Elon Musk’s next big project: Turning X into ‘super app’, to allow payment, trade and investment
In line with Elon Musk’s ambition to turn X into a ‘super-app’, the social media platform’s chief executive Linda Yaccarino has revealed that users would soon be able to make investments or payments on the app.
“You’ll be able to come to X and be able to transact your whole financial life on the platform,” Yaccarino was quoted as saying by Financial Times.
“And that’s whether I can pay you for the pizza that we shared last night or make an investment or a trade. So that’s the future,” she said.
X debit, credit card soon
The executive said the platform would soon be exploring the possibility of launching an X credit or debit card by the end of this year.
The new proposed model of X falls in line with Musk’s long-time project to embed messaging, payments and shopping on the platform, something that China’s WeChat offers.