Elon Musk’s X Partners With Visa to Provide Financial Services

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  Elon Musk’s X Partners With Visa on Payment Service in an Effort to Become an ‘Everything App’

  Elon Musk has been interested in an “everything app” for quite some time.
  
  Inc. - 1d
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  Elon Musk's X partners with Visa on payment service in an effort to become an 'everything app,'

  X is teaming up with Visa to soon offer a system for real-time payments on the social media platform
  
  ABC News - 1d

• Elon Musk's X begins its push into financial services with Visa deal

  Visa will enable X users to move funds between traditional bank accounts and their digital wallet and make instant peer-to-peer payments, like Zelle or Venmo.
  
  CNBC - 1d
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  Elon Musk boosts German far right party with live event on X

  The publicity was a potential boon for AfD, which has been frozen out of mainstream politics in part because its leaders have downplayed Nazi atrocities.
  
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  Elon Musk and His Megaphone, X, Rattle British Politics

  With 211 million followers on social media, the multibillionaire seems intent on using his global platform to rattle British politics.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 7
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  How Elon Musk’s X became the global right’s supercharged front page

  Musk has now used X as a platform to make aggressive interventions in US politics – and in those of other countries. As a business proposition, Elon Musk’s ownership of X, formerly known as ...
  
  The Guardian - Jan. 4
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  Sanders calls for H-1B visa reform: 'Elon Musk is wrong'

  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has taken a swipe at Elon Musk’s defense of the H-1B visa program, which has driven a wedge between two factions of President-elect Trump’s most ardent supporters. ...
  
  The Hill - Jan. 2
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  Elon Musk changes his name to Kekius Maximus on X

  The world's richest man sparks speculation after changing his name and using a picture of Pepe the Frog.
  
  BBC News - Jan. 1

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