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Acquisition Compass · Q1 2026

Customer Acquisition Cost versus Lifetime Value.

Operating CAC plotted against Lifetime Value for the largest US card issuers and consumer fintechs. The LTV/CAC ratio is the scoring metric. Toggle between no-fee and fee-based cards.

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The Full Field

All 35 brands, by category.

Every brand carries a published AI Compass score. Eight brands carry a full surface scorecard live today. Open any deep dive that is published, or request a custom report for any brand on the list.

AI Compass Small Business Vertical · May 2026

Small Business, ranked separately.

Small Business covers credit cards, checking, savings, lending, treasury, and merchant services. The buying journey, product set, and shopping behavior are different enough from consumer that the AI Compass scores Small Business on its own leaderboard. Five SB deep dives live today.

Pillar Two · Citation Engine · Volume One Live

True North: 17 personal finance answers built for the AI layer.

Volume One launches with 17 definitive, five-step guides across credit score, checking and savings, lending, and investing and planning. Every page leads with the direct answer, carries the schema markup the AI agents look for, and earns the citation. Open any guide to read it the way an agent would.

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Anuj Shahani

Account Manager · Strategic Advisor · Comperemedia

I oversee the Top 25 Financial Services accounts at Comperemedia. I manage the Top 10 as Account Manager and act as Strategic and Executive Advisor to the other 15. Competitive Compass is the working notebook for the CMOs, CFOs, and CEOs I serve. Direct reads on what is moving in the market, why it matters, and where to lean in.

The AI Compass and True North are the next two chapters. An index that gives FS leaders a clean view of how their brand reads to the AI answer layer, and a citation library that shows what good looks like.