X Money Hires Key Role as Musk Pushes Payments Plan Forward

X, formerly Twitter, has posted a key hiring role for its X Money payments service, signalling that Elon Musk is actively pushing forward with plans to build payment capabilities into the social media platform.

The job listing provides insight into the scope of X Money's ambitions, with the role focused on building out the payment infrastructure needed to support peer-to-peer transfers, merchant payments and potentially other financial services.

The hiring push comes as X works toward launching X Money across the United States, following the company's acquisition of money transmitter licences in multiple states. The pace of hiring suggests X Money could launch in some form in the near term.