TalkBank is building an AI-driven digital bank that operates inside messenger platforms, offering intelligent and actionable insights into users' financial habits and natural-language command understanding. The platform provides advanced analytics to help build brand customer loyalty and is scalable across languages and messenger platforms. The company is co-founded by Vladimir Kozhevnikov, Mikhail Popov, and Alexander Popov and is based in Moscow, Russia. TalkBank raised $1m in seed funding at a reported $6.1m valuation. The startup will use the funds to attract new clients, develop technological platforms for banks and partners, and to launch pilots with banks abroad. TalkBank builds a conversational banking chatbot that lets customers check balances, receive personalized advice, and get targeted credit-card offers inside messaging platforms. The founders—Mikhail Popov, Alexander Popov, and Vladimir Kozhevnikov—launched the service in October 2016 and bring more than six years of fintech experience, including founding EasyFinance. The product uses Natural Language Understanding, AI, and Big Data to interact with users and tailor financial decisions. The team positions the service as an alternative to mobile banking apps, branches, and call centers by automating operations and client communication. As of the article, TalkBank reports about 1,000 active cardholders. They have raised a pre-seed round with the Internet Initiatives Development Fund and are continuing to build out the service.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Oct 2017