, a Singapore-based financial services corporation, has announced it will implement Digibank, its mobile-based banking service, in Indonesia. The service debuted in India in April 2016, and has since made its way to Singapore, and now Indonesia. The platform uses biometric user authentication and a mobile interface based on Kasisto’s AI assistant platform, KAI Banking, which is designed to offer conversational interactivity supporting English and Bahasa Indonesia languages. The expansion of this platform may point to a larger trend underway in mobile fintech, with Sensory having recently announced a virtual bank teller AI system that can respond to natural speech inquiries, and even features a digital avatar that dynamically animates its responses.
Singaporean financial services company DBS Bank will launch its mobile-based banking service Digibank in Indonesia. The service has been available in India since April 2016 and is also offered in Singapore. According to a press release from the bank, Digibank’s mobile app allows users to make payments using their smartphones.