X Money Launches with Ambitious Features—and Lingering Questions
What's happening
X Money launched in the U.S. on July 27, rolling out first to X Premium and Premium+ subscribers and bringing peer-to-peer payments, money transfers, FDIC-insured interest-bearing accounts, a Visa debit card, and broader payment capabilities into the X app. Cross River Bank will power those embedded financial services as X's banking-as-a-service partner. The offering positions X to compete directly in digital payments and deposit services while access is currently limited to paid subscribers.
Why it's trending
Because X has moved from teasing financial features to an actual U.S. rollout with bank partnership and card/deposit products, putting Musk's "everything app" plan back in the spotlight.
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If you pay for X Premium, you can now send money, get a Visa debit card, and hold FDIC-insured interest-bearing deposits inside the app, here is exactly how it works today and what is still missing for non-subscribers.
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- Elon Musk Expands X With Digital Paymentscheddar.comJul 29
- Why X Money’s paper cheque policy is genius
Elon Musk has turned financial access into a behavioural deterrent through X Money and I think it’s great. I was going to start this article by painting an image of an internet troll, firing off hateful comments in the hopes of inciting a reaction. However, I realised that by doing so, it would be too […]
Payment ExpertJul 29 - X Money Makes Debut For Premium Subscribers
Elon Musk’s “everything app” vision is one step closer to reality, though not yet for everyone. X Money, the payments/financial services app linked to the trillionaire’s social media platform, went live Monday (July 27), but only for premium subscribers at the moment. The new offering includes peer-to-peer payments and money transfers from within X, as […] The post X Money Makes Debut For Pr
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