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TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via DMs

TikTok · Aug 18, 2026 · TechCrunch
TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via DMs
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This move signals TikTok's potential expansion into financial services, increasing its revenue streams beyond advertising and e-commerce, and intensifying competition with other social media platforms and fintech companies for user payments.

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