SUN starts offer of a multi-currency exchange system =Second Life=

Corporation SUN announced that it developed the multi-currency settlement system for the first time in the world.
It can exchange the Linden Dollars which is virtual currency for the Japanese yen or other currency .
SUN provides the management person of SIM with this system and a user can do currency exchange by using ATM set up in SIM.
This ATM can use Japanese　language and When operation in which a user exchanges an Linden Dollars for the Japanese yen is carried out, the Japanese yen is transferred to a user's bank account.

The Linden Lab company which manages a Second Life gives the Linden Dollars purchase system.
And here is the system of Paypal.SUN realized this service by applying original settlement-of-accounts technology to them.

SUN will acquire a profit from the user of a system by taking the charge of system use.
SUN is also planning overseas deployment and the system distribution corresponding to other currency (Euro, former , etc.) is also planned.

The Okui koutarou representative director of SUN said by Press Releases ;
"When a Linden Dollars can exchange for many currency, much more Second Life users come to use.
It is expected that the economy within a Second Life will be activated by that cause."

-May 07, 2008


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