Continuous accessibility and SEO scanning for banks, credit unions, and lenders

WCAG 2.1 AA scanning, examiner-ready audit logs, and SEO fundamentals — built for community FIs and the long tail underserved by enterprise tools. Free scan, no signup.

Financial services websites carry layered accessibility expectations. ADA Title III applies to public pages. The OCC, CFPB, and state-level financial regulators have all signaled increased attention to digital access. And serial plaintiffs target community banks and credit unions specifically because the settlement math is predictable and the defenses are usually undocumented. SEO Score API gives your institution continuous scanning, dated audit evidence, and the SEO fundamentals you need to compete with the megabanks for local search.

What we scan for

WCAG 2.1 AA conformance

Every automated WCAG criterion, with specific attention to the patterns serial plaintiffs cite — focus order, form labels, color contrast on rate tables, and keyboard traps.

Loan applications and rate calculators

These are the highest-friction surfaces on a financial site. We check label associations, error handling, dynamic content updates, and screen-reader announcement of state changes.

Disclosure document accessibility

Disclosure PDFs (rate sheets, fee schedules, regulatory disclosures) are scanned for tagged structure. An inaccessible required disclosure is the kind of issue an examiner notices.

Branch locator and service pages

Multi-branch institutions often have a branch microsite per location. We batch-scan all of them so a single test catches a per-template issue across hundreds of pages.

Authenticated areas left alone

Online banking and member portal pages require login and are out of scope. The scanner respects this — we never attempt to bypass authentication.

SEO and local search

Title tags, schema (LocalBusiness, FinancialService), Core Web Vitals proxies, and the on-page elements that drive 'community bank near me' rankings.

Built for the mid-market, not enterprise procurement

Enterprise accessibility platforms (Level Access, Deque, Siteimprove) are priced for $1M+ marketing budgets and require months of implementation. Community banks and credit unions need the same scanning capability without the procurement friction. SEO Score API is API-first, signs up in 30 seconds, and is priced for institutions with 5–25 branches and a small-to-medium marketing team.

Procurement-friendly answers up front

Data handled
We fetch and analyze public web pages. We don't store member data, login credentials, or any authenticated content. Audit results are stored against your API key.
Retention
Scan history is retained per your tier (30 days on Basic, 90 days on Pro, 365 days on Ultra). You can export at any time and delete on request.
Hosting
Hosted on AWS in us-west-2 with TLS 1.3, AES-256 at rest. Single-tenant database isolation per API key.
Compliance posture
We are not (yet) SOC 2 Type II certified. We will state that clearly to your procurement team rather than overstate posture.
Examiner evidence
Every scan produces a timestamped audit log retrievable via API or CSV export — exactly the format examiners expect when asking 'show us your accessibility monitoring program'.

Pricing example for financial services

Basic plan ($15/month) — Scan your homepage, branch locator, loan-application landing pages, and rate-disclosure pages weekly with 90-day historical tracking. 1,000 audits/month is enough for a 25-branch institution running monthly full-site sweeps plus weekly homepage spot checks. See full pricing →

Frequently asked questions

Will examiners accept these scan reports as evidence of an accessibility monitoring program?

Examiners look for evidence that you have a documented, repeatable process for identifying and remediating accessibility issues. Our audit logs (timestamped, retained, exportable) are the kind of artifact that satisfies that question. We don't certify compliance — examiners and your compliance counsel make that determination — but we provide the underlying records they need.

How does this compare to Siteimprove or Level Access?

Siteimprove and Level Access are enterprise platforms priced from $20K–$200K/year with implementation engagements. They're appropriate for FIs over $5B in assets. SEO Score API is built for community banks and credit unions in the $500M–$5B asset range — same scanning capability, no enterprise procurement, $15–$99/month.

Can we scan our branch microsites in one batch?

Yes. The /audit/batch endpoint accepts multiple URLs in a single API call. Most multi-branch FIs run a nightly cron that hits all branch URLs and posts results to a Slack channel. Sample n8n and Python recipes are in our blog.

What about ADA lawsuits — does this protect us?

No tool protects you from a lawsuit. What it does provide: continuous monitoring so issues get caught and fixed before a serial plaintiff finds them, plus a documented audit trail that materially helps defense counsel if a complaint does arrive. Most ADA settlements involve sites with no documented monitoring program; that's the worst position to be in.

Do you support our credit-union league or core processor (Jack Henry, Fiserv) integrations?

Not directly — we're a content-layer tool, not a core integration. The pattern most FIs use: their digital agency or in-house team runs us against their public marketing site (which is usually separate from the core-processor-hosted online banking). Many of our customers are agencies serving 5–20 community FIs at once.

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