{"id":377,"date":"2023-02-10T19:20:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T19:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2023-02-10T19:20:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T19:20:07","slug":"twitter-pay-could-challenge-paypal-financial-censorship-as-companys-advertising-revenue-plummets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/10\/twitter-pay-could-challenge-paypal-financial-censorship-as-companys-advertising-revenue-plummets\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Pay Could Challenge PayPal, Financial Censorship as Company&#8217;s Advertising Revenue Plummets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Twitter CEO Elon Musk is determined to make a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The billionaire entrepreneur&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/27\/technology\/elon-musk-twitter-deal-complete.html\">acquisition<\/a>&nbsp;of the social media giant in October for $44 billion was just the beginning of his ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the aim of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/04\/25\/elon-musk-twitter-changes\">revitalizing Twitter<\/a>, the company has taken&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/trendingpoliticsnews.com\/breaking-twitter-makes-move-that-could-take-out-woke-paypal\/\">bold steps<\/a>&nbsp;to secure regulatory licenses in various regions of the United States and to implement payment capabilities within the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This move sets the stage for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/trendingpoliticsnews.com\/breaking-twitter-makes-move-that-could-take-out-woke-paypal\/\">competition with PayPal<\/a>, which has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/paypals-bans-form-censorship-put-businesses-risk-digital-privacy-advocate-says\">faced criticism<\/a>&nbsp;from Republicans for its reportedly politically charged practices, including the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/equality-not-elitism\/paypals-dystopian-financial-censorship-scheme-backfires\">suspension of payments<\/a>&nbsp;from individuals with opposing views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9d84d534-b2dd-4cff-85d1-aee137b26a45\">Financial Times<\/a>, Esther Crawford, a rapidly ascending executive under Musk at Twitter, has initiated the creation of a payment architecture plan with the assistance of a small team, as per sources with knowledge of the company&#8217;s intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The early steps towards&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/trendingpoliticsnews.com\/breaking-twitter-makes-move-that-could-take-out-woke-paypal\/\">facilitating payments<\/a>&nbsp;on the site are a crucial aspect of Musk&#8217;s strategy to generate&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/trendingpoliticsnews.com\/breaking-twitter-makes-move-that-could-take-out-woke-paypal\/\">new sources of income<\/a>. The platform&#8217;s advertising business, which was worth $5 billion annually, has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/twitters-revenue-down-40-as-500-top-advertisers-pull-out\/476810\/#:~:text=Twitter's%20advertising%20reven\">declined significantly<\/a>&nbsp;since Musk acquired it for $44 billion in October. Marketers have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/twitters-revenue-down-40-as-500-top-advertisers-pull-out\/476810\/#:~:text=Twitter's%20advertising%20reven\">expressed their worries<\/a>&nbsp;about the management and moderation of the platform, contributing to this decrease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/gadgets-news\/elon-musk-wants-to-make-twitter-the-everything-app-here-are-the-details\/articleshow\/9582917\">vision<\/a>&nbsp;for an &#8220;everything app&#8221; that integrates messaging, payments, and commerce, Musk has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/money-smart\/musk-wants-a-twitter-everything-app-whats-that\/\">expressed a desire<\/a>&nbsp;for Twitter to provide fintech services, including peer-to-peer transactions, savings accounts, and debit cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk has a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2020\/06\/08\/what-fintech-can-learn-from-elon-musk-and-spacex\/\">history<\/a>&nbsp;in the fintech industry, having co-founded X.com in 1999, one of the earliest online banks, which eventually became part of PayPal, a leading payments company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter is making progress in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/trendingpoliticsnews.com\/breaking-twitter-makes-move-that-could-take-out-woke-paypal\/\">fulfilling the necessary regulations<\/a>&nbsp;before launching its payment service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November, the company&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/2022\/11\/09\/twitter-files-us-treasury-dept-process-payments.html\">registered with the U.S. Treasury<\/a>&nbsp;as a payments processor, as stated in a regulatory filing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Twitter has started&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/trendingpoliticsnews.com\/breaking-twitter-makes-move-that-could-take-out-woke-paypal\/\">applying<\/a>&nbsp;for the necessary state licenses required to launch the payment service, according to sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, after acquiring the tech company, Musk&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9d84d534-b2dd-4cff-85d1-aee137b26a45\">hinted<\/a>&nbsp;that a payment processor is in the works and is expected to be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9d84d534-b2dd-4cff-85d1-aee137b26a45\">released soon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you support the creation of Twitter Pay?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter CEO Elon Musk is determined to make a difference. 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