Can digital financial assistant Cleo take on the banks?

Cleo AI operates a digital assistant that connects to users’ bank accounts.

Users ask questions about their spending through Facebook Messenger, and Cleo answers.

It now has almost 100,000 users, but its co-founder, Barney Hussey-Yeo, has lofty ambitions. He wants to sign up a billion customers across the globe and "take on the banks”.

This is part of the BBC Disruptors series, read the full article here

Producer: Adrienne Murray; Camera: Greg Brosnan; Editor: Sara Hegarty

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