As reported by rceuniverse.com on May the 3rd.

Five virtual bank licences were auctioned in Entropia Universe today.
Each licence gives the owner a ‘2 year exclusive license to run and provide credit facilities within the virtual universe’.

The licences were won by the following avatars;

Licence 1: Yuri iNTellect Efremov - 999,000 PED ($99,900 USD)
Licence 2: Jolana Kitty Brice - 950,001 PED ($95,000 USD)
Licence 3: John NEVERDIE Jacobs - 900,002 PED ($90,000 USD)
Licence 4: Janus JD D’Arcwire - 590,608 PED ($59,060 USD)
Licence 5: Baroness Anshe Chung - 600,000 PED ($60,000 USD)

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