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X Money Launches with Ambitious Features—and Lingering Questions

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What's happening

X Money launched in the U.S. on July 27, rolling out to X (formerly Twitter) Premium and Premium+ subscribers and bringing peer-to-peer payments, money transfers, FDIC-insured interest-bearing deposit accounts, and a Visa debit card into the app. Cross River Bank will power the offering as the banking-as-a-service partner that provides the FDIC-insured accounts and broader payment rails. The launch positions X as a contender in digital payments as it edges toward Elon Musk's 'everything app' vision, though availability is currently limited to paying subscribers.

Why it's trending

Because Elon Musk's plan to turn X into a financial 'super app' just moved from tease to live product, but only for Premium users, raising questions about scale and competition.

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X just launched 'X Money,' but making payments a paid perk may be the fastest way to slow adoption, not accelerate it, here's why charging for access could backfire on Musk's super app dream.

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