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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] 133 points 1 year ago (22 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is too simplistic of a name and un-original.

If this product moves forward, it's likely to be on a small scale. For example, like when a person needs to send a friend reimbursement for a coffee. So, initially, if it needs a simple name for paying back friends, or other pals, why not just call it Pay-A-Pal, or PayPal for short.

No bank account, no actual cash and everything happens in the system. It's revolutionary! It's like digital transactions that happen through pure accounting for a small fee. Like credit cards, but those are old.

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