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X Money has arrived, and it is not a payments app pretending to be a bank — it is a bank pretending to be an app. The offer: 6% APY on savings, 3% cash back on a rewards card, faster pay check deposits than the incumbents, free peer-to-peer transfers, and eventual crypto plumbing. Banking infrastructure comes from Cross River, FDIC-insured and fintech-friendly, with full KYC and tax reporting, so the regulators are satisfied. Rollout is quiet — premium members first, no advertising, just in-app education. Consider what 6% does to a deposit base currently paying depositors rather less while 5-year Treasuries yield 5.03%. Every dollar that migrates is a dollar of cheap funding leaving a regional bank's balance sheet at precisely the moment its bond portfolio is underwater.
https://yourmileagemayvary.com/2026/09/29/what-is-x-money/
https://yourmileagemayvary.com/2026/09/29/what-is-x-money/
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Flydubai incident was unbelievably convenient for Netanyahu
Desperate for re-election, Netanyahu is flooding the zone with his narrative of a foiled “jihadi terror” attack
When Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud ally and Defense Minister Israel Katz instantly blamed “jihadist terror” for the FlyDubai incident, in which Israeli passengers on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv supposedly stormed the cockpit to prevent the flight from crashing, they drowned out an initial assessment by IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and his top commanders that ruled out hijacking as the motive behind the altercation.
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Desperate for re-election, Netanyahu is flooding the zone with his narrative of a foiled “jihadi terror” attack
When Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud ally and Defense Minister Israel Katz instantly blamed “jihadist terror” for the FlyDubai incident, in which Israeli passengers on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv supposedly stormed the cockpit to prevent the flight from crashing, they drowned out an initial assessment by IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and his top commanders that ruled out hijacking as the motive behind the altercation.
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UAE withdraws landing permits for Israeli 'rescue flights' after FlyDubai incident
Many claims about the FlyDubai incident, which Israel claims was an attempted terror attack, are implausible and suggest staging
Many claims about the FlyDubai incident, which Israel claims was an attempted terror attack, are implausible and suggest staging
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▶️ Leila Hatoum associates the visit of Netanyahu to Abu Dhabi with recent false flag operations, including the Medina and flyDubai incidents.
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Saudi Arabian Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud briefed U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on the operation and requested U.S. air support, but the U.S. has decided against kinetic action. U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Central Command both reportedly oppose involvement in the Yemen war; Trump seeks to avoid U.S. involvement in a new war, and CENTCOM views a potential intervention in Yemen as a distraction from Iran.
The U.S. military has, however, provided KSA with intelligence on over 200 Ansarallah military targets. U.S. forces could also intervene if the offensive fails.
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🇩🇪 Germany's military budget has been skyrocketing throughout the 2020s.
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🇬🇧🇺🇸 British banker who outed Lutnick's ties to Epstein suddenly committed suicide.
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🇪🇸🇲🇦 The Spanish National Police has begun mobilising the masses of migrants occupying Trampolín beach in Ceuta this morning. The military also intervened, using Pegaso 3560 BMR.
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🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇱 Whistleblower who exposed Lutnick's Epstein ties has died - by "suicide"
Simon Andriesz, a 57-year-old former British banker who spent more than 35 years in financial markets, has died by suicide, The Banker reports.
Andriesz was a former managing director at BGC Group, where current US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was chief executive. He found 2018 emails in the Epstein files linking Lutnick to Jeffrey Epstein through a startup investment and passed them to the US House Oversight Committee. The emails contradicted Lutnick's claim that he had cut contact with Epstein in 2005.
Lutnick denies any wrongdoing.
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Simon Andriesz, a 57-year-old former British banker who spent more than 35 years in financial markets, has died by suicide, The Banker reports.
Andriesz was a former managing director at BGC Group, where current US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was chief executive. He found 2018 emails in the Epstein files linking Lutnick to Jeffrey Epstein through a startup investment and passed them to the US House Oversight Committee. The emails contradicted Lutnick's claim that he had cut contact with Epstein in 2005.
Lutnick denies any wrongdoing.
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🇾🇪⚠️ 🇸🇦 Yemeni sources allege plot to stage drone attack on Mecca
Yemeni media citing unnamed regional sources claim approximately 19 American-made LUCAS attack drones have been transferred into Saudi-controlled areas of Yemen, including Al-Jawf.
The sources allege the drones are intended to be launched toward Mecca and the area surrounding the Grand Mosque, in an attack that would subsequently be blamed on Ansarallah.
The allegation has not been independently verified.
LUCAS drones are U.S.-made one-way attack drones modeled on the Iranian Shahed concept and have been deployed by CENTCOM in the Middle East.
The claim comes after Riyadh recently accused Ansarallah of attempting to target Mecca, an accusation Ansarallah denied.
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Yemeni media citing unnamed regional sources claim approximately 19 American-made LUCAS attack drones have been transferred into Saudi-controlled areas of Yemen, including Al-Jawf.
The sources allege the drones are intended to be launched toward Mecca and the area surrounding the Grand Mosque, in an attack that would subsequently be blamed on Ansarallah.
The allegation has not been independently verified.
LUCAS drones are U.S.-made one-way attack drones modeled on the Iranian Shahed concept and have been deployed by CENTCOM in the Middle East.
The claim comes after Riyadh recently accused Ansarallah of attempting to target Mecca, an accusation Ansarallah denied.
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🇺🇸🇬🇧 US pulls ALL B-1 bombers out of UK base used to strike Iran
The US has withdrawn all 12 B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford and sent them back to the US after security concerns surrounding an alleged plot against the base, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Fairford had served as a major hub for US bomber operations against Iran during the ongoing war.
The Pentagon confirmed that every deployed bomber had now returned to its home station, while insisting the aircraft remain capable of launching global strikes from the continental US.
The withdrawal came days after six suspects were arrested over an alleged plan targeting the base. British authorities are still investigating the incident and have not publicly established the full circumstances behind it.
One result is already clear: the entire B-1 force stationed at the UK hub used for strikes on Iran is gone.
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The US has withdrawn all 12 B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford and sent them back to the US after security concerns surrounding an alleged plot against the base, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Fairford had served as a major hub for US bomber operations against Iran during the ongoing war.
The Pentagon confirmed that every deployed bomber had now returned to its home station, while insisting the aircraft remain capable of launching global strikes from the continental US.
The withdrawal came days after six suspects were arrested over an alleged plan targeting the base. British authorities are still investigating the incident and have not publicly established the full circumstances behind it.
One result is already clear: the entire B-1 force stationed at the UK hub used for strikes on Iran is gone.
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