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The most visible banks in Romania, October 2026

October 2026 · 11 questions asked from Romania in Romanian and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 88 answers read

Most cited source

bcr.ro

20citations

From Google AI Mode, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Raiffeisen Bank

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on ChatGPT, not on Google AI Mode, Gemini and Google AI Overviews

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1 Banca Transilvania RO New entry 77 , range 70–83
77
  • : score 77 · #1
 85% 46% First reading
2 BCR RO New entry 73 , range 64–79
73
  • : score 73 · #2
 84% 36% First reading
3 ING Bank România NL New entry 73 , range 63–79
73
  • : score 73 · #3
 81% 39% First reading
4 Raiffeisen Bank AT New entry 63 , range 51–73
63
  • : score 63 · #4
 66% 33% First reading
5 UniCredit Bank IT New entry 48 , range 41–59
48
  • : score 48 · #5
 53% 18% First reading
6 CEC Bank RO New entry 46 , range 39–56
46
  • : score 46 · #6
 51% 16% First reading
7 BRD RO New entry 40 , range 34–47
40
  • : score 40 · #7
 43% 8% First reading
8 Salt Bank RO New entry 33 , range 21–41
33
  • : score 33 · #8
 24% 10% None First reading
9 Libra Internet Bank RO New entry 30 , range 9–37
30
  • : score 30 · #9
 20% 5% None First reading
10 Revolut GB New entry 27 , range 9–36
27
  • : score 27 · #10
 16% 8% None First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

This month's moves

First reading. No comparable previous month yet.

Biggest risers

No clear rise.

Biggest fallers

No clear fall.

Drop-outs

No drop-outs.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 bcr.ro Brand site 20.5% 4 of 4 15 1
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5 bancatransilvania.ro Brand site 15.9% 4 of 4 10 2
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8 fgdb.ro Regulator 8.0% 1 of 4 5 2
9 bankingnews.ro Media 10.2% 3 of 4 4 14
10Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it.

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
which banks do experts recommend in Romania English Banca Transilvania and ING Bank România, tied

Each engine's top three

Method

Each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

How the leaderboards are measured