Trading Apps Move to Get a Live Person to Hear Your Problems

Trading Apps Move to Get a Live Person to Hear Your Problems
An electronic screen at Nasdaq displays Robinhood at Times Square in New York City, on July 29, 2021. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—It’s one of the downsides of apps that make things like ordering food or buying stocks and cryptocurrencies easier: What happens when something goes wrong?

It’s often a frustrating chase, tapping through menu after menu in hopes of reaching a person to fix the problem. It’s also something that upstart companies upending the investment and trading industry are increasingly acknowledging.