Virtual credit, real debt
September 6th, 2007 by Benjamin KuoTired of getting endless credit card offers in your mailbox? Well, start expecting to see them all over your email, as well. A Singapore firm has just rolled out a new credit card, for the popular online virtual world Second Life. The credit card, which is good for the purchase of items in the virtual world, links to a real-life dollars. The credit card allows people to buy things with “Linden Dollars” the virtual currency of Second Life, which people then need to pay off with real (non-virtual) dollars.
