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June 21, 2018

Alexa, I can trust you with my checkbook, right?

  • U.S. Bank is the first to be on all three services — Alexa, Siri and Assistant — but it's keeping the features fairly restrictive, for now.
    • By KEN SWEET
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — Hey Alexa, what's my bank account balance?

    Big banks and financial companies have started to offer banking through virtual assistants — Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, and Google's Assistant — in a way that will allow customers to check their balances, pay bills and, in the near future, send money just with their voice. And with the rapid adoption of Zelle, a bank-to-bank transfer system, it soon could be possible to send money to friends or family instantly with voice commands.


     
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