You remember the post from December 1999 that said:
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>We Africans must not be left behind this time! [...] I will strongly urge
>you brothers and
>sisters out there to take a good look at X.com and the
>financial services they provide.

Here is the news...

http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_0_4_3606529_00.html
November 9, 2000 X.com Ceases Banking Operations
Financial services site X.com is walking away from its banking business to
concentrate on its online payment service, PayPal.
The wind down of X.com's financial services had been planned since March,
when the company acquired PayPal ... In the past 11 months, the number of
PayPal customers has ballooned from 10,000 to 4 million, Sollitto said.





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  Patrick O'Beirne B.Sc. M.A. FICS.  Software consultant
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