Given the popularity of virtual worlds, social networks, personal portals, and application mashups, Web 2.0 and its futuristic versions are likely to rise from the shadows into the mainstream of sourcing strategy in financial services. This TowerGroup ViewPoint takes a point/counterpoint view into the future of what can be termed "extreme sourcing" to consider the prospects of the industry becoming a fabric of resources woven together with just-in-time services delivered through a global network of individual strands.