In order to provide payment processing for non-US Second Life customers, Linden Lab Virtual environment operator has partnered up with 888 Holdings plc's Gisland/Dragonfish.

Linden Lab's working people announced, "We're working together with Gisland on a cashier interface and other tools that will give Residents more payment options and make it easier for Residents to pay in a wider range of native currencies than they can now. Gisland will also help Linden Lab implement appropriate anti-fraud measures as we expand these payment options. In addition, Gisland will assist Residents directly with payment-related issues, including failed transactions."

Fascinating which is the last part is something of a first insofar as Second Life payments processing goes. Some users outside North America may be interested in the tantalizing hint of expanded payment options.