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Elon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank - ‘You won’t need a bank account... it would blow my mind if we don’t have that rolled out by the end of next year.’ (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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“If it involves money. It’ll be on our platform. Money or securities or whatever. So, it’s not just like send $20 to my friend. I’m talking about, like, you won’t need a bank account.”

Well that sounds terrifying!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Best he will do is another paypal/venmo thing. No way its gonna be a bank.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I mean, he wanted Paypal originally (and to name it X), so this just seems like the end goal he was trying to get to the whole time.

And it will still crash and burn. Gloriously so.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I wouldn’t trust this trust fund mafioso with a plastic spoon, let alone banking credentials.