Confirmed: Facebook to Launch Virtual Currency Test in Platform Applications Soon

Over the last couple of days, rumors have been swirling about a possible Facebook Platform payments system launching over the course of the next few weeks. Tonight, we have confirmation from Facebook that while it isn’t planning on launching a new payment service for applications in the short term, it is planning on starting an alpha test to let users spend Facebook credits in Facebook applications in the next few weeks.

Currently, users buy Facebook credits (Facebook’s virtual currency) in the Facebook

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