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Entropia Universe to auction virtual banking licences

Entropia Universe to auction virtual banking licences – Article found on finextra (09/01/07)

“The company behind Entropia Universe – an online role-playing game that has a real world cash economy – says it will auction five virtual banking licences that will allow financial firms to set up real world banking systems in the cyber universe.”

“Now MindArc, the Sweden-based company that developed Entropia, is offering banks two-year exclusive licenses that will enable them to set up operations in the online world. The licenses will be available through the public auction beginning mid January 2007.”

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