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### [Varo Money prepares to take on millennial fintech services with a bot named Val](http://venturebeat.com/2016/12/19/varo-money-prepares-to-take-on-millennial-fintech-services-with-a-bot-named-val/)

Named Val, the bot will help Varo customers plan emergency savings, set goals, and provide insights that help them keep…

### [How You Speak To Siri & Alexa Matters More Than You Think — Here’s Why](http://www.refinery29.com/2016/11/126073/kasisto-kai-bot-ai-sexism)

“We wanted to do a genderless bot, not an assistant that was a continuation of what was already out there,”…

### [DBS’s next logitech step in fintech is AI](http://www.theedgemarkets.com/my/article/dbs%E2%80%99s-next-logitech-step-fintech-ai)

As Gupta describes it, Watson “is an inch deep and a mile wide”, trained to process and answer questions on…

### [Banks Bet on the Next Big Thing: Financial Chatbots](http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/business/dealbook/banks-bet-on-the-next-big-thing-financial-chatbots.html?emc=edit_dk_20161027&nl=dealbook&nlid=46924653&ref=dealbook&te=1&_r=0&referer=)

A few start-ups have already found success — and attracted attention from the banks — by creating chatbots that do…

### [How Personal Finance Chatbots Could Help You Get Your Spending under Control](http://time.com/money/4544556/mastercard-chat-bot-facebook-messenger/)

Early next year, MasterCard is launching its own banking bot, in partnership with the artificial intelligence company Kasisto, that will…

### [Mastercard wants to help you bank with a chatbot](https://www.cnet.com/news/mastercard-bank-with-a-chatbot-facebook-messenger/)

“As this develops, we plan to add a lot of other functionality,” said Sherri Haymond, Mastercard’s executive vice president of…

### [MasterCard to launch personal finance bot and commerce API for payments](http://venturebeat.com/2016/10/25/mastercard-to-launch-personal-finance-bot-and-commerce-api-for-payments/)

Mastercard customers in the United States can now use an A.I.-powered bot to ask more than 1,000 questions about personal…

### [Facebook banking bots mean you may never have to sit on hold with your bank again](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/25/facebook-banking-bots-mean-you-may-never-have-to-sit-on-hold-with-your-bank-again.html)

“We are seeing consumer preferences shifting and we want to make sure that we stay relevant,” said Kiki Del Valle,…

### [Virtual assistants spend much of their time fending off sexual harassment](http://qz.com/818151/virtual-assistant-bots-like-siri-alexa-and-cortana-spend-much-of-their-time-fending-off-sexual-harassment/)

Before launching Kai, the company’s founder Dror Oren wanted to ensure the bot represented the company’s values by defying gender…

### [MasterCard users will soon be able to manage their accounts over Facebook Messenger](https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/25/mastercard-users-will-soon-be-able-to-manage-their-accounts-over-facebook-messenger/)

MasterCard account holders will soon be able to check on their accounts, track their spending, review past purchases and more…