Elon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank
www.theverge.com
Musk wants your “entire financial life” on his platform.

“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!

  • ziggy@feddit.deEnglish
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    9 months ago

    In Germany there is this company called Sofortüberweisung. They are the exact thing you described. The “pro” for the consumer is, that the transfer is directly confirmed by the third party and the seller can ship right away. The con is that now Sofortüberweisung has your whole banking history of the last 3 months. They will sell this data to their “partners” and make good money with it. If you don’t have a credit card, that’s one of the only ways to pay fast directly if you don’t want to use PayPal.