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X.com used to be a bank back in the day, my first bank I got while in college as it happens. They bought paypal (I think it was that way, not the other way aro
by Urgo 15y ago
X.com used to be a bank back in the day, my first bank I got while in college as it happens. They bought paypal (I think it was that way, not the other way around but I may be mistaken) and killed the bank. X.com just resurfaced a few years ago in its new form.
- treyp 15y agoIt looks like what you were thinking of was a merger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal#Beginnings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal#Beginnings PayPal was the new result of a merger between Confinity (the company Max Levchin founded, as discussed in Founders At Work) and X.com, an online bank.