{"id":432,"date":"2017-01-30T06:05:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T06:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/?p=432"},"modified":"2017-01-30T06:15:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T06:15:57","slug":"cleo-will-remind-you-to-stop-throwing-money-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/2017\/01\/30\/cleo-will-remind-you-to-stop-throwing-money-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleo Will Remind You to Stop Throwing Money Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cleo, a London-based startup, has developed a chatbot that helps people manage their finances. The company has recently received funding from a number of angel investors, including Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom. Zennstrom has invested his personal assets instead of going through the VC firm he founded, Atomico.<\/p>\n<p>Cleo can be accessed either through the Cleo app or Facebook Messenger, and through integration with Google Home and Amazon\u2019s Alexa. This AI-powered financial assistant allows you to ask it about your current bank account balance, how much you\u2019ve spent at what store, and set budget or spending reminders. CEO Barney Hussey-Yeo wants to make \u201cmanaging your money incredibly simple\u201d and says that typical users are young professionals and graduates. He also notes that the \u201cmanage your money\u201d space is increasingly competitive. With companies racing to become the financial interface of this generation, Cleo has managed to make money management mobile, which I feel has a lot of potential for the millennial generation. The concept seems very convenient and easy to use, however, I would be concerned about the security of the application handling banking information.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1442745 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/alert-setting-vertical.png?w=300&amp;h=680\" alt=\"alert-setting-vertical\" width=\"300\" height=\"680\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1ehn6P2CbH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/01\/25\/cleo\/\">Skype&#8217;s Niklas Zennstr\u00f6m backs London fintech startup Cleo<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Skype&#8217;s Niklas Zennstr\u00f6m backs London fintech startup Cleo&#8221; &#8212; TechCrunch\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/01\/25\/cleo\/embed\/#?secret=HoWaiUjLS8#?secret=1ehn6P2CbH\" data-secret=\"1ehn6P2CbH\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cleo, a London-based startup, has developed a chatbot that helps people manage their finances. The company has recently received funding from a number of angel investors, including Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom. Zennstrom has invested his personal assets instead of going through the VC firm he founded, Atomico. Cleo can be accessed either through the Cleo &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/2017\/01\/30\/cleo-will-remind-you-to-stop-throwing-money-everywhere\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cleo Will Remind You to Stop Throwing Money Everywhere<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":1,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"exwu","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/author\/exwu\/"},"qubely_comment":1,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"Cleo, a London-based startup, has developed a chatbot that helps people manage their finances. The company has recently received funding from a number of angel investors, including Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom. Zennstrom has invested his personal assets instead of going through the VC firm he founded, Atomico. 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