Tinkoff Mobile rolls out 2.0 version of Oleg voice assistant

By Megha Bhattacharya

Russia’s Tinkoff Mobile has announced the launch of a new 2.0 version of its voice assistant Oleg. The updated voice assistant will enable customers to develop their own mobile concierge along with custom features. Users can also choose the assistant’s name, voice and gender, set up instructions to handle different calls from people on their contact list, as well as calls from unknown numbers, create their own greetings, etc.

The updated Oleg voice assistant will available to Tinkoff Mobile customers in the new versions of its app for iOS and Android. Users will have seven days to try out Oleg’s new features for free, after which they will be charged a monthly fee of RUB 59.

Users can customise greetings and conversational phrases for the mobile concierge when communicating with people (up to 400 characters). Users can either welcome their callers with default greetings or set up their own conversation scripts to be used by the voice assistant.

Recently, the Bank announced the launch of a financial messenger built into its super app for users to chat while making financial transactions. The new launch will allow customers to share bookings, payments and get quick access to chatbots as well as the products and services of the Tinkoff ecosystem. Tinkoff stated that the financial messenger will be initially available to its super app users and will later be integrated into other applications such as Tinkoff Investments, Tinkoff Business, Tinkoff Mobile, and Tinkoff Junior.

Tinkoff Capital also announced the launch of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector Index (NDXT), a subset of the Nasdaq-100 index that is comprised of the top Nasdaq-listed technology companies by market cap.