Cognitive Banking starts here.

Paris-based Societe Generale plans to roll out a chatbot based on Personetics technology later this year at BRD Groupe Societe Generale, its Romanian banking unit. At first, it will only answer questions for investors in its equity funds. If all goes well, the chatbot will be extended to retail products like deposit accounts and bill payment and it will be rolled out to other territories. The bank is trying to focus the chatbot on a distinct set of about 15 topics, yet give it some flexibility in what the client can say and how the chatbot will respond.

While most people want to save more, the vast majority have a hard time putting money aside to meet their own savings goals. In fact, a recent survey found that as many as 63 percent of Americans are unable to set aside enough money (at least $1,000) to cover unexpected or emergency expenses. But there is no need to panic if your account balance isn’t exactly where you hoped it would be. You can now get help from an unexpected source — AI-powered bots provided by your bank.

“It’s an area that is becoming more and more open and available to use by multiple vendors,” says David Sosna, in an interview with Banking Exchange. He is CEO and cofounder, Personetics, which specializes in improving customer experience, including advanced chatbots. He says workable chatbot technology, augmented by AI, exists, and is becoming more sophisticated.

As attendees saw at this year’s FinovateFall, the fintech world is far from giving up on the technology, with quite a few companies presenting new ‘bots, including the AI-powered platform showed off by Personetics. “We meant the bot to understand human behavior, to apply [customer solutions,]” says Personetics founder David Sosna of Personetics Anywhere. The company’s chatbot aims to provide financial institutions with predictive data analytics backed by AI.