Offline — 16.7%LinkedIn + social — 5.6%Referral — 5.6%Other — 5.6%
4%53%Month 1Month 12
Global bankPrivate bankFund manager$1.3M already closed of $2.2M pipeline

How much more often AI-search leads convert than traditional search leads. Most of that story never shows up as "AI" in your analytics unless you implement self-attribution.

Fiska's LLM visibility grew massively (competing against big companies like Stripe) after putting the process in this report to work.

Pipeline generated from content marketing focused work, with most of it coming via AI search.

The proof, not just the process

Real and anonymous case studies that showcase a repeatable content process that works, how to track results and how to create a plan.

Fiska

From invisible to top-cited

How a payments platform went from 4% to 53% LLM visibility against Stripe by rebuilding its content around the questions buyers actually ask AI tools.

Case study 1

The BOFU play that moved SQLs 466%

Why bottom-of-funnel content, not top-of-funnel volume, is what convinces AI tools and buyers that a fintech brand is worth citing.

Case study 2

Zero inbound to $2.2M in pipeline

How one fintech client went from no AI-search inbound to $2.2M in pipeline in under a year, with $1.3M already closed.

Case study 3

Leads up 12x while traffic stayed flat

The self-attribution setup that proved AI search was driving qualified leads long before the traffic numbers moved.

Every case study in this report includes the examples of prompts we tracked and targeted and the attribution model behind the number.

Read the Full Report

A focused guide to AEO: Everything a fintech marketing leader needs to start winning in AI search.

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Thursday, September 24, 2026. Alongside the report, we're walking through the exact AEO process behind every case study in this report, live, with real prompts and real results. The report and the recording go live the moment we start.

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The content marketing agency for fintech

Mint Studios is a content marketing agency that works exclusively with fintech and financial services companies.

We help fintech companies turn content into measurable pipeline through SEO, AEO and long form content.

If you’re a fintech company looking for a content partner who understands your industry, your audience, and the nuance of what it takes to market complex financial products — we should talk.

“Any financial company that wants to build trust and acquire customers must create content. Content marketing is more than a strategy or a tactic. It’s a business philosophy.”

— Araminta Robertson, Managing Director, Mint Studios

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