Elon Musk has kicked off this year with some bold ambitions: to create thousands of humanoid robots at Tesla; release unsupervised self-driving vehicles; and slash $2 trillion from the US federal budget in his capacity as an adviser to President Trump.
The Tesla and SpaceX tycoon’s latest resolution? Turn X, his influential social media platform, into a payments app.
This week, X and Visa announced a partnership to offer direct payment solutions to users of the social media app. Visa will enable X users to move funds from traditional bank accounts to their digital wallet. Customers will be able to connect their debit cards to X Money for peer-to-peer payments.
The deal could help revive the fortunes of X, which has fallen in value by
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