Facebook May Pose a Greater Danger Than Wall Street
(WorldNews China)

Payments can happen cheaply and easily without banks or credit card companies, as has already been demonstrated—not in the United States but in China. Unlike in the U.S., where numerous firms feast on fees from handling and processing payments, in China most money flows through mobile phones nearly for free. In 2018 these cashless payments totaled a whopping $41.5 trillion; and 90% were through Alipay and WeChat Pay, a pair of digital ecosystems that blend social media, commerce and banking. According to a 2018 article in Bloomberg titled `Why China´s Payment Apps Give U.S. Bankers Nightmares`:

The nightmare for the U.S. financial industry is that a technology...