FNB in AI search.
First National Bank, South Africa's oldest bank, offering retail and business banking with award-winning digital channels and an extensive branch network.
Brands AI groups FNB with.
Each peer is a banking brand that surfaces in roughly the same AI search queries as FNB. Edge density reflects how often AI engines mention them in the same response.
Net narrative control, own-domain share, complaint exposure — the live numbers are one scan away. Run the free Scorecard on FNB for the full Q2 figures, or book a 30-minute walkthrough to discuss the strategy with our team.
The observation.
Across the AI search citations we measured for FNB this quarter, the story splits between own-domain coverage, editorial pickups and complaint-site signal. FNB’s net narrative control sits on the negative side — complaint-site citations outweigh own and editorial coverage. Run the live Scorecard scan for the exact figures, the per-engine breakdown and the brand-versus-industry gap — or book a 30-minute walkthrough to discuss the strategy with our team.
Where AI is looking.
The cited domains, grouped by category. Where a single source over-indexes, it disproportionately shapes how AI engines describe FNB to users.
- businesstech.co.za
- ratecompare.co.za
- bizcommunity.com
How the engines differ.
Each LLM retrieves and ranks sources differently. A remediation that lifts visibility in one model may produce no measurable change in another.
FNB’s exact own / complaint / gap on each of GPT-5, Claude and Gemini — plus the moves that lift each engine differently — are in the live Scorecard scan.
Run the live scan →Competitive context.
FNB measured against the other banking brands in our quarterly index. Click through for each brand's full report.
Standard Bank
Capitec
Absa
FNB
What we’d do.
Three remediation actions ranked by projected lift to net narrative control. Projections from our remediation model, not commitments — actual lift depends on execution quality.
HelloPeter sub-1h response SLA on top 12 open FNB complaints.
Action 1 is the move we’d open the conversation with. Actions 2 and 3 — and the projected lift on each — are part of the 30-minute brand-specific walkthrough. Bring your PR partner, we’ll work through the full plan together.
Common questions,
answered straight.
How is "net narrative control" calculated?+
Net narrative control = own-domain citation share minus complaint-site citation share, expressed as percentage points. Range is −100 to +100. It describes the citation pattern observed for a brand across measured AI search queries; it is not a judgement of the brand itself.
Where does the data for FNB come from?+
Each quarter we run 188+ AI search queries about FNB across ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. The citations the engines return are extracted, deduplicated, and categorised against a published source taxonomy. The full methodology is at /methodology.
How do I dispute or correct a number on this page?+
Use the "Request a correction" form in section §6 (or email legal@citedbrands.co.za for larger disputes). We review every correction within 5 business days and publish updates alongside the original record.
Is Cited Brands affiliated with FNB?+
No. Cited Brands (Pty) Ltd is an independent research and SaaS company. We have no commercial relationship with FNB unless explicitly stated. Trademark and brand names are used here for purposes of comment, criticism, research, and reporting in line with section 12 of the SA Copyright Act 98 of 1978 and nominative trademark fair use.
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