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63.9% of the 36 Finance & marketssites we tested run a managed anti-bot or WAF. That is a homepage-level reading — the listing, search, and account pages people actually scrape are usually more protected.
| Site | Protected | Anti-bot / WAF |
|---|---|---|
| americanexpress.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| bankofamerica.com | Open | — |
| bankrate.com | Open | — |
| barchart.com | Open | — |
| benzinga.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| bloomberg.com | Protected | PerimeterX (HUMAN) |
| capitalone.com | Open | — |
| chase.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| citi.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| creditkarma.com | Open | — |
| etrade.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| experian.com | Protected | Imperva (Incapsula) |
| fidelity.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| finviz.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| fool.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| forexfactory.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| ig.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| investing.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| marketwatch.com | Open | — |
| morningstar.com | Protected | AWS WAF + 1 more |
| nasdaq.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| nerdwallet.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| paypal.com | Open | — |
| robinhood.com | Open | — |
| schwab.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| seekingalpha.com | Open | — |
| squareup.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| stripe.com | Open | — |
| thestreet.com | Protected | DataDome |
| tradingview.com | Open | — |
| vanguard.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| venmo.com | Open | — |
| wellsfargo.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| westernunion.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| wise.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| xe.com | Open | — |
Compare with the rest of the full Anti-Bot Adoption Index (of 960 reachable top sites, 55.6% are protected).