Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days, it seems. Not only does WeChat (in Chinese, Weixin) have a billion monthly active users in its home country, but now the messaging, social media and mobile payments app has the opportunity to help educate American workers about investing as they access the markets.
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. has announced that its August WeChat experience in Hong Kong was only the beginning, since it has said it will offer investor education, financial market updates and research to retail investors via the platform.
According to TD Ameritrade, clients can now do research, access the markets and even receive support via WeChat, “powered by artificial intelligence and backed by live client service support.” The firm adds that it is “the first U.S. brokerage firm to launch this kind of service on WeChat.”