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TD Ameritrade Introduces Voice Activated Investing Via Amazon Alexa
Traders Magazine Online News, November 7, 2018
Electronic stock trading just took a leap into everyone's home.
Alexa, buy 100 shares of Boeing. Alexa, can you get me the latest research on GE?
Yes, you just read that right.
Online brokerage TD Ameritrade now offers its clients the ability to learn about the markets and place trades on Alexa-enabled devices through voice commands. By asking Alexa, clients can also quickly get answers to market questions, check account balances and history, and get ongoing market updates customized and curated from the TD Ameritrade Network.
The brokerage cites ndependent research which reports that by 2020, 50 percent of all searches will be voice-activated.1
“Just as smart phones went from novel to necessity over the last decade, voice interfaces like Amazon Alexa are quickly becoming more pervasive as people grow more and more comfortable using them,” explains Sunayna Tuteja, head of strategic partnerships and emerging technologies at TD Ameritrade. “Combining technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and voice user interface (VUI), we continue to find new ways to make personal finance and investing simpler for people.”
“We are continuing to expand our capabilities to ensure that we are meeting investors where they are and through channels they want,” said Vijay Sankaran, chief information officer at TD Ameritrade. “Voice is the future and allowing our clients to access and transact in their accounts through voice-driven devices is part of the natural progression of options for investors. We’re focused on making investing as transparent and seamless as possible, no matter what channel a client engages us on.”
With the addition of account access and trading features, and access to market news and education, clients can enjoy a more in-depth user experience not offered anywhere else in the industry. Clients must visit the Alexa App and enable the "TD Ameritrade skill" to set up a voice code for trading capabilities. Once enabled, clients can say, “Alexa, open TD Ameritrade” to get started.
1 Olson, C. (2016, April 25). Just say it: The future of search is voice and personal digital assistants. Retrieved from https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/just-say-it-future-search-voice-personal-digital-assistants/1392459
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