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  Az (@azlnnnr) reported 9 minutes ago

  Why Every Fintech Will Eventually Become a Stablecoin Company Fintech is undergoing a massive backend shift. Most people are completely missing it. To the casual observer, it looks like tech apps are just chasing a trendy feature. Neobanks are adding wallets. Trading apps are adding tokens. It looks like another way to sell retail users a speculative asset. It isn't. Fintech companies aren’t adopting stablecoins for retail hype. They are using them to completely replace legacy banking plumbing. For twenty years, "fintech" has been a lie. It was just a beautiful software wrapper over a 50-year-old banking backend. Apps made money look instant. Behind the scenes, the actual cash still took days to settle via outdated clearinghouses. That model is officially dead Cutting the Middlemen Traditional finance runs on intermediate networks. Every cross-border move, merchant gateway, or currency swap requires multiple middleman banks. Each takes a cut. Each adds a delay. For fintechs, this means high fees and lost time. Stablecoins solve both instantly. Look at Stripe. They bought the infrastructure platform Bridge for $1.1 billion. This wasn't a play for crypto traders; it was a direct attack on credit card fees. By settling transactions in seconds on public blockchains like Solana, Stripe cuts costs down to a flat 1.5%. That is well below the typical credit card baseline. The math on revenue changes too. Historically, stablecoin issuers kept 100% of the interest on cash reserves. Today's programmable infrastructure allows fintechs to issue their own digital dollars, manage the treasury, and pocket that interest themselves. Upgrading the Global Ledger Stablecoins are simply a superior, 24/7 global ledger. Tech giants are bypassing traditional networks to build direct paths for capital. The proof is in the latest headlines: - PayPal: In March 2026, PayPal expanded its stablecoin (PYUSD) into 70 global markets. Accepting traditional international payments usually means high FX fees and weeks of friction. With PYUSD, global merchants receive and use their proceeds in minutes. Working capital keeps moving. - Revolut: The digital banking giant is preparing for a US bank expansion. They plan to offer stablecoin services right alongside insured checking accounts. Instead of routing international payments over slow wire systems, they can move capital instantly for a fraction of the cost. - Robinhood & Remittances: Traditional finance sleeps on weekends, but modern markets do not. Round-the-clock trading requires an instant, programmable settlement asset. Meanwhile, traditional remittance apps face an existential crisis. The old model of pre-funding physical cash vaults globally is slow and capital-inefficient. Shifting the backend to digital dollars allows apps to move money across borders instantly for pennies. If a remittance company stays on old rails, it will lose on price and speed. The New Baseline The first era of fintech was about fixing the frontend user experience. The next era is about rebuilding the backend infrastructure. Soon, the line between a "fintech company" and a "stablecoin company" will vanish entirely. Running a financial platform on legacy bank rails is becoming a distinct competitive disadvantage. The fintechs that win the next decade won't have the flashiest user interfaces. They will be the ones built on top of an invisible, high-velocity, on-chain settlement layer.

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  Robin Venet (@robinvenet57) reported 10 minutes ago

  I sent $25 yesterday and hoping you got it… @PayPal you need to fix this ! I suppose it may have had something to do with somebody impersonating Gretchen on sm.

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  cyn (@cynthiaj70) reported 13 minutes ago

  @vexmlk @PayPal try to take it to court if you can most the times ive seen companies back down return whats yours or pay you a settlement to keep it out of court if they do try to give you a settlement dont let them low ball you most will try to do that

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  Brandon Scott Arbuthnot (@brando_sui) reported 14 minutes ago

  @aemondotsui @smileyJones0 Was -$0.97 balance in Paypal the other day, and it wouldnt let me sell from my crypto account to pay for it as a result (design error) Had to wait for support and endure a 25 minute phone call with "john"🇮🇳 to credit me $0.97 so I could even access my own crypto..

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  Karmagyaru (@karmagyaru) reported 15 minutes ago

  @gelleytoast I used PayPal for comms and didn't had any problem (besides the obligatory national tax even for clients tips) i waited 3 days for the money transference to another bank account

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  Ereas ♔ (@ereas_kaanta) reported 19 minutes ago

  @Colour_awr @_VGen_ @PayPal I had the same problem as you a few months ago, for a smaller amount, but neither VGen nor PayPal helped me. The scammer got away with it and received his money back. 🫩

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  Philip Krug (@eyeajg3) reported 19 minutes ago

  @codeofvets @PayPal I will never use PayPal again until they fix this! Make amends pay pal by kicking in some cash!!

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  Creative Deduction (@CreativeDeduct) reported 20 minutes ago

  Next time you think of giving up, remember this picture. The picture is Elon Musk staring at the wreckage of another exploded Falcon 1 rocket, the third to fail on launch. In 2008, Musk was borrowing money from friends to pay his rent, going through a divorce, SpaceX was running out of cash, and to add to the misery, Tesla was at risk of missing payroll and going bankrupt. Down to his last $40 million of the $180 million he reportedly made from selling PayPal, Musk decided on one last roll of the dice and poured his remaining capital into a fourth launch on September 28, 2008. This time it worked. The rocket successfully reached orbit. Weeks later, SpaceX was awarded a $1.6 billion contract from NASA. A few months later, Tesla secured crucial investment to commence production of the original Tesla Roadster. "I gave both SpaceX and Tesla a probability of less than 10% likely to succeed," Musk later said. Musk could have taken a salaried job and never pursued entrepreneurship. He could have pocketed his PayPal millions and sat on a beach for the rest of his life. Instead, he risked it all and it paid off in a spectacular way, not just for him. His groundbreaking companies have given consumers new and better products and created 1000s of well-paid jobs. SpaceX alone has made more than 4,000 former and current employees Dollar millionaires. It also made Musk the world’s first trillionaire. His detractors tell you his wealth is undeserved. The truth is that when exceptional individuals like Musk run risks that may seem unacceptable to most of us, society progresses and we all gain. Instead of chastising success, we should take inspiration from people like Elon Musk. He didn’t get rich by accident or by luck. He got rich through entrepreneurship and ingenuity, and by taking risks.

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  Triggery (@Triggery556) reported 21 minutes ago

  @PayPal this is absolutely horrific. Fix it, NOW.

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  E_A_L_II🇺🇲 (@E_A_L_II) reported 25 minutes ago

  @libsoftiktok @PayPal Paypal goin down hill...they have a policy if you use PayPal money to spread what they say is misinformation, you get fined like 2k a month or something...so if u used PayPal to buy a billboard that said the 2020 election was stolen, you would be fined.

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  Light Memoirs (@LightMemoirs) reported 25 minutes ago

  @GretchenPSmith @PayPal Helping any one via PayPal has serious issues - I nolonger trust them - Lost money etc

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  The Arcane Verse⚕️ (@Telephantix) reported 29 minutes ago

  @FTC I am following up on an official complaint I filed with your office a few years ago. I continue to experience issues with several companies that appear to block or withhold funds through their policies or technology. These companies include Gmail, Cash App, PayPal, and X (formerly Twitter). Cash App is embedded within the X platform, yet after years they still claim I never received funds that should have reached me. I strongly suspect fabricated transaction numbers or records, which I believe constitutes fraud. These actions have resulted in the loss of life-changing sums of money due to what appears to be poor policy enforcement and/or malfeasance. I respectfully request that the FTC investigate these companies for unfair and deceptive practices. Please advise on the status of my prior complaint and what additional documentation or steps are needed to move forward. Thank you for your assistance. Joshua Lowden @Telephantix

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  Aldrich Theophilus (@aldrighty) reported 30 minutes ago

  And with that being said. I only do paypal g&s other than that no. If you’re a real seller than you won’t have issues doing that

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  Vermilion | VGen (@QAVermilion) reported 31 minutes ago

  @Colour_awr @_VGen_ @PayPal Wa. (File a counter issue, show all proof of delivery and that they use the VGen service. If they still side with the scammer, do check the law in your country and basically threaten them, they should revert back the funds to you.)

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  CHItrader (@CHItrader) reported 33 minutes ago

  $PYPL PayPal winds down venture arm as fintech giant restructures under new CEO, Fortune reports