Elon Musk has just taken one more step towards turning X into “the everything app.”
On Monday, Musk’s social media platform X announced the launch of a new service on the platform called X Money.
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What is X Money? The new service on X basically provides banking and financial services for paying X Premium and Premium+ subscribers right within the app. X Money includes peer-to-peer payments and money transfers within the X platform, as well as a deposit account. Users will also receive “the X card,” a physical Visa debit card for ATM withdrawals and in-person transactions.
According to the announcement post, X Money users will be able to conduct a variety of everyday transactions directly within X, just as they would with any other bank account. Some core functions of X Money include:
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Sending wire transfers
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Mailing checks
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Paying bills
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Paycheck direct deposit
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Send and receive money to anyone on X
X also says that users can get paid up to two days early with direct deposit.
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Premium+ subscribers on X are immediately eligible for 6% APY, whereas X Premium subscribers can also reach that rate after meeting Qualifying Direct Deposit requirements.
X Money’s Visa Debit Card, which the service is calling the X Card, will provide 3% cash back on eligible purchases and no-fee cash withdrawals at any ATM worldwide. X Card supports digital wallets such as Apple Pay and Google Pay as well.
Deposit accounts are held with X Money partner Cross River Bank, Member FDIC and insured up to $250,000.
Musk has long planned to launch an X Money-type service within the X app. The owner of the social media platform certainly has experience in the industry. Before X was a social media platform formerly known as Twitter, Musk ran a payment services company called X that later merged with PayPal in the early dot-com era. Musk has long had a goal of creating a true “everything app,” according to biographers and other sources.
Musk previously claimed that it would “blow his mind” if his social media company didn’t launch financial services within X by the end of 2024. X Money went through an initial test phase earlier this year and is now rolling out to a subset of its user base in the U.S. with plans to further expand in the near future.
Source: https://mashable.com/tech/elon-musk-x-launches-x-money
