Musk Pushes X as 'Everything App' with Launch of X Money Payment System Incentives
Elon Musk is set to launch X Money, a financial service tool integrated into social media X, next month. To drive user adoption, X Money offers competitive perks such as 3% cashback and a 6% deposit interest rate, aiming to transform X into an 'everything app' similar to China's WeChat.
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(CNA San Francisco, 27th, Combined Foreign Reports) Elon Musk will launch 'X Money,' a financial service tool built into the social media platform X, this month. According to testers, X Money offers attractive incentives, including up to 3% cashback on eligible purchases and a 6% interest rate on deposits.
Reuters reported that Musk stated on March 10th that X's digital payment system, X Money, would open for early public beta next month, highlighting his aggressive push to transform X into an 'everything app.'
As the CEO of Tesla, Musk hopes to leverage X's massive user base to capitalize on the growing trend of digital payments and in-app financial transactions, opening new revenue streams for X.
X partnered with Visa last year to launch a digital wallet, allowing X users to enjoy direct payment services. While credit card payments previously flowed to banks, Musk now wants the money to stay within X Money.
Since Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion in 2022 and renamed it X, he has been advocating for its transformation into a multi-functional app, offering streaming, messaging, images, videos, and payments. In the future, X users will not only post and read news but also deposit money, transfer funds, and shop directly.
Combined reports from CNBC and Bloomberg indicate that testers find X Money's offers highly competitive. The 6% interest rate is roughly 15 times the average US bank rate. Testers also revealed that X Money plans to offer free peer-to-peer (P2P) transfers, a metal Visa debit card printed with the user's X handle, and an AI assistant built by Musk's xAI to track spending and organize transaction history.
Musk believes payment services are key to building an 'everything app,' similar to the success of WeChat in China, which allows users to hail rides, book flights, and pay bills. In February, he told employees: 'We want to get to a point where if you want, you can live off X.'
Currently, no similar platform in the US has attempted this on such a scale, and the 'everything app' model has yet to truly popularize in the country. Key details of the X Money plan, including fee structures, full feature content, and full launch timing, remain unclear.
Musk does possess advantages that many fintech competitors find hard to match, including X's 600 million monthly active users, a group of content creators already relying on X for income, and his experience co-founding PayPal in Silicon Valley.
However, Musk has a track record of 'bold promises but delayed delivery.' This time, he also faces regulatory hurdles: X Money has yet to obtain payment licenses in several states, including New York, where lawmakers question whether Musk himself is trustworthy enough to manage people's funds. Whether these incentives will hold up remains to be seen. While the 6% rate beats competitors like SoFi Technologies and LendingClub Corp, X Money has not specified if this is a permanent rate or a promotional offer.
Reuters reported that Musk stated on March 10th that X's digital payment system, X Money, would open for early public beta next month, highlighting his aggressive push to transform X into an 'everything app.'
As the CEO of Tesla, Musk hopes to leverage X's massive user base to capitalize on the growing trend of digital payments and in-app financial transactions, opening new revenue streams for X.
X partnered with Visa last year to launch a digital wallet, allowing X users to enjoy direct payment services. While credit card payments previously flowed to banks, Musk now wants the money to stay within X Money.
Since Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion in 2022 and renamed it X, he has been advocating for its transformation into a multi-functional app, offering streaming, messaging, images, videos, and payments. In the future, X users will not only post and read news but also deposit money, transfer funds, and shop directly.
Combined reports from CNBC and Bloomberg indicate that testers find X Money's offers highly competitive. The 6% interest rate is roughly 15 times the average US bank rate. Testers also revealed that X Money plans to offer free peer-to-peer (P2P) transfers, a metal Visa debit card printed with the user's X handle, and an AI assistant built by Musk's xAI to track spending and organize transaction history.
Musk believes payment services are key to building an 'everything app,' similar to the success of WeChat in China, which allows users to hail rides, book flights, and pay bills. In February, he told employees: 'We want to get to a point where if you want, you can live off X.'
Currently, no similar platform in the US has attempted this on such a scale, and the 'everything app' model has yet to truly popularize in the country. Key details of the X Money plan, including fee structures, full feature content, and full launch timing, remain unclear.
Musk does possess advantages that many fintech competitors find hard to match, including X's 600 million monthly active users, a group of content creators already relying on X for income, and his experience co-founding PayPal in Silicon Valley.
However, Musk has a track record of 'bold promises but delayed delivery.' This time, he also faces regulatory hurdles: X Money has yet to obtain payment licenses in several states, including New York, where lawmakers question whether Musk himself is trustworthy enough to manage people's funds. Whether these incentives will hold up remains to be seen. While the 6% rate beats competitors like SoFi Technologies and LendingClub Corp, X Money has not specified if this is a permanent rate or a promotional offer.