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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] 424 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (57 children)

Just wait till Musk learns about banking regulations.
He's already complaining about the EU regulations on social media, but they nothing compared to what banks have to deal with.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

Somehow services like PayPal manage to avoid being regulated like a bank. I'm sure they'll ~~clobber~~ cobble together some potentially unlawful solution and not face any repercussions for it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think because they're a payment processor. Banks store large amounts of money, make loans, etc.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

It's going to be like a crypto or PayPal wallet where you can store a balance, it's just not insured or regulated like a bank.

I saw an article a while ago where a concerning amount of people were doing that instead of a bank account.

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

They issue credit and lenders finance this. There's always a bank.

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