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Neovia Financial wins contract from VirWoX for Second Life virtual currency exchange

Thursday 24 September 2009 10:17 CET | News

VirWoX, the Austrian virtual currency exchange has selected UK online payment services provider Neovia Financial for online payments processing.

Under the terms of the agreement, VirWoX will be using Neovia’s Neteller e-wallet to enable users of the Second Life virtual world to trade Linden dollars (Second Lifes virtual micro-currency) with real world currencies, including EUR, USD, GBP and CHF. In addition, customers can use Neovia’s Net+ MasterCard to spend the Linden dollars they have exchanged at retail outlets or to withdraw cash from ATMs. Neovias payment suite includes the Netbanx international payments gateway, the Neteller e-wallet and Net+ cards. Netbanx allows merchants to accept card and non-card payments via multiple channels such as online, contact centres, mail order and automated phone systems.

VirWoX (The Virtual World Exchange) is owned by the German company Virtual World Services.
 


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Keywords: Neovia Financial, VirWoX, Second Life, virtual currency exchange, online payments, Linden dollars, Net+ MasterCard, Neteller e-wallet
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