Now you can talk to Amazon Echo about money

Capital One is helping Amazon Alexa enter the personal finance realm.

"We are the first financial institution to provide account access [on Alexa] versus more general financial information," Ken Dodelin, Capital One’s vice president of digital product management, told Mashable

It represents a big step forward for the world of personal digital assistants. Thus far, Apple's Siri, Google Now and Microsoft Cortana have steered clear of accessing anything to do with money. The exception has been Amazon Alexa, which could already add stuff to your shopping list when you told it to. Even so, that was a step or two removed from your actual cash. The Capital One integration dives right into the dough re me. Read more...