Tinkoff Bank launches own voice assistant for financial tasks

MOSCOW, Jun 13 (PRIME) -- Russia’s Tinkoff Bank has launched voice assistant Oleg, which will help users with provided services, the bank said on Thursday in a statement.

“Tinkoff introduces Îleg, the world’s first voice assistant created in Russia for finance and lifestyle-related tasks. His mission is to help users navigate within the Tinkoff ecosystem, make customers’ lives simpler and become a friend who is always nearby. Oleg is the first voice assistant built by a financial institution as a proprietary solution,” the bank said.

Incorporated into the bank’s mobile application, Oleg gives the impression of a man between 25 and 40 years old.

The voice assistant can recognize and interpret different user commands, ask follow-up questions, solve problems and speak on a variety of topics.

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